MENDOCINO COUNTY
The Mendocino College Art Gallery presents the annual Juried Student Show
Please join us for our largest and most popular exhibition of the year, back in person for the first time since Spring 2019! Mendocino College students have been working hard in and outside of class producing a wide range of work including ceramics, sculpture, photography, painting, drawing, and mixed media works.
Students from all college locations and dual enrollment High School programs are invited to enter up to three pieces of their artwork for consideration in this juried event. This process is an educational one for students and is particularly useful for those who want to go on to exhibit their work in galleries or are building a portfolio for transfer to a four-year university. This year we have 97 students exhibiting 147 artworks. Much of the artwork is for sale and all proceeds go to the student artist. The exhibit runs from April 26 through May 15, 2022, with an opening reception Wednesday, May 4 from 4 to 6 p.m. Regular Gallery hours are Tuesday, 4 to 6 p.m., Wednesday, 12 to 4 p.m., Thursday 2 to 4 p.m. and by special appointment. For more information email Gallery@mendocino.edu.
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SACRAMENTO
Former Sacramento County Sheriff John McGinness endorses Nathan Hochman for Attorney General
Former Sacramento County Sheriff John McGinness endorsed Nathan Hochman for Attorney General of California on Wednesday.
“I am proud to endorse Nathan Hochman for California Attorney General,” McGinness said. “Our state’s justice system has experienced a leadership deficit disorder for over 20 years. Nathan Hochman’s criminal justice background, depth of knowledge of the justice system, and decades of well-rounded legal experience give him what it takes to correct all the blunders this state has made under Rob Bonta and previous Attorneys General. I have no doubt that Nathan will enact sound and effective policies to make our state a safer and more secure place to live.”
Nathan Hochman served as an Assistant US Attorney for the Central District of California and as a US Assistant Attorney General for the US Department of Justice. Hochman has also worked as a civil litigator, defense and appellate attorney, and general counsel, and clerked for a US District Court Judge.
“It is an honor to receive Sheriff McGinness’ endorsement of my campaign for California Attorney General,” Hochman said. “His experience as Sacramento County Sheriff has given him the insight and understanding of what is needed to ensure that the county of our state’s capitol is safe as well as what policies are needed to achieve justice and security across the state.”
Since announcing his run for California Attorney General, Hochman has raised over $1.7 million and secured the endorsements of the California Republican Party and numerous public officials from across California, making him the leading Republican challenger to incumbent Appointed Attorney General Rob Bonta.
To learn more about Hochman, please visit: https://www.nathanhochman.com
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Mad dash at Capitol as big deadline looms
The California State Capitol is abuzz with hearings as lawmakers rush to act on high-profile crime and homelessness bills ahead of a key Friday legislative deadline — but when it comes to rebates for skyrocketing gas prices, all’s quiet on the Western front.
Here’s some of what went down in Sacramento this week:
— Crime: Music boomed across the Capitol lawn as hundreds of crime victims rallied to urge Gov. Gavin Newsom and legislators to invest billions of dollars in crime prevention programs in the revised state budget lawmakers must pass by June 15.
- One of their legislative priorities: a bill from Democratic state Sen. Nancy Skinner of Berkeley, which passed a key committee Tuesday and would eliminate some hurdles for survivors to receive money from the state’s Victim Compensation Board, such as requiring them to cooperate with law enforcement.
- Tinisch Hollins, executive director of Californians for Safety and Justice, told me: “For most victims, no matter what community they come from, we’ve heard time and time again that the process of cooperation is traumatic for them and often they don’t feel heard.”
Another bill that cleared a key committee: Democratic state Sen. Scott Wiener of San Francisco’s proposal to ban law enforcement agencies from using sexual assault survivors’ DNA for any purpose other than identifying the perpetrator.
- Co-sponsoring the bill is San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin, whose February announcement that San Francisco police used a survivor’s DNA to arrest her in an unrelated crime sent shock waves across the nation and sparked a USA Today investigation that revealed the department had been cross-checking victims’ DNA for more than seven years.
Meanwhile, a pair of Democratic and Republican-led bills to, respectively, toughen and repeal Proposition 47, a 2014 ballot measure that reduced penalties for certain theft and drug offenses, failed to advance. And a proposal to protect workers from employer spying was tabled before its hearing Wednesday.
— Homelessness and mental health: Newsom’s controversial proposal to create a framework for courts to compel people with serious mental illnesses and substance use disorders into treatment cleared its first legislative hurdle — but will face another today.
- One big concern: Housing. “The bill explicitly says you can order housing, so if a court can order housing, how are we going to ensure that the housing is prioritized?” asked Andy Imperato, executive director of Disability Rights California.
— Gas rebates. Newsom’s proposals to pause the diesel sales tax and gas excise tax, both of which face end-of-week deadlines to take effect by July, appear to be dead, as the Legislature has yet to introduce any bills on the matter.
—Hoeven, CALMatters
