Placer DA Legislative Affairs

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(End of session is midnight Sept. 14)

While the Placer County District Attorney's Office will prosecute to the extent the law allows, there are many decisions happening at the state level that affects their ability to secure justice for victims of crime. That is why they launched their legislative affairs arm to educate residents on state policy, seek legislative solutions to problems and empower communities to have their voice heard.

Bad bills the office is tracking:

1) Senate Bill 81: will make parole denials extremely difficult – even when an inmate blatantly shows they have not been rehabilitated  
2) Senate Bill 94: will decrease penalties for henious murderers that were charged before 1990 Read Crime Victims United AB 94 murder list

Key legislative Contacts:

• California Assembly Members - contact all members when a bill is headed to the Assembly floor: https://www.assembly.ca.gov/assemblymembers
• California Senate Members: contact all members when a bill is headed to the Senate floor: https://www.senate.ca.gov/senators
• Assembly Appropriations Committee - this is the Assembly's fiscal committee, contact them when a bill is in Assembly Appropriations: https://apro.assembly.ca.gov/
• Senate Appropriations Committee - this is the Senate's fiscal committee, contact them when a bill is in Senate Appropriations: https://sapro.senate.ca.gov/member-staff-roster
• Assembly Public Safety Committee - this is the Assembly public safety policy committee, contact them when a bill is in Assembly Public Safety: https://apsf.assembly.ca.gov/membersstaff
• Senate Public Safety Committee - this is the Senate public safety policy committee, contact them when a bill is in Senate Public Safety: https://spsf.senate.ca.gov/
• California Governor Gavin Newsom: Contact the Governor when a bill is on his desk for potential signature: https://www.gov.ca.gov/contact/ 

Resources:

• Legislative process from the California office of the clerk: https://clerk.assembly.ca.gov/content/process
• Legislative deadlines: https://www.assembly.ca.gov/schedules-publications/legislative-deadlines
• Find your representative: https://findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov/
• Search for a bill: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/
• How to write a letter of support/ opposition: https://www.placer.ca.gov/8810/Submit-a-letter-of-supportopposition---C
• Find each representatives region: https://www.placer.ca.gov/9330/2023-23-Assembly-Contacts