Tag: California legislation

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.

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.

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.