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  • Californians Voted Against Outlawing Slavery. Why Did Proposition 6 Fail?

    KQED, November 11, 2024

  • California votes ‘no’ on measure to ban forced prison labor

    Washington Post, November 9, 2024

  • California and Nevada voters consider ending inmate ‘slavery’

    NBC News , November 5, 2024

  • Prop. 36 could threaten funding for drug treatment in LA

    LA Public Press, November 1, 2024

  • A California ballot measure wants to ban slavery. Why is it losing?

    Politico , October 29, 2024

  • California Voters Have The Chance To End Forced Prison Labor

    Huffington Post, October 29, 2024

  • Forced Prison Labor in California Could Be Stopped if Voters Pass Prop 6

    Teen Vogue , October 28, 2024

  • Los Padrinos compliance

    Laist, October 23, 2024

  • A look at California’s Prop 6: Forced Prison Labor Ban

    CBS News Bay Area, October 22, 2024

  • What do California’s propositions mean? Hear from experts on 2024 ballot measures

    Sac Bee, October 17, 2024

  • State Board Allows Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall To Remain Open Despite Concerns From Advocates, Families

    LAist, October 17, 2024

  • A Voice for Change: From Behind Bars to the Front Lines of Youth Justice Reform in Los Angeles

    Knock LA, October 17, 2024

  • The Anti-Recidivism Coalition helps give formerly incarcerated a 2nd chance

    Spectrum News, October 17, 2024

  • State Board Allows Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall To Remain Open Despite Concerns From Advocates, Families

    LAist, October 17, 2024

  • Proposition 36

    CBS News, October 4, 2024

  • Involuntary servitude still exists in California. A ballot measure in November could change that

    The Guardian, October 4, 2024

  • The California Ballot Measure That Could End Forced Prison Labor

    Bolts Magazine, September 26, 2024

  • Prop 36: Should we create harsher penalties for shoplifting and burglary crimes?

    Air Talk KPCC, September 24, 2024

  • Inside Kim Kardashian’s Prison Reform Visits: How They Came to Be

    Entertainment Tonight, September 23, 2024

  • Prop 6: Californians to vote on the future of forced labor in state prisons

    Spectrum News Socal, September 19, 2024

  • Formerly incarcerated people speak out about forced labor; support for Prop. 6

    Laist, September 16, 2024

  • Prop. 47-funded programs are working to break cycles of crime. Prop. 36 will undermine those efforts.

    La Daily News, September 15, 2024

  • Formerly Incarcerated Turned Mentors

    ABC 7, September 9, 2024

  • Prop 36 support remains split in Bay Area as debate continues over drug sentences

    ABC 7 Bay Area, August 27, 2024

  • Prop. 6 explained: What California’s involuntary servitude ballot measure is asking you

    Sac Bee, August 22, 2024

  • A Free Ride, a Burger and a Cellphone: Helping the Newly Freed Transition Out of Prison

    NBCU Academy, August 20, 2024

  • Here’s What Criminal Law Will Look Like in 2025

    Daily Journal, August 19, 2024

  • “There’s No Dignity in Giving Birth in Prison”: New Bills Would Improve Care Behind Bars

    Bolts Magazine, August 13, 2024

  • Ventura Training Center gives the formerly incarcerated fire crews a second chance at life

    KEYT, July 17, 2024

  • If Californians vote to ban slavery this fall, will prisoners get a raise?

    CAL Matters, July 17, 2024

  • Will it stay or will it go? California voters decide fate of ‘momentous’ criminal justice law

    The Guardian, July 1, 2024

  • Californians will vote on slavery ban in November

    Politico, June 28, 2024

  • I’m Proof of the Power of a Second Chance

    Newsweek, May 7, 2024

  • 90 days in solitary won’t solve America’s criminal justice problem

    Baltimore Sun, April 12, 2024

  • California is clearing criminal records — including violent crimes — to offer second chances

    Cal Matters, March 21, 2024

  • California Voters Begin Mailing in Ballots from Libraries, Senior Centers, and, Increasingly, from Juvenile Halls

    The Imprint, March 4, 2024

  • Proposed ballot measure seeks to repeal Prop 47

    CBS News, February 13, 2024

  • Formerly incarcerated mentors guide youth in juvenile halls toward a path of redemption

    Spectrum News, January 30, 2024

  • He was sentenced to 162 years in prison. Now he’s free and working at the California Capitol

    The Los Angeles Times, November 10, 2023

  • Jail reforms and anti-recidivism efforts in SoCal

    Spectrum News, July 30, 2023

  • A Voice for Change: From Behind Bars to the Front Lines of Youth Justice Reform in Los Angeles

    Knock LA, July 27, 2023

  • California is closing its last youth prisons. Will what replaces them be worse?

