Pro-Prop 8 Lawyer Has Confirmation Hearing this Week—Other Anti-Equality...
By: Valerie Ploumpis, National Policy Director Undeterred by the unprecedented number of Trump judicial nominees who have been unanimously ranked “Unqualified” by the American Bar Association, or...
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Equality California and Partners Host Orange County Phone Bank to...
By: Justin Massey, Program Associate On Thursday, January 18, 2018, Equality California was proud to co-organize a phone bank with the LGBT Center Orange County to urge members of Congress to pass a...
View ArticleProgram Manager (Los Angeles)
Position: Program Manager (Los Angeles) Salary: Type: Full-Time Reports to: Program Director Starts: As soon as possible Closing date of this position: Open until filled Organizational Background:...
View ArticleProgram Associate (Los Angeles)
Position: Program Associate (Los Angeles) Salary: Type: Full-Time Reports to: Program Director Starts: As soon as possible Closing date of this position: Open until filled Organizational Background:...
View ArticleEquality California Opposes Nomination of Far-Right, Anti-LGBTQ Ideologue...
By: Valerie Ploumpis, National Policy Director “I really couldn’t say, Senator,” was the reply Kenneth Marcus gave when Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) challenged him to “name a single example of something...
View ArticleMurky prospects for DACA Leave Dreamers Continuing to Hang
By: Valerie Ploumpis, National Policy Director Uncertainty descended on Washington, DC last night when the White House instructed government agencies to prepare for yet another midnight shutdown...
View ArticleField Organizer (Sacramento)
Position: Field Organizer (Sacramento) Salary: Based on Experience Type: Temporary Full-Time Reports to: Program Director Start: March 1, 2018 Closing date of this position: Open until filled...
View ArticleCommunications Manager (Los Angeles)
Position: Communications Manager (Los Angeles) Salary: Based on Experience Type: Full-Time Reports to: Communications Director Start: As soon as possible Closing date of this position: Open until...
View ArticleSB 488 – Diversity in the Insurance Industry
This bill expands existing law to include LGBT-owned and veteran-owned businesses on the list of diverse product and service suppliers for insurers, codifies the governing board diversity survey, and...
View ArticleAB 1161 – Updating Local Hate Crimes Policies
AB 1161, authored by Asm. Phil Ting (D-San Francisco) would help empower local communities to safely reduce the number of hate crimes. As proposed to be amended, this bill would require local law...
View ArticleAB 800 – Hate Crimes Hotline
AB 800, authored by Asm. David Chiu (D-San Francisco), would establish a hotline to report hate crimes and bias-motivated incidents and provide information to support targeted communities. Hate crimes...
View ArticleAB 1556 – Fair Employment and Housing Act Clarification
This bill will clarify the Fair Employment and Housing Act, removing gendered terms such as “female,” “she,” and “her” from statutory provisions for pregnancy-related employment protections and...
View ArticleAB 677 – Reducing LGBT Disparities in Education and Employment
AB 677, by Asm. Chiu, directs ten agencies focusing on education and employment to collect data on sexual orientation and gender identity whenever additional demographic data is collected. Collecting...
View ArticleSB 310 – Name and Dignity Act
SB 310, authored by Sen. Atkins, helps to ensure that transgender people will be legally recognized for who they are while incarcerated and increases the likelihood of their successful reentry into...
View ArticleSB 384 – Tiered System for California Sex Offender Registry
SB 384 would replace California’s existing universal lifetime registration requirement for sex offenses with a tiered system based on the seriousness of the crime, the risk of reoffending and criminal...
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