FCL NEWSLETTER ARCHIVE

Lead Articles:

2008

One more primary, two important propositions (March/April 2008)
Budget partisanship, neglect threatens the poor, investments in state’s future (Jan/Feb 2008)

2007

Proposition time on the February ballot (Nov/Dec 2007)
Schwarzenegger Vetoes Bills to Reduce Wrongful Convictions (Sept/Oct 2007)
Redistricting: Red Alert or Red Herring? (July/August 2007)
Health care debate heats up (May/June 2007)
Prison deal: “seismic shift” is a giant step backwards (March/April 2007)
Annual budget dance reveals legislative dysfunction, avoidance of tough decisions
(Jan/Feb 2007)

2006

The ‘bipartisan bus’: steering the middle course or election year brouhaha? (Nov/Dec 2006)
FCL’s Recommendations for the November 2006 Ballot Propositions (Sept ./Oct. 2006)
The Prison Predicament: Election Year Politics amid a Crisis of Will (July/August 2006)
FCL’s Recommendations for the June Primary Election (May/June 2006)
Buying Back State Government (March / April 2006)
FCL Joins in Support for ReligiousFreedom and Marriage Equality (Jan/Feb 2006)

2005

Families of prisoners: an under utilized correctional resource (Nov./Dec. 2005)
Focus on Innocence: A Death Penalty Bill Everyone Can Support (Sept./Oct. 2005)
The November Special Election (July - August 2005)
Parole Reform on Life Support? (May - June 2005)
Eyes Wide Open, Every Day: Bringing Home the Human Cost of War (February 2005)
Undermining Legislative Effectiveness via the Ballot (January 2005)

2004

The California Legislature’s 2004 Voting Record - (Nov-Dec 2004)
State Ballot Propositions - (October 2004)
Rehabilitating Rehabilitation (Aug-Sept 2004)
State Killing is Poisoning the Moral Fiber of Our Nation - (July 2004)
Record-Breaking FCL Dinner (June 2004)
Children of Incarcerated Parents - (May 2004)
FCL Dinner May 19th features John Burton (April 2004)
AVP: Teaching Non-Violence Behind the Walls and Beyond - (March 2004)
Recommendations for March Ballot Measures - (February 2004)
Revolutionizing the "War" on Drugs - (January 2004)

2003

Recalling 2003- Legislators' Voting Records - (Nov-Dec 2003)
Mental Illness Among Us - (October 2003)
October Recall Election - (Aug-Sept 2003)
Housing for All of Us - (July 2003)
Sacrificing Truth for the Death Penalty? - (June 2003)
Trudging the Road to Fiscal Solvency in the "Not Me" Era - (May 2003)
Paying the Prison Piper: Cutting Costs, Promoting Alternatives - (April 2003)
Citizen Advocacy: FCL and You -- (March 2003)
California's Health Care Crisis Prompts Second Look at Single Payer - (February, 2003) -- Incremental Reforms Miss the Mark
FCL's Legislative Priorities - (Jan, 2003) -- Looking Ahead to the New Legislative Session

2002

2002 Voting Record - (November-December 2002) -- Recap of 2001/02 Legislative Session
Ballot Measures for November 2002 - (October, 2002) -- FCL's Voting Recommendations
Teaching Peace in a Climate of War - (August-September 2002) -- Counteracting the Norm
Exit the "War" on Drug Abuse? - (July 2002)
Domestic Violence and Children - (June, 2002)
The Death Penalty, War and Terror - (May, 2002) -- The futility of punishment
Affordable Housing - (April, 2002) -- California's Most Basic Needs
Uncertain Dangers - (March, 2002) -- Terror and Fear of Terror
Budget Belt Tightening - (February, 2002) -- The Fight for a Fair State Budget
March Ballot Measures - (January, 2002) -- FCL Recommendations

2001

Voting Record - (November/December, 2001) -- 10 Bills of Interest
Looking Beyond the Picket Fence - (October, 2001) -- Environmental Justice
Preventing Violence - (August-September, 2001) -- Little Hoover Commission Recommendations
Prison Reform Now? - (July, 2001) -- Measures to make prisons more safe and humane
The Propositions Puzzle Ill - (June, 2001) -- Outcome of Gambling and Juvenile ballot measures
Repariing Mental Health - (May, 2001) -- Little Hoover report implementation
Power, Politics and Pollution - (April, 2001) -- Weakening regulations for new sources
Implementing Proposition 36 - (March, 2001) -- Making treatment for addictions available to all
Just Keeping The Lights On Is Not Enough - (February, 2001) -- The power crisis can harm poor people in California
FCL's 2001 Legislative Priorities - (January 2001) -- Eight focus areas for the coming year
$400 Million for Jails and Juvenile Halls? - (January 2001) -- Build, and they will come

