Browsing Tag: Legislation

Many organizations including Punjabi American Heritage Society of Yuba City and Sikh Council of Central Valley whole heartedly backed the efforts of Assemblyman Logue and Prof Bindra.

The testimony of James Jacobs, a professor of Constitutional Law and the Courts, provided an interesting observation of the opposing arguments against the application of hate crime law in the US system, citing redundancy in law and lack of resources in enforcement and corrections as justification to dismiss hate crime legislation.

Nineteen U.S. Senators, led by California Senator Dianne Feinstein, issued a bipartisan letter to Attorney General Eric Holder today, urging the Justice Department to track hate crimes against Sikhs.

This afternoon, California’s proposed Workplace Religious Freedom Act (AB 1964), introduced by Assembly member Mariko Yamada, passed through the State Assembly:

In a show of community power, California Sikhs packed a hearing room in the California Assembly yesterday and testified in favor of AB1964, the Workplace Religious Freedom Act.

Surrounded by members of the interfaith community, California Assemblywoman Mariko Yamada held a press conference last Tuesday at the West Sacramento Gurdwara to unveil legislation to protect Sikhs and others from job discrimination in the workplace.