Child welfare systems do not identify parents who are military Veterans, leaving Veterans without connection to Veteran-specific resources and wraparound support while they and their children may experience prolonged separation. Veterans also navigate Family Court, Dependency Court, child welfare, domestic violence, law enforcement, and other systems operating in silos. These failures can cause family separation, disrupted parent-child relationships, homelessness, domestic violence, suicide, homicide, and devastating outcomes. Veterans Justice Support Gap The Department of Veterans Affairs operates Veterans Justice Outreach (VJO) to identify Veterans in the criminal justice system and connect them to VA services. Veterans Treatment Courts demonstrate this coordinated approach through courts, VJO specialists, treatment providers, peer mentors, defense counsel, and other partners. Yet Veteran parents in Family Court, Dependency Court, and child welfare do not have an equivalent nationwide VA structure providing coordinated identification, intervention, and connection to Veteran-specific resources and wraparound support. Veterans and their children should not have to wait until a crime is committed or a family reaches a crisis point for coordinated support. Assistance should begin when a Veteran parent enters Family Court, Dependency Court, or child welfare—before prolonged parent-child separation, homelessness, domestic violence, homicide, suicide, or criminal justice involvement. Source: https://department.va.gov/homeless/veterans-justice-programs/veterans-justice-outreach/ Veterans with Disabilities in Family Court California enacted protections concerning Veterans’ disability compensation effective in 2026, but implementation remains incomplete because applicable Judicial Council family-law forms have not yet been updated. Veterans may therefore continue to have their disability compensation impacted while the law and forms remain out of alignment. The problem is nationwide. Veterans with disabilities should not be financially destabilized in Family Court because they receive disability compensation resulting from military service. Veterans need protections that work in practice regardless of the state in which they live. In California, Black children represent approximately 5% of the child population but 21% of children in foster care. Black and Native American children are represented in foster care at about four times their population rate in California. Source: https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4897 In Washington, D.C., Black and African American children represented about 90% of the foster care population as of September 2024. Source: https://cfsa.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/cfsa/publication/attachments/FY26%20Annual%20Progress%20and%20Services%20Report%20%28APSR%29.pdf In 2023, 6,398 Veterans died by suicide—17.5 every day. VA found relationship problems in 31.9% of reviewed Veteran suicide cases from 2021 through 2023. In January 2025, 32,495 Veterans were experiencing homelessness nationwide, including 13,518 who were unsheltered. Source: https://www.mentalhealth.va.gov/MENTALHEALTH/docs/data-sheets/2025/2025_National_Veteran_Suicide_Prevention_Annual_Report_PART_1_FINAL.pdf https://department.va.gov/homeless/point-in-time-pit-count/ VA reports that one-third of women Veterans experience intimate partner violence during their lifetime, compared with less than one-quarter of civilian women. Those who experience it are three times more likely to experience housing instability or homelessness. Source: https://www.womenshealth.va.gov/WOMENSHEALTH/topics/intimate-partner-violence.asp The connection between family crisis, domestic violence, homicide, and suicide is not new. Department of the Army epidemiologists examined homicide-suicides involving soldiers and their families at Fort Bragg and identified marital discord as a contributing circumstance. Documented military cases also identify separation, relationship problems, and domestic violence as circumstances associated with suicide and homicide-suicide. Suicide review teams focus on Veteran suicide deaths but do not fully address homicide-suicides in which family members are killed before the Veteran dies by suicide. Reviews must examine what occurred before the deaths, including domestic violence, separation, Family Court, Dependency Court, child welfare, law enforcement, health care, and other government involvement. Women, including women Veterans, must be central to this work. On July 7, 2026, Los Angeles County Supervisors Hilda L. Solis and Lindsey P. Horvath introduced “Reinforcing Targeted Domestic Violence Prevention Efforts,” highlighting children and mothers killed by fathers/spouses and a rise in cases involving individuals killing intimate partners and family members before dying by suicide. LA County Board of Supervisors — July 7, 2026 Motion:  https://file.lacounty.gov/SDSInter/bos/supdocs/218606.pdf The Reimagining Child Safety Group began warning Los Angeles County in 2020 about systemic failures affecting women, children, Veterans, and families, including domestic violence, family separation, child safety, and preventable deaths. The same concerns remain. Through the advocacy of U.S. Army Veteran Latia Suttle concerning Veterans in Family Court, Children’s Court, and child welfare, the Los Angeles County Veterans Advisory Commission voted in October 2019 to create an Ad Hoc Committee. The Committee later identified the need for a coordinated Veteran support pathway, early identification, and connections to resources, peer support, and wraparound support. LA County Veterans Advisory Commission — October 9, 2019 Minutes:  https://mva.lacounty.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/MINUTES-for-October-09-2019.pdf Child welfare, Family Court, Dependency Court, domestic violence, prolonged parent-child separation, Veteran homelessness, suicide, homicide, and homicide-suicide intersect. These systems must stop operating in silos. We need legislation now. Once reforms become law, data must be collected and reported to track implementation, outcomes, disparities, and accountability. This is a nationwide problem. California needs to lead the way by identifying parents who are military Veterans, connecting them to Veteran-specific resources and wraparound support, closing systemic gaps, strengthening accountability, and establishing reforms that can serve as a model for the nation.