2000

Overlooked Stories - (November-December, 2000) -- Nine issues of concern, and what FCL did
2000 Voting Record - (October, 2000) -- How legislators dealt with 11 issues of note
The November Ballot - (August-September, 2000) -- FCL recommendations on propositions
A Shift in the Politics of Death - (July, 2000) -- Public support may be eroding
A Visit with Russ and Mary Jorgensen - (July, 2000) -- How the FCL was launched
Saving on the Mentally Ill - (June, 2000) -- Why Jail Instead of Treatment?
The Pursuit of Equal Justice (May, 2000) -- Racial profiling and its results
Safe Schools, Safe Communities (April, 2000) -- How schools promote their own safety, and impact neighborhoods
Deciphering the State Budget (March, 2000) -- Crime, housing, health, and hunger in the Governor's Budget
The March Ballot Propositions (February, 2000) -- A crowded ballot confronts state voters
Dealing with What's Wrong in Our Society (January 2000) -- A Visit with Jan Marinissen
We Remember (January 2000) -- Rose Bird, George Brown, James A. Browning, John Kelley, Woody Schwartz

1999

1999 Voting Record (November-December 1999) -- Eleven bills of significance
Glimpses of the Blessed Community (November-December 1999) -- Bob and Helen Grinstead
Youth Violence and Politics (August-September 1999) -- SB 334
Making the Violence Connections (August-September 1999)
Bittersweet Budget (August-September 1999) -- 1999-2000 Budget
Reforming Welfare Reform (July 1999) -- coping with the system
Poll Taxed (June 1999) -- Public Opinion Surveys and Polls
The Lifer Problem (June 1999) -- Fairness in Parole
Ballot Proposition Glut Looms (June 1999) -- SB 1690, SB 1878
Environmental Justice (May 1999) -- SB 89, SB 115
Enough Prisons? (May 1999) -- SB 904, AB 326
Choosing Life (April 1999) -- Death Penalty Abolition
Broken Health (March 1999) -- California's Health Care Crisis
Monitoring the Multitude (February 1999) -- Incarceration in California
Edith Haynes (January 1999) -- unique contributions
Death Penalty Bills   Five new session measures

1998

Voting Record (November/December 1998) -- Assembly &Senate
November Ballot Propositions (October 1998)   FCL Recommendations
No Place to Call Home (Aug.-Sept 1998)   Housing in California-- Ken Larsen
Prison Misdeeds (Aug.-Sept.July 1998)   Failure of Administration-- Steve Birdlebough
"The Main Chance of Things" (July 1998)   Gambling in California-- Ken Larsen
Cell Therapy (June ‘98).  -- Ken Larsen - Steve Birdlebough
The June Ballot Propositions (May ‘98).  -- Ken Larsen
Risky Propositions (May ‘98).  -- Steve Birdlebough
Death Penalty Appeals Budget Boosted (April 1998).  -- Steve Birdlebough
Fighting Hunger (March ‘98).   -- Ken Larsen
Protecting Religious Freedom (March ‘98).   -- Steve Birdlebough
Elective Politics and Crime (Feb ‘98).  -- Steve Birdlebough

Resource Articles:

2005
2005 Roster California State Legislature & California Congressional Delegation

2002
Death Penalty, War and Terror - May, 2002

2001
Environmental Juatice -- October, 2001
Books on Violence Prevention -- August-September, 2001;
Booklets on illicit drug issues -- March, 2001; Safety First, Shattered Lives

2000
Readings on Safe Schools -- April, 2000: 2 Surveys, 2 Books

1999
Prevnting Youth Violence -- August-September 1999: Telephone Information Sources
Welfare Reform -- July 1999: Publications, Web Sites, Organizations
Polls and Death -- July 1999: People favor lengthy imprisonment
Violence Prevention Program Inventory -- May 1999: 30 California Programs
Capital Punishment April, 1999: Questions, Declaration of Life

