Join Us to Advocate for a Better California
Our privacy rights are slowly disappearing with each coming day. Women still make less than their male counterparts for the same work. Continually rising tuition is making a college education harder to afford.
We cannot remain silent and permit the status quo to persist. If we want to improve the state of civil rights and human rights in California, then our legislators need to hear from us all. We must take our concerns to the Capitol.
For the past three years, YOUR participation in CAIR-CA’s Muslim Day at the Capitol has helped pass laws to limit NSA activity, strengthen labor protections for domestic workers, and strengthen religious accommodation for employees. YOU made this happen.
Change doesn’t end here. Take a look at our agenda this year and join us for the 4th Annual Muslim Day at the Capitol, on Monday, April 27th in Sacramento. Register online at caircapitolday.com or by calling 408.986.9874. Training, materials, meals, and round-trip transportation are included with registration.
2015 Legislative Agenda
PRIVACY RIGHTS MATTER
SB 178- Electronic Communication Privacy Act (CalECPA)
It is time to safeguard Californians’ electronic information and support innovation and the digital economy by updating California’s privacy laws to match the modern digital world. This bill will provide protection against warrantless government access to mobile devices, sensitive emails, text messages, digital documents, metadata, and location information by placing measures that will require police to go to a judge and obtain a warrant before they can access sensitive digital information.
EQUAL PAY FOR EQUAL WORK
SB 358- California Fair Pay Act
In 2013, a woman in California working full-time, earned a median 84 cents to every dollar a man earned. This gap is significantly greater for women of color. As a group, women who are employed full-time in California lose nearly $34 billion every year due to the wage gap. Equal pay for equal work is right for Californian women and our economy.
COLLEGE AFFORDABILITY
AB 42- Higher Education Tuition Freeze Bill
The cost of college has increased twelvefold over the past three decades in the United States. California’s public universities have enacted the highest average tuition of any state. In 2012, California voters passed Proposition 30, the “Schools and Local Public Safety Protection Act of 2012,” with the promise that tax increases would be used for higher education. Despite a growing state economy and no fiscal cliff, California’s higher education systems are still increasing tuition. This bill would require California Community Colleges and CSUs, and request the UCs, to freeze tuition and fees while Proposition 30 is in effect. These mandatory system-wide fees will be set at the 2014-2015 level.