The Biden administration’s environmental justice office is investigating whether California’s water agency has discriminated against Native Americans and other people of color by failing to protect the water quality of San Francisco Bay and the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s investigation was triggered by a complaint filed by tribes and environmental justice […]
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New Law Expands Time for Parents to Register Newborns to Respect Native Cultural Traditions
Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed into law a bill by North Coast Assemblyman Jim Wood that expands the time period in which parents must register the birth of their child. Parents will now have 21 days to register their newborn instead of the previous 10, a time frame that did not recognize culture traditions followed […]