1998
Capital Punishment April, 1998
Criminal Justice. A RAND study of juvenile crime, and a book on Restoring Justice
Food Security Projects.
Food Policy.
Gambling Issues
Mentally Ill Offenders. A manuel for activists, videotapes, materials
Public Policy. Schorr (Common Purpose) &Schrag (Paradise Lost)

FCL Annual Reports -- Events and Accomplishments

1999 - 1998

Access Prior Newsletters by Date:

2002
May 2002 The Death Penalty, War and Terror; Friends Respond to the Death Penalty; Resources; Santa Barbara, Orange, Sacramento; Illinois Capital Punishment Commission; History (5/62-Outlook, 5/67-Still an Issue, 5/77-Politics of Death, 5/87-Politics)
April 2002 Affordable Housing -- Tending to California's Most Basic Needs; A local housing success; FCL Dinner Speaker, Wilson Riles; History (4/72-Low income Housing)
March 2002 Uncertain Dangers -- Terror and Fear of Terror; Driving, Social Security, and the Draft; Volunteers and Interns, Chrusanthi Leon, Ken Schwarzentraub, Katherine Huso, Irene Villarruz; History (7/92-War Economy, 11/92-State's Military); Youth and the National Guard, Some Funding for After-School Programs Preserved; "Leave No Child Behind" Advocacy Day
February 2002 Budget Belt Tightening -- The Fight for a Fair State Budget, Effects of Letter-Writing, Planting Seets: Development and Outreach, History (2/77-Economic Conversion, 10/77-Police Police Everywhere)
January 2002 March, 2002 Ballot Measures -- FCL Recommendations (Props. 41-45), The Budget Squeeze, The State's Response to Terror, Welcome Staff Members Ira Saletan &Stephen Myers, Politics of Redistricting

2001
November/December 2001 Legislative 2001 Voting Record -- 10 Bills of Interest, History (12/61-Fallout Shelters; 11/56-Civil Liberties), 2001 Annual Report,
October 2001 Environmental Justice, History, Grace Noda, Interns
Aug-Sept 2001 Preventing Violence, Punishment, Interns, Claire Millikan, Betty Bacon, Ken Larsen
July 2001 Prison Reform
June 2001 Proposition outcomes
May 2001 Mental Health
April 2001 Electric Power
March 2001 Drug Treatment,
February 2001 Budget and Power
January 2001 Legislative Priorities, Jails and Juvenile Halls

2000
Nov-Dec 2000 Overlooked Stories
October 2000 2000 Voting Record
Aug-Sept 2000 November Ballot Propositions
July 2000 Death Penalty, Russ and Mary Jorgensen
June 2000 Mental Illness and Jail
May 2000 Racial Justice, Budget, Environmental Justice
April 2000 School safety
March 2000 Budget (Imprisonment, Safety Net)
February 2000 March Ballot Propositions
January 2000 Jan Marinissen, We Remember, Social and Economic Legislation

1999
Nov./Dec. 1999 1999 Voting Record, Annual Report, Grinsteads, Death Penalty Abolition Petition
Aug./Sept. 1999) -- Youth Violence, Making the Connections, Budget, AFSC Field Trip
June 1999 Polls, Parole, Propositions
May 1999 Envrionment, Selective Service, Prisons, Violence Prevention, Housing
April 1999 -- Choosing Life, Questions about the Death Penalty, Declaration of Life, Quin Denvir
March 1999 -- Health Care, Policy, Health Insurance
February 1999 -- Incarceration, Transforming Prisons, Prison Resources, Lauri Hultquist
January 1999 -- Edith Haynes, Death Penalty Bills, Ken Cory

1998
Nov/Dec 1998 -- Voting Record, Annual Report, Teresa Takes Leave
October 1998 -- November Ballot Propositions, Bob Vogel, Mac Warner, Violence Prevention Inventory.
Aug/Sept 1998 -- Housing, Prisons, Muoi Trinh.
July 1998 -- Gambling, Resources on Gambling Issues, Politics in Summer
June 1998 -- Cell Therapy, Mental Illness and the Homeless, Resources on Mentally Ill Offenders
May 1998 -- June Ballot Propositions, Initiatives in California's Past, Office Volunteers: Lockart &Saloman
April 1998 -- Death Penalty Appeals Budget, Diane Watson, Speak Out Against Death Penalty, A Look Ahead
March 1998 -- Fighting Hunger, Religious Freedom
February 1998 -- Elective Politics &Crime, Prison Overcrowding

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