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Stay tuned to learn about actions you can take that will help further social causes on the national, state, and local levels in 2023…
Meeting the Moment: JCJ’s 2026 Legislative Priorities
The challenges facing California in 2026 are not abstract or distant. They are already shaping daily life: from rising antisemitism and threats to LGBTQ+ safety, to housing insecurity, healthcare interference, climate disasters, and difficult budget decisions that...
8 Bills Awaiting the Governor’s Signature
Last week, the JCJ community made our voices heard. We picked up the phone and called our Assemblymembers and Senators, urging them to pass a slate of vital bills that protect LGBTQ rights, safeguard our environment, defend our immigrant neighbors, and lift up those...
Take Action : Protect Immigrant Rights in California
Take ACTION by contacting your State Legislators and encouraging them to enact SB 841, a bill to protect immigrant rights in California. Find your California Assembly Member and Senator! Sample script: Hello, my name is [Your Name], and I’m calling from the Jewish...
Take Action : Expand California’s Paid Family Leave Program
Take ACTION by contacting your State Legislators and encouraging them to enact SB 590, a bill to expand California’s Paid Family Leave program. Find your California Assembly Member and Senator! Sample script: Hello, my name is [Your Name], and I’m calling from the...
Take Action : Strengthen Safeguards Around Sensitive Health Data
Take ACTION by contacting your State Legislators and encouraging them to enact SB 497, a bill that would protect transgender Californians from investigations or legal threats originating in states where their care is criminalized. Find your California Assembly Member...
Take Action: Support Our Immigrant Neighbors in Los Angeles
Across Los Angeles, immigrant families—our neighbors—are living in fear. Fear of being seen. Fear of going to work. Fear of sending their children to school. Fear of even leaving their homes. We are witnessing a rise in ICE activity and anti-immigrant rhetoric, and...
Take Action: Urge Your State Senator to Support Educational Equity in California
The Jewish Center for Justice is joining the Jewish Public Affairs Committee of California and other coalition partners in support of AB 715, a landmark bill to curb anti-Jewish hate in California schools by appointing a statewide “antisemitism coordinator” and...
Take Action : Put Lifesaving Resources in Students’ Hands
Take ACTION by contacting your California legislators and urging them to support AB 727, which which would place the Trevor Project’s crisis hotline number on all student ID cards—ensuring LGBTQ+ youth always have access to lifesaving support at school. Find your...
Take Action : Protect Health Care Access and Dignity
Take ACTION by contacting your California legislators and urging them to support SB 418, which protects transgender, nonbinary, and intersex Californians from discrimination by health insurers and service providers. Everyone deserves access to healthcare without fear...
Take Action : Streamline Legal Name and Gender Changes
Take ACTION by contacting your California legislators and urging them to support AB 1084, which will streamline gender marker and name changes by removing objection windows for adults, and ensure prompt court and registry updates for youth with parental...
Take Action : Protect Transgender & Reproductive Healthcare in California
Take ACTION by contacting your State Legislators and encouraging them to enact AB 82, a bill which will protect transgender and reproductive healthcare in California. Find your California Assembly Member and Senator! Sample script: Hello, my name is [Your Name], and...