It is outrageous that the County’s prosecutor takes a “tough on crime” position when it comes to righteous protest, youth offenses, and “crimes” of property, but the greenlight to crime, violence, and even murder when committed by ICE and police. Refusing to charge ICE agent Brian Palacios for the murder of #KeithPorter not only serves as a miscarriage of justice for those who love and miss Keith Porter, including his daughters and mother but also sends a dangerous message to ICE agents and all police that they can kill and harm our people with impunity.

The reason this is so important is because hair discrimination affects us all as a whole. The black community has been fighting for years for equality and justice. Hair discrimination is just another thing that stops the black community from moving forward from generational traumas and struggles. Hoping the campaign and getting the crown act passed state wide will ensure prrotection for black people when they enter spaces and know that not only are they allowed into these spaces, but invited.

California has the largest death row in the Western Hemisphere with more than 550 people, which is roughly a quarter of the entire U.S. death row population. Commuting all death sentences would allow California to: • Redirect taxpayer dollars from a failed system towards more effective public safety solutions, including more services for crime victims. • Eliminate the risk of executing an innocent person. Since California reinstated the death penalty in 1977, eight people have been exonerated and released from California’s death row after years facing execution for crimes they didn't commit. • Close a racially discriminatory chapter. More than 2 in 3 individuals sentenced to death in California are people of color. • Pressure other states to follow, bringing us closer to ending capital punishment nationwide. Now is the time for Governor Newsom to use his executive authority to commute California’s death row and model what bold leadership looks like in a moment when many of our rights are under attack. When he sees thousands of people across California and the entire country demanding action, he knows this is what his constituents—current and future—want. Your signature adds to that pressure. Sign the petition to urge Governor Newsom to stand on the right side of history. 

Signing this petition means standing together for safety at work. When we act as a group our voices are stronger and management is more likely to respond. Safety concerns affect all of us and what happens in one office can impact others. By signing you are helping push for real protections and showing that these issues cannot be ignored. This is about accountability and solidarity. We all deserve to feel safe at work and your signature helps make that happen.

Please sign and share this petition asking Governor Sarah Huckabee to immediately grant time cut/clemency for the Davis brothers who are up this year to plead their case before the parole board.  They have more than served their time for a gas station aggravated robbery where NO ONE was physically harmed. They are serving a life sentence which means in Arkansas, they will remain in prison until they take their last breath. Parole board members and everyone who've heard the case details are also in agreement that they should be released this year. They DO NOT deserve to die in prison.

