sanctuary cities
Judge Issues Permanent Injunction against DOJ Punishment of Cities
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US District Judge Manuel Real ruled the Department cannot deny federal funding to jurisdictions that refuse to order police to cooperate with immigration agents.
movie theatre
Nonprofit Moxie Gives New Life to Historic Hemet Theatre
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If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. In the working-class suburb of Hemet in California’s Inland Empire, a mothballed Art Deco movie house gained new life when a volunteer-run nonprofit converted the facility into a local performing arts center.
Nonprofit News
This City Is Killing Us: The Larger Equity Agenda in Sacramento
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The police shooting of Stephon Clark two weeks ago in Sacramento is sadly not unique. What may differ here is that an effort to address race-based policy disparities is gaining traction.
Supreme Court rulings
Free Speech Goes Both Ways
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The Supreme Court ruling on free speech and crisis pregnancy clinics might create winners on both sides.
women on boards
An Experiment in Placing Young MBAs on Nonprofit Boards
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A group of women MBA candidates thought it might be beneficial for students to serve as board members for local nonprofits. Three years in, the program’s backers and nonprofit participants assert that it holds promise.
Department of Justice
“How Dare You?” Asks Oakland’s Mayor as AG Takes On Sanctuary Jurisdictions
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Attorney General Jeff Sessions has declared a war against California’s laws protecting undocumented immigrants.
social innovation
Philanthropy Seeds University Center to Help Community Address Poverty
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A new research center at the University of California, Riverside aims to link the university to the surrounding community through a multi-faceted research and community engagement agenda that aims to address poverty in the region.
anti gun violence
Stockton to Test Cutting-Edge Economic Policies through Nonprofit Partnerships
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This California city may become the proving ground for some big ideas to transform our economic assumptions.
Orange County
Report Highlights Diversity of California’s Asian American Community in the Real “OC”
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While Orange County, California is often portrayed as a bunch of wealthy white suburbs, it is home to the nation’s third-largest Asian American population. A study examines the influence and needs of the county’s 600,000-plus Asian American residents.
universal basic income
In Testing Large-Scale Policy Projects, Nonprofits Walk a Fine Line
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Two nonprofits are set to begin a pilot test of universal basic income (UBI) in Stockton, California. The program will provide, through the City of Stockton, $500 per month to some of the city’s poorest residents, no strings attached.