Assemblyman Jim Cooper – California Globe

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...

Bill To Give Tax Credits To Businesses That Sponsor Blood Drives Introduced in Senate

February 17, 2022 2:20 amFebruary 16, 2022 8:40 pm

A bill to give tax credits to businesses and companies that sponsor blood drives was introduced to the Senate on Tuesday. Senate Bill 1025, authored by Senator Patricia Bates (R-Laguna Niguel) would, for a period of 5 taxable years between...

CA Assemblyman Goes Off on CARB Chairwoman Mary Nichols’ Stupid Insensitive Tweet

June 2, 2020 7:44 amJune 2, 2020 7:46 am

‘@MaryNicholsCA How dare you take this moment of pain and anguish our nation is facing to discus your crooked Enviro policies.’ California Assemblyman Jim Cooper (D-Elk Grove) went off on California Air Resources Board Chairwoman Mary Nichols Monday night after...

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...