A bill that would have reclassified sex trafficking as a violent felony in California was blocked by the Legislature’s Assembly Committee on Public Safety March 14. Six Democratic Assembly members voted against Assembly Bill 229 authored by Joe Patterson (R-Rocklin). The measure would have expanded the Three Strikes Law—a state law passed in 1994 that…

Assemblywoman Mia Bonta (D-Oakland) recused herself Feb. 19 from overseeing discussions on her husband Attorney General Rob Bonta’s Department of Justice budget after a media and public firestorm erupted over her refusal to do so last week. Bonta issued a statement Sunday removing herself as chair of a budget subcommittee from all matters directly pertaining…

California Assemblywoman Mia Bonta (D-Oakland)—the wife of state Attorney General Rob Bonta—insinuated racism and sexism may be behind conflict-of-interest allegations over her appointment to chair a budget subcommittee which oversees Department of Justice and public safety spending. Official portrait of Mia Bonta, assemblywoman for California’s 18th district, in 2021. (Public Domain) “Almost within my lifetime…