Past JCJ Initiatives

Previous legislative actions to help further social causes on the national, state, and local levels.

(To view current initiatives, click here.)

Take Action : Expand Heat Protection for Indoor Workers

Take Action : Expand Heat Protection for Indoor Workers

Take ACTION by contacting Cal OSHA and your State Legislators and encouraging them to enact protections from extreme heat for those who work indoors. Find your California Assembly Member and Senator! Submit a petition to the Occupational Safety and Health Standards...

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Take Action : Protect medical privacy

Take Action : Protect medical privacy

Take ACTION by contacting your State Senator urging them to support AB 254. Find your California Assembly Member and Senator! Sample script: Hello, my name is [your name]. I’m calling today to urge [name of Senator] to pass Assembly Bill 254, which will protect the...

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Take Action : Help Pass Fossil Fuel Divestment in California

Take Action : Help Pass Fossil Fuel Divestment in California

Take ACTION by contacting your Assembly Member urging them to support Senate Bill 252. Find your California Assembly Member and Senator! Sample script: “Hi, my name is [your name]. I’m calling today to urge [name of Assembly Member] to pass the Senate Bill 252. This...

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Take Action : Force Corporations to Disclose Carbon Footprint

Take Action : Force Corporations to Disclose Carbon Footprint

Take ACTION by urging your California senator m to support Senate Bill 253. Click here to find your California Representative and Senator! Sample call / email script: “Hi, my name is [your name]. I’m calling today to urge [name of Senator] to pass the Senate Bill 253....

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Take Action : Expand the Right to Vote in California

Take Action : Expand the Right to Vote in California

Take action by urging your California assembly member to pass Assembly Constitutional Amendment 4 (ACA 4), which may be heard in committee in March 9, 2023.  Click here to find your California Representative and Senator! Sample call / email script: Hello. My name is...

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Take Action : Codify Family Caregiver Protections into Law

Take Action : Codify Family Caregiver Protections into Law

Take ACTION by urging your California assembly member to support The Family Caregiver Anti-Discrimination Act, AB 524. Click here to find your California Representative and Senator! Sample call / email script: Hello. My name is [YOUR NAME], and I am calling to urge...

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Take Action : Help pass California Senate Bill 2

Take Action : Help pass California Senate Bill 2

Take ACTION by contacting your California State Senator and urging them to support Senate Bill 2 to reduce gun violence. Click to find your Senator! Sample call script: Hello. My name is [YOUR NAME], and I am calling to urge Senator [NAME] to support SB 2. As a member...

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Take Action : Help codify Roe

Take Action : Help codify Roe

Take ACTION by contacting your Representatives and urging them to re-introduce The Women's Health Protection Act. U.S. Capitol Switchboard: (202) 224-3121 Find your Representative! Sample script: “Hi, my name is [your name]. I’m calling today to urge [name of...

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Take Action : Help pass the Assault Weapons Ban

Take Action : Help pass the Assault Weapons Ban

Take ACTION by contacting your Senators and Representatives and urging them to support the Assault Weapons Ban. U.S. Capitol Switchboard: (202) 224-3121 Find your Representative and Senators! Sample script: “Hi, my name is [your name]. I’m calling today to urge [name...

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Act to Protect Marriage Equality

Act to Protect Marriage Equality

Take ACTION by contacting your Senators and Representatives and urging them to support the Respect for Marriage Act bill. U.S. Capitol Switchboard: (202) 224-3121 Find your Senator! Sample script: “Hi, my name is [your name]. I’m calling today to urge [your Senator]...

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Gov. Newsom has until September 30 to sign these bills

Gov. Newsom has until September 30 to sign these bills

With the California legislative cycle now complete, there are a number of bills on Governor Gavin Newsom’s desk. The governor has until September 30th to sign these bills into law. Below are 8 of many bills for which we have advocated and call on the governor to...

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The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, explained

The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, explained

For over a year, the Jewish Center for Justice community has been urging Congress to enact a robust economic and environmental justice bill through a process called budget reconciliation. In this era of hyper-partisanship, a Senate rule called the filibuster—which...

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Reproductive Rights : An Update

Reproductive Rights : An Update

Since the overturning of Roe v. Wade, there have been several developments in both California and Washington, DC regarding reproductive health care.  ⇊ Scroll to the bottom for actions YOU can take ⇊ CALIFORNIA Governor Gavin Newsom has signed Assembly Bill 1666 which...

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Pride Month Action: Protect the LGBTQ+ Community

Pride Month Action: Protect the LGBTQ+ Community

The Jewish Center for Justice commends the Biden administration for signing the Executive Order on Advancing Equality for LGBTQI+ Individuals on June 15, 2022. This Order comes in response to hundreds of anti-LGBTQ+ laws proposed or enacted in state legislatures that...

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JCJ decries leaked SCOTUS memo signaling end of Roe v. Wade

JCJ decries leaked SCOTUS memo signaling end of Roe v. Wade

In response to the leaked Supreme Court memo signaling a likely overturning of Roe v. Wade, Jewish Center for Justice Chairperson Julie Bank and Lawyers’ Committee co-chair Ariella Simonds issued the following joint statement: “We are outraged at what looks to be the...

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9 Resources for LGBTQ youth in Texas and Florida

9 Resources for LGBTQ youth in Texas and Florida

JCJ Fellows responded to the horrific anti-LGBTQ bills going through the Texas and Florida State Legislatures by compiling a list of orgs to help provide legal, emotional, and financial resources for LGBTQ youth and their families. Texas The Transgender Education...

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Take action to codify the right to reproductive choice into law

Take action to codify the right to reproductive choice into law

We call upon the Senate to pass The Women’s Health Protection Act of 2021, also called H.R. 3755, which passed the House of Representatives in September of 2021.  The Jewish Center for Justice is helping to mobilize the Jewish community and other communities of faith...

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Urgent Action Needed: the Build Back Better Act

Urgent Action Needed: the Build Back Better Act

UPDATE: On Friday, November 19, the US House of Representatives passed the Build Back Better Act. The bill will now move to the Senate. Please urge your Senators to pass this vital piece of legislation. The recent passage of the bipartisan infrastructure bill is a...

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How to Take Action on ‘The Freedom to Vote Act’

How to Take Action on ‘The Freedom to Vote Act’

“Do you have time to make good trouble?” Early in this congressional session, the House of Representatives passed two key Voting Rights Bills — The For the People Act (H.R. 1) and The John Lewis Voting Rights Act (H.R. 4).   With attention now on the Senate, this week...

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