The new law is the last of 13 pieces of legislation that have been at the center of a political saga that took place at the state Capitol this summer.
Gavin Newsom speaks to reporters in the spin room following the CNN Presidential Debate between U.S. President Joe Biden and Republican presidential candidate, former U.S. President Donald Trump at the McCamish Pavilion on the Georgia Institute of Technology campus on June 27, 2024, in Atlanta.LOS ANGELES — Gov.
Advocates from the Vera Institute of Justice along with a coalition of criminal justice reform organizations are alarmed that language in the bill is “identical” to parts of. If passed by voters, the initiative would reform a decade-old law that reduced sentences for low-level, nonviolent property and drug crimes.
“ would increase prison time based on accidental behavior, because there is no requirement that the damage was intentional,” advocates wrote a letter to Newsom on Aug. 30 urging for a veto of the bill. “That means AB 1960 could add years of prison time for a car accident while driving under the influence.”
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