Since 2016, the California Department of Motor Vehicles has collected more than $8 million from nearly 5,300 car sales, according to a CalMatters analysis.
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Newsom nominates first Latina to California Supreme Court
Patricia Guerrero, a daughter of immigrants, would become the high court’s first Latina.
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California judges don’t reflect the state’s diversity — how that could change
Whites make up a little more than a third of California’s population but nearly two-thirds of its Superior Court judges. Advocates are devising ways to get more people of color into law and onto the bench.
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After attacks on Asian Americans, California lawmakers push to expand hate crime laws
The Atlanta shootings and other recent attacks on Asian Americans have prompted state lawmakers to resurrect past bills, but hurdles remain in documenting and prosecuting hate crimes.
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Diversity growing among California judges but trial courts lagging
New data from the state’s Judicial Council touts an increase in women judges and people of color on the bench, but Latinos, in particular, remain poorly represented in many Superior Courts.