Ryan Sabalow
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Bill would limit sharing license plate data (opens the original)
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A bill advancing in the state Legislature would limit how long law enforcement agencies can retain data from license plate readers. The proposal caps that retention period at 30 days. And it comes amid growing concern that license plate reader data is being shared and used inappropriately. Police agencies say the technology has helped solve murders, recover stolen vehicles, and investigate serious crimes. But privacy advocates say the technology's gone too far…with little oversight. They point t
Bill would allow trauma victims to use abuse as legal defense (opens the original)
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California lawmakers are considering a bill that would let survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, or human trafficking use their abuse as a legal defense — even for violent crimes. The measure is from Oakland Democratic Assemblymember Mia Bonta. She argues victims accused of violent crimes should have a right to tell juries about their abusers. They could also use the proposed law to clear their names after they’re freed from prison. California law already allows the defense for non-vio
Bill would bring back grizzlies to California (opens the original)
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The grizzly bear may be emblazoned on California’s state flag, but these bears haven’t roamed the Golden State in more than a century. Now, a group of Democratic lawmakers wants to consider reintroducing them. Inglewood Senator Laura Richardson’s bill would task the California Department of Fish and Wildlife with creating a study to see if bringing grizzlies back to California is feasible. California was home to as many as 10-thousand grizzly bears before the Gold Rush. But settlers wiped out th
Ryan Sabalow (opens the original)
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Ryan Sabalow Bay Area Headlines Bill would limit sharing license plate data Ryan Sabalow, CalMatters The proposal caps that retention period at 30 days. It comes amid growing concern that license plate reader data is being shared and used inappropriately. Bay Area Headlines Bill would allow trauma victims to use abuse as legal defense Ryan Sabalow, CalMatters California lawmakers are considering a bill that would let survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, or human trafficking use their
Tribal casinos dealing with legal setback on blackjack tables (opens the original)
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For years, tribal casinos in California have claimed they have exclusive rights to host blackjack and other Las-Vegas style gambling. They want to keep these games out of the private cardrooms they compete with. And they’ve spent tens of millions of dollars appealing to courts, voters, and the Legislature to do it. Now, tribes are facing yet another defeat, in the wake of a new court ruling last week from a San Francisco judge. Earlier this year, Attorney General Rob Bonta sided with the casinos
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