Bills Are with Governor Now. What’s On His Desk?
By: Shaun Rundle, Executive Director. The Legislature had a strict deadline of August 31st, to send all bills to Governor Newsom. The governor now has until September 30th to sign […]
Back From Summer Recess: Legislature Wraps Up
By: Shaun Rundle, Executive Director. On Monday, August 1st the Legislature returned from their month-long Summer Recess. They now have until August 31st to pass all bills to the governor’s […]
2022 Legislative Year: Retail Theft, Murder Liability, Fentanyl and More
By Shaun Rundle, CPOA Executive Director Legislators feeling frustrated by their failed 2021 bills have reintroduced some of those measures. They join a wave of new introductions that seek to […]
Governor Signs Package of Public Safety Reform Measures
By: Shaun Rundle, CPOA Deputy Director. In Gardena, home district of Senator Steven Bradford, Governor Newsom signed a package of public safety bills that CPOA has lobbied all year. They […]
Qualified Immunity Bill Gets Amended, As Does Cop Minimum Age
By: Shaun Rundle, CPOA Deputy Director. Two of the bills that CPOA’s Law & Legislation Committee felt to be of the biggest-impact for 2021, are SB 2 (Bradford-D) and AB […]
Few Public Safety Bills Remain Unchanged as Year Progresses
By: Shaun Rundle, CPOA Deputy Director. As a result of our lobbying work during the many legislative deadlines that occur in May and June in the Legislature, most public safety […]
Sheriff Eligibility Bill Dies and High-Cost Bills Face Danger of Defeat
By: Shaun Rundle, CPOA Deputy Director. Several public safety legislative proposals have been referred to the “black hole,” i.e., the Appropriations Suspense File. This is a file of bills with […]
Police Reform Bills Move Along with Strong Support
By: Shaun Rundle, Deputy Director. To little surprise, the 2021 legislation proposing the biggest changes to modern policing have been safely and swiftly moving through the Legislature. I have provided […]
Here We Go Again: Decertification, ALPRs, and Records Release
By: Shaun Rundle, Deputy Director. Public safety bills have been begun hearings in Senate and Assembly policy committees, such as Public Safety, Judiciary and Transportation. Authors are presenting many of […]
Legislation 2021: Just When We Thought They Ran Out of Ideas
By: Shaun Rundle, Deputy Director. Criminal justice reform since 2014 has been a ping pong game between the Legislature and voters at the ballot box. First Prop 47, then RIPA, […]
