by Tracy Rosenberg A broad range of bills may be helpful to civil liberties folks… Assembly Bill 1542 (Ward) – Bans the sale of sensitive personal information by California businesses Assembly Bill 1807 (Gabriel) – Bans the use of state property…
by Tracy Rosenberg The 2025 California state legislative session wrapped up on October 13, 2025. As Berkeley Speaks readers know, we are in a time of a severe backlash to the justice concerns raised so effectively in the earlier years…
by Tracy Rosenberg Every year, the 120 members of the CA State Legislature introduce 3000+ proposals, of which about 20% eventually become new laws. The process of culling them down involves multiple policy committees, financial assessments, a whimsical governor with…
by Tracy Rosenberg [Ed. note: these recommendations represent the opinions of the writer, and not necessarily of Berkeley Speaks.] Between now and October 15, Governor Newsom will decide the fate of numerous proposed new laws that would have big impacts…
This post was written by Tracy Rosenberg. Tracy Rosenberg is the executive director of Media Alliance, a Northern CA democratic communications advocate and Advocacy Director at Oakland Privacy, a citizens coalition that protects privacy rights. She can be reached at…