Jeffrey Selbin quoted in San Jose Mercury News, February 20, 2015
“Only a concerted statewide effort will end this expensive and inhumane whack-a-mole approach to homelessness,” said Jeffrey Selbin, director of the UC Berkeley School of Law Policy Advocacy Clinic.
James Tuthill writes for San Francisco Chronicle, February 20, 2015
When we’re dealing with a service that has become so embedded in our everyday life that it’s a necessity in order to function effectively, we can’t leave it to the businesses themselves to always do the right thing. We need some government oversight for protection of the public’s interest.
Ethan Elkind writes for The Sacramento Bee, February 19, 2015
Too often, decision-makers would rather fund new road and highway projects instead of improving our existing infrastructure and providing more affordable and convenient transportation options.
Mary Ann Mason interviewed by Inside Higher Ed, February 18, 2015
Mary Ann Mason … said via e-mail that she saw the data as evidence of the continued problem of women not being provided the right environment to enter the professoriate. … “They had decided the academy was not family friendly – while in graduate school, or as postdocs, and they would not pursue a career in research science – but they might be able to use the Ph.D. for something else,” she said.
Jeffrey Selbin quoted in Aljazeera America, February 18, 2015
“The state must decriminalize people’s life-sustaining activities conducted in public and redirect resources to proven approaches that address the root causes of homelessness and poverty.”
Franklin Zimring quoted in Daily Journal (registration required), February 18, 2015
A prosecutor “works with police and depends upon them,” Zimring said. Even with Mitchell’s bill blocking a prosecutor from using a grand jury to escape accountability for a decision, “all of the problems I mentioned of both prosecutorial power and a high burden of proof” still work to protect police, he said.
Anne O’Connell interviewed by Reuters, February 18, 2015
O’Connell said it was hard to predict how the appeals court would rule in the end, although she thought it was likely the court would lift Hanen’s temporary injunction and allow the Obama administration to begin putting its program in place.
Barry Krisberg interviewed by Contra Costa Times, February 17, 2015
California prisons are so deadly in part because they are so large, with many holding more than 4,000 inmates, said Barry Krisberg.
Kim Thuy Seelinger writes for The Washington Post, February 16, 2015
The family was stopped at a police checkpoint because it was after curfew. They were detained for several hours. The child died there, roadside, in a red pickup truck.
Jeffrey Selbin and Paul Boden write for Los Angeles Times, February 15, 2015
After homelessness began skyrocketing in the 1980s, cities responded with laws that criminalize basic life activities conducted in public like standing, sitting, resting or sleeping, and even sharing food with homeless people. As the crisis worsened in California — 22% of America’s homeless population now lives in the state — cities have piled on more and more vagrancy laws.