Commentary
The fall season acts as a California criminal justice bellwether, as the legislature feverishly votes on bills to beat their Aug. 31 deadline and recess for the year. The Governor then has until early October to take action on many of them in the form of a signature, no action or a veto.
In reality, it’s an opportunity for the Senate, Assembly, and the Governor to show the citizens of the state of California what they have been doing to improve public safety over the prior eight months.
Just like the past 10 years, my Google news alerts (set to follow legislative outcomes) lit up like a pinball machine between Oct. 2 and Oct. 8, as our Governor burned the midnight oil, fought through carpal tunnel, and (I hoped) took steps to reverse the tide of criminally related pain Californians have been feeling over the last 24 months via signing the best ideas generated in our legislative body….