CA Bill to Allow Felons on Juries:   A bill by State Senator Nancy Skinner (D Berkeley) which allows people with felony records to serve on juries has cleared the Senate on a party-line vote.  Katy Grimes of the California Globe reports that SB 310 would allow counties to include the names of convicted felons not currently in jail or prison in jury pools.  Noting that felons were given the right to vote by a 2016 bill signed by Governor Jerry Brown, Senator Skinner told reporters, "There is no legitimate reason why they should be barred from serving on a jury."  Skinner said the bill addresses "a civil rights issue," because the criminal justice system has targeted "Black and Brown people in disproportionate numbers," and that making juries more diverse will help to fix this "historic wrong."  Sponsors of the bill include the ACLU, the California Public Defenders Association, and the Soros-funded Tides Advocacy.