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Author Archives: Raheem Hosseini, CalMatters

Posted inCalifornia Currents

Will California change policing?

by Raheem Hosseini, CalMatters August 20, 2020August 20, 2020

It’s crunch month for California legislators who promised sweeping reforms in response to the police killing of George Floyd and the protests his death unleashed. Yet some social justice advocates doubt that politicians’ stomachs for change are as strong as their rhetoric: A Senate bill to excommunicate corrupt or misbehaving cops may be denied a […]

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Overtime at California’s prisons swelled to almost half a billion dollars last year

by Raheem Hosseini, CalMatters August 11, 2020August 11, 2020
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Should California investigate local police shootings? State rethinks its resistance

by Raheem Hosseini, CalMatters July 13, 2020July 12, 2020

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