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What the Attorney General Candidates Are Saying About Props 47 and 57

May 10, 2022 2:20 amMay 10, 2022 7:21 am

Over the course of the coming week, the California Globe will be presenting a question and answer series with candidates running to become the state’s next Attorney General. This is Part ll. Part l is linked below. Without question, the public...

Sacramento Mayor Steinberg, State Lawmakers Demand $3 billion for ‘Crime Prevention’

April 7, 2022 9:08 amApril 9, 2022 4:27 pm

Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg, together with Democratic state lawmakers and “criminal justice reform” advocates, held a press conference and demanded $3 billion “for immediate and substantial investments in crime prevention and healing services for crime victims.” Their demand follows the...

2nd and 3rd Suspects in Sacramento Shooting Arrested While Politicians Agitate for Gun Control

April 5, 2022 8:55 amApril 6, 2022 5:44 pm

Six people were killed and 12 were wounded in a mass shooting in downtown Sacramento late Saturday night/early Sunday, turning several blocks of the Capitol city into a massive crime scene. Sacramento police spent the early hours of Sunday searching...

Mayor and Governor Blame Gun Violence When 6 are Killed, 10 Injured in Downtown Sacramento Shooting

April 3, 2022 10:21 amApril 3, 2022 10:26 am

Six people were killed and 10 were wounded in a mass shooting in downtown Sacramento late Saturday night/early Sunday, turning several blocks of the Capitol city into a massive crime scene, CBS 13 reported. Sacramento police spent the early hours...

Prop 47 Reset Fails in Assembly Committee

March 24, 2022 12:49 pm

A bill to amend Proposition 47 to lower the threshold amount for felony theft from over $950 to $400 failed in the Assembly Public Safety Committee this week. Assembly Bill 1603, authored by Assemblyman Rudy Salas (D-Bakersfield), would have reduced...

Assembly Public Safety Committee Kills Bill to Repeal Prop. 47

March 8, 2022 11:48 am

The Assembly Public Safety Committee heard and killed Assembly Bill 1599 by Assemblyman Kevin Kiley (R-Granite Bay), which sought to repeal Proposition 47. With California’s ongoing crime spike exploding across the state, Assemblyman Kevin Kiley, James Gallagher, and Jim Patterson...

California Assemblywoman Shocked at Homeless Living on City Streets

March 2, 2022 12:43 pmMarch 2, 2022 12:43 pm

Assemblywoman Sharon Quirk-Silva (D – Fullerton) posted a photo on Twitter Tuesday of a couple of homeless tents on a city sidewalk, and asks why. “Can we explain this? Who is responsible? Solutions please,” she Tweeted. https://twitter.com/quirk_silva/status/1498846675854512129 The responses were...