State Sen. Sabrina Cervantes maintained from the start that she wasn’t drunk or on drugs after she was cited for DUI in Sacramento.
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Each weekday, catch up on the 5 most pressing stories to start your morning in 3 minutes or less.of Riverside after a blood test showed she had “no measurable amount of drugs or alcohol in her system” following a crash last week in Sacramento a few blocks from the Capitol. “We have reviewed all the submitted evidence, including police reports, witness statements, and laboratory results. Based on our ethical duty and the burden of proof in a criminal trial, the Sacramento County D.A.’s Office declines to file any charges in this case,” Shelly Orio, a spokeswoman for office, said in an email. The announcement is a vindication for Cervantes, a 37-year-old Democrat from the Riverside area. She maintained from the start that she wasn’t impaired and that Sacramento police officers “accosted” her at a hospital where they detained her for several hours. The Sacramento Police Department responded with an emailed statement in response to a CalMatters interview request. “During their interaction with Sen. Cervantes, they observed objective signs that led them to believe she may have been impaired while operating a motor vehicle,” police said. “The officers remained professional throughout, taking time to explain the process and answer all of the senator’s questions.” Officers said Cervantes initially declined to participate with officers’ sobriety tests. So they asked a judge for a warrant for Cervantes to submit to a blood test and told Cervantes they had requested one.The White House is sued over lack of sign language interpreters at press briefings “While the warrant was being written and processed, the senator agreed to voluntarily provide a blood sample; however, since the warrant process was already underway officers waited until it was signed by a judge before proceeding with the blood draw, which was conducted by a licensed phlebotomist,” police said. Sacramento police and the district attorney’s office both refused to provide CalMatters with copies of the warrant, which would include investigators’ affidavits showing the judge they had probable cause to draw Cervantes’ blood. They also would not provide a warrant number that would allow CalMatters to obtain the document from Sacramento County Superior Court. The May 19 crash happened around 1 p.m., less than an hour before she was supposed to be on the floor of the state Legislature. Last week, CalMatters reviewed footage from a nearby office building’s security camera that appears to show Cervantes wasn’t at fault in the crash. The footage shows a white SUV rolling through a stop sign and careening into Cervantes’ black sedan at the intersection of 14th and S streets in midtown Sacramento. Cervantes appeared to have had the right-of-way as she drove east on S Street.Sacramento police said the other driver was cited for failing to stop at a stop sign. Last week, CalMatters filed a public records request seeking body camera footage and police reports.OC health officials allege state regulator threatened board member to help powerful private interests CalOptima, Orange County’s Medi-Cal insurer, is looking into what led to the collapse of a lucrative deal to open a health center to serve elderly Vietnamese-speaking people in Westminster.Andrew Do pleaded guilty to felony bribery last year. The suspension is a step in the California State Bar's process leading to disbarment.L.A. politicians tried to resist President-elect Donald Trump’s policies during his last term. What can they do to fight this time?As an OC supervisor, Michelle Steel awarded a $1.2M pandemic meals contract to her campaign mail printer The contract Steel directed to her campaign mail vendor in 2020 charged taxpayers about $24 per meal, three times as much as vendors charged in two other Orange County supervisor districts, according to an LAist review of contracts.As the Nov. 5 election draws closer, many of us have yet to vote and are looking for some help. We hope you start with our Voter Game Plan. Since we don't do endorsements, we've also put together a list of other popular voting guides across the political spectrum.How did a man facing sexual assault charges get hired as an LA Metro ambassador?
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