Laws & Policy

We implement policy advocacy at the federal, state, and local levels. Our work includes policy development, lobbying, coalition building, and community organizing.

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Local Control Funding Formula (2013)

AB 97

This groundbreaking law changed the way education is funded in the state and designation of foster youth as student sub-group for the first time anywhere in the United States.
Enacted

California's Fair Sentencing Law (2012)

SB 9 (Yee)

Enacted in 2012, this law gives juvenile offenders sentenced to life without the possibility of parole the opportunity to seek a hearing to reduce their sentences
Enacted