The media shapes public perception. When incarceration is packaged as entertainment: • Human suffering becomes a spectacle. • Structural injustices are minimized. • Harmful stereotypes are reinforced. • Public empathy is weakened. The United States continues to grapple with mass incarceration and reentry challenges. Programs that dramatize and commodify these realities undermine efforts toward reform and dignity. This campaign is about accountability and responsible storytelling. By signing, supporters affirm that: • Incarceration should not be entertainment. • Vulnerable communities deserve dignity and respect. • Media companies must act responsibly when telling real people’s stories. Together, we can push for programming that informs rather than exploits.

Having access to reliable transportation is a basic necessity in everyday life. Yet across California, many individuals and families—particularly those from low-income and racially marginalized communities—continue to experience transportation insecurity. According to the University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research, nearly 1 in 5 adults in the United States reported experiencing transportation insecurity within the past month, a condition that makes it difficult to reach destinations critical for daily life, such as work, grocery stores, medical care, and social services.  This burden disproportionately affects Black, Latino, and other communities of color. In California, historic patterns of racial segregation and housing discrimination have left many communities underserved, with limited access to reliable and affordable public transportation systems. In addition, research further shows that individuals facing transportation insecurity are 6% more likely to report poor health and 11% more likely to experience depressive symptoms. Transportation insecurity is also closely linked to food insecurity and unmet medical needs—conditions that already disproportionately affect many communities of color across California. Los Angeles and California leaders must expand and increase investment in public transportation that provides equitable access for low-income individuals and communities of color.  Expanding public transportation would provide significant benefits for low-income individuals and families. It would allow households to save money, increase access to employment opportunities, and improve access to healthcare and other essential services. Improved public transit systems will also boost the economy and support underserved communities. This petition is directed toward the Mayor of Los Angeles (Karen Bass), the Los Angeles City Council, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro), and the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. Together, we can advocate for expanded and equitable public transit access. Increased investment in public transportation will help create a more connected, inclusive, and equitable future for communities across California. ➔ Sign this petition to urge Los Angeles and California leaders to increase funding and expand access to public transportation for low-income individuals and communities of color.

Keith Porter should still be here...to raise his daughters, to love his mother, to fish with his uncle, to bring joy to rooms, and light to community. Black fathers...Black sons...Black people...matter. We matter. We must speak up, step up, demand, organize for, and build a world where our lives are protected. As ICE plagues our communities, Black and Brown migrants viciously targeted, brutalized, detained, and deported, those who are birthright citizens of this country are increasingly also being harmed and killed...especially African Americans.  The fight for Keith Porter is a fight to protect the sanctity of Black life.  It is a fight against white-supremacist terrorism and fascism. It is a fight to hold ICE, police, and government accountable. This petition is an essential piece of that.  When you sign and share, you are honoring the life of Keith Porter and putting it on record that you refuse to sit idly by as Black lives are stolen.

It is simply unacceptable that the County’s prosecutor take a “tough on crime” position, but give a nod to crime, violence, and even murder when committed by police. DA Hochman has demonstrated that he stands as a protector of even the most corrupt and heinous of police, not for the people of Los Angeles. Dropping the charges against killer cops Concannon and Chavez would be a grave miscarriage of justice. Police should be held to a higher standard, not shielded from accountability. Any semblance of justice has always come from the people demanding it for ourselves and that is what this petition is calling for; police accountability should be the standard, not an anomaly. The dismissal of these charges sets a dangerous precedent that sends a message, not just to Anthony Chavez and Matthew Concannon or the Torrance Police Department, but to police in all of Los Angeles County that they can continue to kill with impunity. 

It is past time to make more efficient use of Pennsylvania’s supervision resources by setting up low-risk parolees for continued success, not failure. Please support common-sense parole reform by signing on to this proposal. Only organizations may sign on... 

It is important because you can be affected. Your friends and family are all at risks of being deported. When did Trump say he cared about us? All he has done is scare people and raid us. We shouldn't just let this slide, if we don't do anything about it then it will continue happening.