Public Safety and Justice Update: 9/29/23

Two new laws (SB2 and AB28)  regulating gun control in California were signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom this week…

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a controversial bill this week that designates human trafficking of a minor as a serious felony, expanding a law that criminal justice activists for years have been trying to weaken…

A bill that could have freed some of California’s aging killers serving life in prison without parole failed to advance this year, after running into opposition from victim advocates and law enforcement officials…

Fan violence is increasing at high school football games, sometimes involving gunfire. In Sacramento, 15 shots were fired at a recent youth football game…

In January, Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price vowed to hold police accountable for misconduct, announcing that her office would review six fatal police shootings and two in-custody deaths to determine whether any of the officers involved should face criminal charges…

Three Baton Rogue, LA police officers are on administrative leave after a series of federal lawsuits exposing the abuse and sexual humiliation taking place at an unmarked torture warehouse known as the “Brave Cave” that was operated by members of the Baton Rouge police department (BRPD)…

A judge dismissed the case against a former Philadelphia police officer charged with murder in connection to the death of Eddie Irizarry…