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California new laws for 2024: Alerts for missing Black children
December 29, 2023
Under a new state law, emergency notifications by law enforcement will be expanded to include “Ebony Alerts” for missing Black children and youths. Studies show African Americans are disproportionately on lists of the missing.
Two new missing alerts will go into effect in to California next year: What to know
December 29, 2023
Two new emergency notification systems will be coming to California in the new year, including a first-of-its-kind program entirely dedicated to help find missing Black youth and women.
Ebony Alert becomes law in 2024. Here’s what to know
December 27, 2023
On January 1, a New California law protecting Black youth will go into effect.
‘Ebony Alerts’ debut in January to draw attention to missing women and children of color
December 25, 2023
The California Highway Patrol and other agencies will soon add another tool to their belts to help locate missing people.
Lawmakers propose task force on missing, murdered African American women
December 8, 2023
A disproportionate share of Florida women and girls who go missing yearly are African American. Two state lawmakers now want to assemble a panel to investigate why, and how to address the problem.
As more children go missing in Ohio, advocates push for change
December 5, 2023
According to Attorney General David Yost's office, 15,335 children have gone missing in Ohio in 2023.