SACRAMENTO, California, Sept. 25 -- The California Immigrant Policy Center issued the following news: A new "public charge" regulation, published on September 9th by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), secures critical protections to facilitate immigrant families' access to the health and social services safety net. While the final regulation largely restores and improves upon the public charge policy in place for 20 years prior to the Trump administration, it also makes improvement  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Sept. 25 -- Equality California issued the following statement on Sept. 23, 2023: * * * Equality California, the nation's largest statewide LGBTQ+ civil rights organization, released the following statement from Executive Director Tony Hoang in response to Governor Newsom's Veto message on AB 957, the TGI Youth Empowerment Act: "We are disappointed and disheartened by Governor Newsom's decision to veto AB 957, which would have helped to ensure that the unique needs of   more