Support for Prop. 16 Surges in New Daily Tracking Poll

Measure to end California’s ban on affirmative action is tied 45-45, leads with those who have already voted Support for Proposition 16​ has rallied dramatically over the last week, according to a daily tracking poll conducted by David Binder Research. In 600 interviews over the last three days, 45 percent of California voters say they support the measure to levelContinue reading “Support for Prop. 16 Surges in New Daily Tracking Poll”

Federal Court Confirms IRS Unlawfully Withheld Stimulus Relief From Incarcerated People

On October 14, 2020, Chief Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton of the Northern District of California granted in part the Plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment against the Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury, Treasury Secretary Stephen Mnuchin, and IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig. In its order, the Court explained that “incarcerated individuals are not excludable asContinue reading “Federal Court Confirms IRS Unlawfully Withheld Stimulus Relief From Incarcerated People”

Federal Judge Orders Trump Administration to Stop Denying Pandemic Relief Funds to Incarcerated Persons

Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California issued an Order certifying a nationwide class of people incarcerated in state and federal prisons, and granting the plaintiffs’ motion for preliminary injunction requiring the U.S. Department of Treasury, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, and the United States of America (“Defendants”) to stop withholding CARES Act stimulus funds from plaintiffs or any class member on the sole basis of their incarcerated status.