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Top news stories affecting California's Black Community  View this email in your browser THIS WEEK'S TOP NEWS | September 13, 2016 CALIFORNIA BLACK NEWS STORIES State Legislators Seek More Time for Prop 47 Fulfillment (VOICE) - A measure sent to the governor’s desk for approval last week would give felons who are eligible for reclassification under Proposition 47, five additional years to complete the reclassification process for relief.    Read more Black Girls and Sex Trafficking in Los Angeles! (LOS ANGELES SENTINEL) - Why should this matter to you? Sex trafficking is sexual slavery and disproportionately affects young Black girls in America. Family members, acquaintances, pimps, employers, smugglers, and strangers traffic children. Read more California Legislature Fails to Act on Issues Related to Police Transparency (BLACK VOICE NEWS) - Whether in response to calls for public access to records of officer misconduct and use-of-force; funding for more police body cameras; or, measures to increase transparency of police body camera footage—even as California citizens continued to cry out for more police transparency—the California legislature once again failed to act on this important issue.  Read more  Former legislator receives 10-month sentence (WAVE NEWSPAPERS) -Former Montebello-area Assemblyman Tom Calderon was sentenced Sept. 12 to a 10-month split sentence of federal prison and electronic monitoring for helping conceal bribe money his brother, former Democratic state Sen. Ron Calderon, received during an FBI sting.  Read More California gang database riddled with inaccuracy, false information (COMPTON HERALD) - On Aug. 23, 2016, the California State Legislature passed AB2298, the Criminal Gangs bill by Assemblymember Shirley Webber, D-San Diego. If signed by Gov. Brown, the bill will grant individuals, including parents, the right to be notified, contest and/or appeal being entered in the CalGang shared database. AB2298 will also grant the right for removal from the database after three years. Read More Four Police Officers Fired, Seven Others Suspended in Police Sex Crime Scandal (OAKLAND POST) - The City of Oakland this week concluded its administrative investigation of the sex crime scandal involving over a dozen Oakland Police Department (OPD) officers, which led to the removal of three police chiefs in one week this year.   Read More NATIONAL BLACK NEWS STORIES Polls Show Clinton and Trump in a Dead Heat Why So Close? (INGLEWOOD TODAY) -  With nine weeks to go until the big election, all eyes are turning toward Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump.  It’s shaping up to be a dirty fight to the finish between 2 very different candidates—each calling the other bigoted, unfit and shady. Read more The NNPA launches Black voter turnout project (OUR WEEKLY) - The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) proudly asserts that, “We are the authentic voice of Black America. We must use that voice as an urgent clarion call for a massive, historic and unprecedented Black American voter turnout on November 8, across the nation.”  Read more In Victory for Voting Rights, Supreme Court denies North Carolina’s Request for Stay (PASADENA/SAN GABRIEL VALLEY JOURNAL) - Today, the U.S. Supreme Court denied North Carolina’s request for a stay of the 4th Circuit’s ruling striking the challenged provisions of HB589, North Carolina’s monster voter suppression law.    Read more Comcast’s Internet Essentials Helps Low-Income Families Bridge the Digital Divide (LOS ANGELES SENTINEL) -  In five short years, the cable giant Comcast has achieved incredible success with its Internet Essentials program, connecting 750,000 low-income households to the power of the Web. Read more Black, Latino children woefully lacking mental health care (COMPTON HERALD) - Black and Latino children and young adults with mental health issues are about half as likely as their White counterparts to get mental health care, according to a study out last week. Read more Black Unemployment Rate Falls to 8.1 percent in August (BLACK VOICE NEWS) - The unemployment rate for Black workers improved from 8.4 percent in July to 8.1 percent in August, according to the latest jobs report from the Labor Department. Read more BLACK AMERICA IN THE NEWS Loretta Sanchez accuses Kamala Harris of protecting ‘political cronies’ over California ratepayers (SACRAMENTO BEE) - Signaling an escalation in the U.S. Senate campaign, Rep. Loretta Sanchez on Thursday accused her opponent, state Attorney General Kamala Harris, of refusing to prosecute “well-documented, illegal” activity at the state regulatory agency amid a probe into the closure of the San Onofre nuclear power plant.  Read more Willie Brown: 9/11: the day the world changed  (SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE) - There are some days that you never forget, and some days that the world will never let you forget. For me, Sept. 11, 2001, began with preparations for a trip to New York. Then the phone rang. Read more Antelope Valley residents air grievances about how L.A. sheriff's deputies treat minorities (LA TIMES) - Antelope Valley residents who gathered at a special forum on Saturday offered a mixed assessment of how Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies are treating locals after the county approved a settlement with U.S. officials who concluded that the department systematically profiled and harassed racial minorities in the area. Read more Urban Shield police weaponry expo draws protests (SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE) - The extravaganza of weaponry and law enforcement gadgetry held at the Alameda County Fairgrounds on Friday set off a major protest, as predicted, amid ongoing tension across the country over reports of police violence, including several shootings of African Americans.  Read more   CBM News Outlets    Copyright © 2016 California Black Media, All rights reserved. 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