    Los Angeles Times, June 2, 2023

  • Anti-Recidivism Coalition & Universal Helping Disenfranchised Earn Hollywood Careers

    Deadline Hollywood, May 18, 2023

  • Lawsuits target ‘extortionate’ phone calls, commissary items in California jails

    Los Angeles Times, April 5, 2023

  • California to transform infamous San Quentin prison with Scandinavian ideas, rehab focus

    Los Angeles Times, March 16, 2023

  • Formerly incarcerated men earn second chance thanks to Los Angeles Rams

    KTLA 5, March 14, 2023

  • Sentenced to life for stealing $14: ‘I needed help, but was given jail’

    The Guardian, November 2, 2022

  • California imprisoned her for killing the abusive father of her unborn son. Now free, she fights for change

    The Sacramento Bee, June 7, 2022

  • After Statewide Reform, L.A. County Will Rely on Camps, Not Juvenile Halls

    The Imprint youth & family news, March 15, 2022

  • The man who paid for America’s fear

    San Francisco Chronicle, March 11, 2022

  • Why efforts to scale back California’s ‘three strikes’ law for juveniles are failing

    LA Times, February 11, 2022

  • More Troubling Conditions Revealed at L.A. County Juvenile Hall

    The Imprint youth & family news, February 2, 2022

  • California Could Finally End ‘Three Strikes’ Law for Teens

    Voice of San Diego, January 22, 2022

  • Rams surprise three local social justice leaders who inspire change with tickets to Super Bowl LVI

    LA Rams News, January 21, 2022

  • California Lawmaker Adding to Growing Calls for an End to ‘Three Strikes’ Laws for Teens

    The Imprint youth & family news, January 20, 2022

  • Could juvenile detention centers look like college campuses?

    Ed Source:Highlighting Strategies for Student Success, October 14, 2021

  • Bill That Will Drastically Change How Gang Charges Work Signed into Law by Governor

    The Davis Vanguard, October 9, 2021

  • Bill That Will Drastically Change How Gang Charges Work Signed into Law by Governor

    The Davis Vanguard, October 9, 2021

  • Rams invite young adults housed by LA County Probation Department and Anti-Recidivism Coalition for SoFi Stadium tour and panel discussion

    LA Rams News, October 1, 2021

  • Bail Reform Efforts Become a Two-Year Bill

    The Davis Vanguard, September 11, 2021

  • California voters rejected ‘zero bail.’ Now lawmakers weigh new overhaul of system

    LA Times, September 7, 2021

  • Beacons of Hope: Humboldt State’s Project Rebound builds a prison-to-college pipeline

    North Coast Journal, August 19, 2021

  • A New Lease on Life: Michael Mendoza, Anti-Recidivism Coalition

    thesencentingproject, June 29, 2021

  • Inspire Change & the Anti-Recidivism Coalition Advocate for Criminal Justice Reform

    NFL, January 9, 2021

  • What Happens When Prison ‘Lifers’ Get a Chance at Healing and Redemption?

    The Appeal, December 3, 2020

  • http://voyagela.com/interview/meet-adrian-vasquez-california-community-foundation-los-angeles/

    VoyageLA, November 18, 2020

  • Hard Knocks’ Recap: Practice Takes Backseat as Rams, Chargers Hold ‘Uncomfortable’ Conversations

    SI NFL, September 2, 2020

  • “Hangover” Producer Starts Nonprofit to Transition People Out of Prison

    Spectrum News 1, August 20, 2020

  • As fire season bears down on thirsty California, incarcerated crews prepare to battle flames

    Bay View, August 19, 2020

  • Parolee Hopes to Help Restore Voting Rights to People on Parole

    Spectrum News 1, August 14, 2020

  • Reformers Aim to End Prison Firefighters’ ‘Indentured Servitude’ in California

    The Real News Network, August 12, 2020

  • We need a smarter approach to post-prison reentry

    The Press-Enterprise, August 8, 2020

  • The coronavirus is spiking in California’s youth prisons. So why isn’t the state letting young prisoners out?

    San Francisco Chronicle, August 8, 2020

  • Guards Without Masks, Tests With No Results

    LA Progressive, August 6, 2020

  • Dodgers Black Lives Matter Game-Used Jerseys to be Auctioned to Support Combating Racial Inequality

    Inside the Dodgers News, July 31, 2020

  • Common: ‘Young people need better opportunities to live, correct themselves and be forgiven’

    Music News, July 17, 2020

  • Los Angeles Dodgers “In This Together”

    Los Angeles Dodgers Twitter Account, July 16, 2020

  • Race in America: Prison Reform

    Washington Post, July 16, 2020

  • Race in America: Prison Reform

    Washington Post, July 16, 2020

  • Passing the Mic: Formerly Incarcerated Women – On Telling Their Own Stories

    KQED, July 12, 2020

  • California Prison Population Could be Reduced by up to 8,000 as California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Announces Additional Actions to Address COVID-19

    Sierra Sun Times, July 11, 2020

  • California could release up to 8,000 inmates early because of coronavirus

    NBC News, July 10, 2020

  • NFL Inspire Change social justice grant recipients

    NFL, July 9, 2020

  • Help Fight Mass Incarceration by Entering to Win This Awesome Mercedes

    Gear Patrol, July 9, 2020

  • LA County Officials deliver criminal justice reform updates

    Santa Monica Daily Press, July 3, 2020

  • Medical Expert Calls for Immediate Decarceration of San Quentin Prisoners

    The Davis Vanguard, July 2, 2020

  • LA County Officials Address Criminal Justice Reform, LASD Oversight

    KHTS, July 2, 2020

  • San Quentin overseer: Prison virus response escalating

    Marinij, July 1, 2020

  • Coronavirus in Jails and Prisons

    The Appeal, July 1, 2020

  • ‘A moral failure’: California not tracking jail inmates and staff infected with coronavirus

