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The bail industry defeated Prop. 25, California must continue criminal justice reforms
BY ROB BONTA, NANCY SKINNER, AND ROBERT HERTZBERG, SPECIAL TO THE SACRAMENTO BEE
JANUARY 27, 2021 05:00 AM
Our criminal justice system is supposed to be based on a fundamental premise: “innocent until proven guilty.” In reality, this basic right is not afforded to millions of low-income Californians, particularly those in communities of color.
SACRAMENTO – Senate Majority Leader Bob Hertzberg (D-Van Nuys), Assemblymember Rob Bonta (D-Oakland), and Senator Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley) introduced joint legislation on Wednesday designed to reform the state’s money bail system, and to address the disproportionate impacts on low-income and low-wealth residents.
SACRAMENTO - Assemblymember Rob Bonta (D-Oakland) has introduced AB 288 that would increase access to California’s public colleges and universities by preventing schools from reducing financial aid grants if a student is also awarded a private scholarship.
SACRAMENTO – Today, California State Assemblymember Rob Bonta (D-Oakland) introduced AB 263, known as the Health Oversight and Leadership in Detention Act (HOLD Act) that will empower California health officials to combat the COVID-19 pandemic by ensuring health orders are followed inside for-profit, private detention facilities.
#CureTheConflict Legislation Will Require Prosecutors Who Accept Law Enforcement Union Contributions to Recuse Themselves in Investigations and Prosecutions of Law Enforcement
Assemblymember Bonta and Legislative colleagues are fighting to stop the deportation of Kao Ta Saelee, a Californian who bravely served as an inmate firefighter. He served his time, earned his release, but when he was due to be set free, the state voluntarily handed him over to ICE where he now faces deportation to a country he fled as a refugee with his family at the age of 2.
SACRAMENTO – Assemblymember Rob Bonta (D-Oakland) called today’s signing of AB 3228 by Governor Gavin Newsom a huge victory for human rights that will move California closer to stopping a health and welfare crisis inside ICE’s privately-run detention facilities in California.
Thank you for supporting my AB 3228. This bill provides accountability and oversight of for-profit, private detention facilities in California. We must ensure the health, safety, and well-being of Californians and make sure they are safe from COVID-19.
SACRAMENTO – Assemblymember Rob Bonta (D-Oakland) Issued the following statement on AB 3088 Tenant Protection Agreement:
SACRAMENTO - Assemblymember Rob Bonta (D-Oakland) and more than a dozen fellow lawmakers have introduced legislation that would establish a first-in-the-nation net worth tax. This proposed wealth tax would generate an estimated $7.5 billion per year for California’s vital needs like education, housing, health care, and other state services.