This shit is so depressing, when the only viable opposition party doesn't even have your back on the bare minimum, what do you even do? Obviously push for things outside of electoralism too but man. Reminder that this problem did not start under Trump and will not end under Trump.
Some of the bills that are likely to be shot down
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Edit: second source https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Hallmark-police-reform-bill-faces-tough-road-in-15517632.php
Some of the bills that are likely to be shot down
The Deadly Force Accountability Act (Assembly Bill 1506). This bill by Assemblyman Kevin McCarty, D-Sacramento, would allow local law enforcement leaders and district attorneys to request that the California state attorney general investigate police shootings. But despite the fact that the bill enjoys support from a large coalition of groups, including the NAACP and the California Police Chiefs Association, it has had one very powerful opponent: California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, a Democrat who has repeatedly made it clear that he's no friend of police reform.
Police Decertification (Senate Bill 731). This crucial bill by Steve Bradford, D-Gardena, would allow California to decertify police officers who break the law or engage in serious misconduct. Forty-five states already have the power to do this, but not "progressive" California, where dangerous or criminal officers can simply take their badge and gun and move to another police force. "Criminal Cops," an investigation conducted by a consortium of California media outlets including McClatchy, highlighted the problem last year.
Police record transparency (SB 776). This bill by state Sen. Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, would increase AB 1185 for law enforcement. It would require departments and agencies to turn over records related to officers accused of racist or discriminatory behavior or who have been repeatedly accused of violating rules to conduct searches or arrests. It would expand on Skinner's previous bill, SB 1421, which required law enforcement agencies to release records involving shootings and other uses of deadly force. Police groups fought SB 1421 tooth and nail, and some law enforcement leaders refused to comply with the law after it passed, including Attorney General Becerra.
More at the link.
Edit: second source https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Hallmark-police-reform-bill-faces-tough-road-in-15517632.php
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