John Yoo writes for Los Angeles Times, Sept. 6, 2015
“The 14th Amendment settled the question of birthright citizenship once and for all. Conservatives should not be the ones seeking a new law, or even a constitutional amendment to reverse centuries of American tradition.”
Alan Auerbach quoted in San Francisco Chronicle (registration required), Sept. 5, 2015
“The sales pitch sounds great,” said Alan Auerbach, a professor of economics and law at UC Berkeley. … “Then you’re going to have to tell people how you’re going to do it.”
Franklin Zimring quoted in The Washington Post, Sept. 4, 2015
“Crime and violence in most big cities in the United States are pretty much as they’ve been lately,” said Franklin Zimring. “Boy, is that good news.”
David Rosenfeld quoted in The San Francisco Chronicle (registration required), Sept. 4, 2015
“Netflix is going to stand firm and take their licks on it,” he said. “In these lower-paid jobs, people come and go all the time. That’s the way they function. There’s no incentive to offer big perks to keep people around.”
Jamie O’Connell quoted on KTVU.com, Sept. 4, 2015
“This is one the most severe refugee crises seen anywhere at least since World War II,” said Jamie O’Connell, a senior fellow at UC Berkeley School of Law. “For, I think, any human being, it (the photo) brings home the tragedy, the human tragedy that this involves.”
Anne Joseph O’Connell quoted in The Daily Californian, Sept. 3, 2015
“Incredibly important policy positions are often not filled,” O’Connell said. “I’m worried about the functioning of modern government, which relies heavily on administrative agencies to do its work.”
Barry Krisberg quoted in San Francisco Chronicle (registration required), Sept. 2, 2015
The falling numbers are a good indication that police-community relations are improving, according to Barry Krisberg, a UC Berkeley criminologist. “Oakland has been pretty quiet compared to the 600 bullets fired in Stockton, or some pretty horrendous lethal-force incidents in San Jose,” he said.
john a. powell and Katie Nelson cited in San Jose Mercury News, Sept. 2, 2015
The Oakland community and city staff are receiving training from the Local and Regional Alliance on Race and Equity, housed at UC Berkeley’s Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society. The alliance, headed by professors Katie Nelson and john powell, have conducted trainings across the country.
Franklin Zimring cited in Daily Commercial, August 29, 2015
Almost two decades ago, Franklin Zimring, a longtime researcher at the University of California, Berkeley, and a colleague, Gordon Hawkins, showed that the U.S. doesn’t have an especially high crime rate relative to other developed nations. But the U.S. is far more violent. Every conflict, from the mundane to the serious — not just domestic disputes and robberies, but traffic altercations and bar fights — is more deadly in the U.S. because of the presence of guns.
Peter Menell cited in The Recorder (registration required), August 27, 2015
“There is serious risk that failure to engage this issue at this juncture could set the patent system on a dire course,” say UC-Berkeley Law professor Peter Menell and UC-Hastings’ Jeffrey Lefstin in an amicus curiae brief filed Thursday.