Our Legislative Agenda
Each legislative session, we work to advance a legislative agenda that pushes our state forward. For our full legislative agenda, read our blog post.
2022 Legislation
Keep Facial Recognition Off Police Body Cameras (SB 1038)
Criminal Justice & Policing, Privacy & Technology, Racial and Economic Justice
Biometric Surveillance (face recognition) on police body cameras enables pervasive monitoring of the public without their knowledge or consent, registering and reporting who we are and where we go. These tracking systems are inconsistent. Facial …
Eliminating Unnecessary Police Interaction in Schools (SB 1273)
Criminal Justice & Policing, Education Equity
Decades of research show the long-term harm to young people of even minimal contact with the juvenile or criminal legal systems. Once students make contact with law enforcement, they are less likely to graduate high …
Separating Duties of Sheriff’s and Coroner’s Offices (AB 1608)
Criminal Justice & Policing
All 58 counties in California have a sheriff’s department but not all have a separate coroner or medical examiner’s office. The duties of the coroner are currently combined with the sheriff’s department in 48 counties. …
VISION Act (AB 937)
Immigrant Rights
Too many of our community members who have served their time and been deemed eligible for release have been transferred unnecessarily from our jails and prisons to immigration detention. The VISION Act protects those individuals …
Safer Streets for All Act (SB 357)
Criminal Justice & Policing, Reproductive Justice & Gender Equity
Everyone has a right to feel safe in their communities. California’s law that criminalizes loitering with intent to commit prostitution gives law enforcement a tool to harass and discriminate against Black and trans communities, particularly …