Commentary
California is in free-fall. We see the signs and symptoms as we go to work, when we see the news, or when we experience personal loss associated with the intentional destruction of our criminal justice system. Citizens can measure the above through the year-over-year increased rates of assault, rape, and murder. It is incumbent on California legislators to use all the tools at their disposal to get crime headed back in the right direction.
On Feb. 15, Senate Bill (SB) 1042 was introduced during the regular California legislative session. The bill, titled simply, “Violent felonies: serious felonies: human trafficking,” was designed to re-classify the crime of human trafficking and include it into the list of California’s Violent and/or Serious Felonies via a modification of the penal code….