Sacramento needs to start worry about crime victims – and ensuring they have the resources they need to survive.
State Sen. Lola Smallwood-Cuevas, D-Los Angeles, listens to the discussion of a bill at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Thursday, June 1, 2023. In the final hours of getting potential bills off the floor of the Senate and one step closer to the governor’s desk, Sen. Lola Smallwood-Cuevas, D-Los Angeles, was desperately trying to convince her fellow legislators to make California less safe.
Smallwood-Cuevas – and many other legislators across California – want to ignore these serious crimes and give the criminals who commit them the opportunity to have them erase their felony records and avoid the consequences that go along with being a convicted felon.The 15-year-old girl killed when the 18-year-old driver crashed a stolen car after a police chase nearing 140 miles per hour is still dead – and instead of accountability the Legislature wants to give the driver a do-over.
In 2023, California received $153 million in VOCA funding. For 2024, funds dropped to just $87 million, resulting in 44.7% across the board cuts for victim programs. Yet the focus isn’t on the victims. The focus is on erasing convictions through any means necessary – while trying to erase the victims – and the support they desperately need.
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