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In a California county where the sheriff is also the coroner, families seek change
In Riverside, California, the families of several people who have died in the county’s jails are mounting an uphill battle: to force the creation of an independent coroner’s office.
New change coming to retail theft legislation could splinter support for tough-on-crime initiative
Legislative leaders plan to fast-track bills to crack down on retail theft in California and are using the package of reforms to pressure supporters of a proposed tough-on-crime initiative headed for the November ballot to abandon that effort.
How did a shoplifting bill get through California’s liberal Assembly with most Democrats opposed?
Assemblymember Ash Kalra did something exceptional last week.
He was the only legislator to vote “no” on a controversial piece of legislation while nearly half of the 80 members in the state Assembly – and a majority of the Democrats – did not vote.
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