Jan Meslin, Director of Social Change Development for CIVIC (Community Initiatives for Visiting Migrants) talks about how the status of immigration reform affects many deportees or those in detention for deportation . The Direct Support Fund is a fundraiser which will continue until mid August. Support can be offered at: gofundme.com/directsupport, 385-212-4842 to send your support.

Charlie Blek, President of the OC Chapter of the Brady Campaign for the Prevention of Gun Violence, returns to take stock of legislation passed in the aftermath of the Isla Ista shootings that occurred one year ago. This rapid response, the “California Gun Violence Restraining Order,” Blek maintains, would likely have prevented the assault in Santa Barbara.