November 2004

Confined Animal Facilities in California
Kip Wiley, Nick Vucinich, John Miller, and Max Vanzi, November 2004
Confined animal facilities, sometimes called factory farms, apply industrial production methods to the raising of animals for human consumption.

October 2004

Highlights of the Legislative Accomplishments of 2004
SOR Staff, October 2004
Brief summaries of the significant measures approved by the California State Senate and Assembly and sent to the governor this year.

August 2004

Protecting Californians From Hate Crimes: A Progress Report
Gregory deGiere, August 2004
Hate crimes, like any form of terrorism, are triply harmful.

July 2004

California Laws Helping Working Parents
Kate Sproul, July 2004
The workplace has changed. In the past, most men worked outside the home and most women worked inside the home, usually raising children. 

May 2004

The PATRIOT Act, Other Post-9/11 Enforcement Powers, and the Impact on California's Muslim Communities
Max Vanzi, May 2004
Within the Bush Administration and Congress, in the news media and public, among concerned scholars, and on the part of civil rights and immigrant advocacy groups, controversy abounds over the federal government’s broad new powers to investigate and suppress threats of domestic terrorism. 

January 2004

Addressing Perchlorate Contamination of Drinking-Water Sources in California
Bryan Ehlers and Kip Wiley, January 2004
Perchlorate is the common name for a family of salts, including ammonium, potassium, magnesium, and sodium perchlorate.