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Bill To Stop CA Prisons From Transferring Illegal Immigrant Prisoners To ICE Custody Passes Senate Committee

July 15, 2021 2:34 amJuly 14, 2021 9:39 pm

A bill that would halt state or local law enforcement from arresting, detaining, or assisting in arresting in transferring prisoners for immigration enforcement reasons was passed in the Senate Public Safety Committee 4-1. Assembly Bill 937, authored by Assemblywoman Wendy...

Sacramento DA Won’t Let Los Angeles DA Gascón Handle Dual Jurisdiction Cases

January 12, 2021 8:05 amJanuary 12, 2021 8:06 am

Sacramento County District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert sent a letter Monday to recently elected Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón letting him know that because of his radical new directives getting rid of all crime enhancements, and eliminating cash...

Los Angeles DA George Gascón Favoring Criminals over Victims in New Policies

December 18, 2020 10:04 amDecember 18, 2020 10:10 am

Newly elected Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón hit the ground running. Within minutes of being sworn in, Gascón announced he would be getting rid of all crime enhancements, and eliminating cash bail, despite California voters rejecting the elimination...

Newly Elected DA George Gascón Promises to Oppress LA’s Law Abiding Citizens

December 8, 2020 2:10 amDecember 7, 2020 9:13 pm

Newly elected Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón is the architect of Proposition 47 which largely decriminalized theft and drug crimes by reducing those crimes and a number of other “non-violent” felonies to misdemeanors; and Prop. 57, which allows early...

Proposition 25 Fails At Polls, 55% of Californians Vote To Keep Cash Bail

November 5, 2020 6:52 amNovember 5, 2020 11:50 am

On Tuesday, Californians voted against Proposition 25, allowing cash bail to continue in California. As of 7:30 PM on Wednesday, 55% of California voters voted against the proposition with 72% of precincts reporting in, a lead large enough for political...

Soros Dumps Another $2.5 Million into George Gascón’s Race for Los Angeles DA

September 28, 2020 11:23 amSeptember 28, 2020 11:23 am

In 2018, billionaire oligarch George Soros funded the campaigns of leftist District Attorney challengers across the United States. In California alone, Soros spent $3,625,000 on DA races in Sacramento, San Diego, Alameda, Marin and Contra Costa counties. Flash forward to...

Bill That Would Ban Surgery on Intersex Children Dies in Committee

January 15, 2020 6:32 am

By a vote of 4 to 2, with three abstentions, the Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development Committee voted down what would have been the first ban on intersex children surgery in the country. The attempted intersex children surgery ban...