Assemblyman Freddie Rodriguez

California’s Rotten Districts Result in Rotten Result

July 13, 2023 7:03 amAugust 7, 2023 2:08 pm

In theory, if an elected official does something unpopular they could lose their re-election bid. If they do something unconscionable – like blocking harsher penalties for convicted child sex traffickers – they should lose their re-election bid. But for the...

California Assembly Democrats Block Bill to Fight Sex Trafficking of Minors

July 12, 2023 11:28 amJuly 12, 2023 5:19 pm

UPDATE below: A bill to make sex trafficking a felony once again in California was blocked Tuesday in the Assembly Public Safety Committee by Democrats, after passing unanimously in the Senate. Currently human trafficking is defined as a “non-serious” crime...

Special Assembly Public Safety Committee Hearing Over Fentanyl Bills Announced For Next Thursday

April 20, 2023 5:32 pmApril 20, 2023 5:32 pm

A special Assembly hearing of the Assembly Public Safety Committee to discuss all six bills related to the fentanyl crisis was announced on Thursday following weeks of public discontent over the legislature’s inaction over the growing crisis. Currently, the Assembly...

California Senate Passes ‘Housing for Homeless,’ Bill With Penalty Component

July 2, 2019 2:08 amJuly 3, 2019 1:35 pm

The Legislature can do an immediate legislative fix The Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review authored AB 101, which provides for statutory changes needed to enact the housing and homelessness-related provisions of the Budget Act of 2019. In short,...

California Legislature Kills Bills to Reclassify Violent Sexual Crimes as ‘Violent’

March 8, 2019 1:05 amMarch 11, 2019 1:49 pm

Six real criminal justice reform bills were killed last year in the California Legislature which would have expanded the definition of violent crime to include human trafficking, elder and dependent adult abuse, assault with a deadly weapon, rape, and other...