    Sacramento Bee, June 23, 2020

  • Seven Days in Solitary

    Solitary Watch News, June 23, 2020

  • Kim Kardashian received over $120k worth of designer bags for her birthday

    Grunt Stuff, June 23, 2020

  • California Coalition Calls for Moratorium on State Gang Database

    Electronic Frontier Foundation, June 22, 2020

  • From Prison to the Halls of Power: A Politician’s Son Lobbies to Let People on Parole Vote

    Lost Coast Outpost, June 22, 2020

  • Why Blake Griffin, Russell Westbrook and other NBA stars are fighting to save Julius Jones

    ESPN, June 22, 2020

  • California Measure to Restore Voting Rights to Parolees Advances

    The Epoch Times, June 20, 2020

  • Time to Abolish Racist Foster Care System, Children’s Commissioner Says

    The Chronicle of Social Change, June 15, 2020

  • Uncomfortable Conversations, Comfortable: Rams host ‘Character Chat’ for youth correctional facilities

    LA Rams News, June 11, 2020

  • Inmates Help Out Essential Workers

    Antelope Valley Press, June 11, 2020

  • NFL commits $250M over 10-year period to combat systemic racism

    NFL, June 11, 2020

  • Sacramento Kings Pledge To Our Black Community

    NBA, June 9, 2020

  • As Fire Season Bears Down on Drought-Stricken California, Inmate Crews are Preparing to Battle Flames While Facing Manpower Shortages Because of the COVID Crisis

    Redheaded Blackbelt, June 9, 2020

  • Kings develop ‘Pledge to Our Black Community’

    SB Nation: Sactown Royalty, June 9, 2020

  • State Leaders Propose Chokehold And Crowd Control Reforms, While At The County Level, Advocates Call For Changes That Go Deeper Than Use-Of-Force Policy

    Witness LA, June 8, 2020

  • Probation Conditions Relaxed During the Pandemic. Some Say They Should Stay That Way.

    The Appeal, June 8, 2020

  • Kanye West Set Up A College Fund For George Floyd’s 6-Year-Old Daughter

    SimpleMost, June 5, 2020

  • Statement on Mayor Garcetti’s Announcements During Ongoing Protests

    LA Sentinel, June 4, 2020

  • California Proposal Would Limit Teens’ Transfer to Adult Jails

    The Chronicle of Social Change, May 20, 2020

  • Community Coalition Hosted the People’s Assembly to Encourage Unity to Fight Injustice Across Los Angeles

    LA Sentinel, May 14, 2020

  • Incarcerated People Can’t Get Left Behind in COVID-19 Protections

    Milken Institute, May 12, 2020

  • Film Producer says coronavirus “shouldn’t be a death sentence” for inmates

    CBS News, April 23, 2020

  • Coping With COVID-19 Crisis: Producer/Prison Activist Scott Budnick On Dangers Of Pandemic Spread Behind Bars

    Deadline, March 24, 2020

  • Los Angeles County Creates Its First Ever Youth Commission

    The Chronicle of Social Change, February 20, 2020

  • Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 42: Anti-Recidivism Coalition

    The Davis Vanguard, February 17, 2020

  • For Returning Citizens, Success Begins with a Ride Home

    Yes! Magazine, February 6, 2020

  • Not your typical fire academy: Ventura Training Center makes firefighters out of parolees

    VC Star, January 31, 2020

  • Ventura Training Center Provides Parolees Path in Firefighting

    Spectrum News 1, December 26, 2019

  • Bucks visit Racine Correctional Institution for discussions and a pickup game

    Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, December 17, 2019

  • Why Is ‘Hangover’ Producer Scott Budnick Under Investigation By The LA County Sheriff?

    LAist, December 16, 2019

  • He Produced Movies, Then Quit to Fight for Justice Reform — Now He’s Back With ‘Just Mercy’

    The Hollywood Reporter, December 6, 2019

  • How the HART & Anti-Recidivism Coalition Helps Men in Prison Reclaim Their Lives

    Now This News, November 21, 2019

  • Meet Local Hero Nominee

    KCET, October 9, 2019

  • Inside CSUSB

    Inside CSUSB, January 24, 2019

  • What It Feels Like to Be A Teen In Solitary Confinement

    Teen Vogue, November 8, 2017

  • Scott Budnick produced the Hangover movies. He’s also one of the most effective advocates for prison reform in California. It doesn’t make any sense until you see him at work.

    Outside Man- The California Sunday Magazine, March 1, 2015

  • Once Again, California Eases Harsh Sentencing Laws

    The New York Times, September 25, 2013

  • Why the Producer of “The Hangover Part III” Spends So Much Time in Prison

    Mother Jones, May 23, 2013

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