Critics of the state's courts plan to march to the California Judicial Council on Friday to protests lax oversight of a system they say is broken. Organizers argue that many Californians are being "denied lawyers, court reporters, and effective relief from biased judges and corrupt branch officials," and little is being done to change the status quo. [Read Full Article] … [Read more...]

For Immediate Release: September 18, 2014 Contact: Kathleen Russell Scores of People to Protest Judicial Corruption with ‘Wall of Shame’ Tomorrow's Statewide Rally at California Judicial Council Launches “Year of Action to Stop Court Crimes” **PHOTO OPPORTUNITY** SAN FRANCISCO – Scores of attorneys, court employees, litigants and court reform advocates from as far away as Los Angeles … [Read more...]

We've looked a lot at privacy from the Big Brother standpoint: how the National Security Agency or corporate giants like Google track us online, say for political reasons or to make money from ads. But there's another kind of privacy concern that is a lot more intimate. You could call it Little Brother, though it's really more like husbands and wives, lovers and exes who secretly watch their … [Read more...]

The state has begun a comprehensive evaluation of the entire child protection system, calling on a national authority on social services for help, Human Services Commissioner Lucinda Jesson said Wednesday. Gov. Mark Dayton said in an interview Wednesday he “absolutely” supports the review, and wants county and state leaders to come together to determine how child protection can be improved, and … [Read more...]

Legislators want to change bill they voted for, saying they didn’t know it would restrict past abuse reports. The state’s top child protection official wants to scrap a law her agency helped pass four months ago that made it more difficult for social workers to investigate maltreatment cases. In May, the Legislature overwhelmingly approved a bill that forbids county child protection agencies … [Read more...]