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Key State Legislative Committee Approves Measure to End Bad Convictions from Faulty Expert Witness Testimony

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|Date: March 16, 2021
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Key State Legislative Committee Approves Measure to End Bad Convictions from Faulty Expert Witness Testimony

SACRAMENTO, CA – Legislation to end wrongful convictions because of faulty expert witness testimony passe ...

SACRAMENTO, CA – Legislation to end wrongful convictions because of faulty expert witness testimony passed a key California State Senate committee Tuesday on a unanimous bipartisan vote, according to ...

March 16, 2021
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Senator Wiener Introduces Four Bills to Spur Housing Production and Address California Housing Crisis

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|Date: February 19, 2021
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Senator Wiener Introduces Four Bills to Spur Housing Production and Address California Housing Crisis

By David M. Greenwald As California’s Housing Crisis continues, Senator Scott Wiener of San Francisco has ...

By David M. Greenwald As California’s Housing Crisis continues, Senator Scott Wiener of San Francisco has introduced four bills as part of the Senator’s 2021 housing package. The Senator has yet to be ...

February 19, 2021
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Legislative Measure Would Allow Non-Law Enforcement Candidates to Run for Sheriff

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|Date: February 08, 2021
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Legislative Measure Would Allow Non-Law Enforcement Candidates to Run for Sheriff

By Dalia Bautista Rodriguez STATE CAPITOL – State Senator Scott Wiener has authored the Sheriff Democracy ...

By Dalia Bautista Rodriguez STATE CAPITOL – State Senator Scott Wiener has authored the Sheriff Democracy and Diversity Act, SB 271, which would grant access to registered voters to run for sheriff wi ...

February 08, 2021
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California Capitol Watch: New CEQA Exemptions for Designated Transit-Related Projects

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|Date: February 06, 2021
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California Capitol Watch: New CEQA Exemptions for Designated Transit-Related Projects

By Eric Gelber This installment of California Capitol Watch discusses SB 288 (Wiener), which took effect ...

By Eric Gelber This installment of California Capitol Watch discusses SB 288 (Wiener), which took effect on January 1st and creates new CEQA exemptions for certain classes of qualifying transit-relate ...

February 06, 2021
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CA Measure Focuses on Accuracy of Expert Witness Testimony and Forensics in State Courts

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|Date: January 28, 2021
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CA Measure Focuses on Accuracy of Expert Witness Testimony and Forensics in State Courts

By Ramneet Singh STATE CAPITOL – State Senator Scott Weiner has outlined the basis for courtroom-focused ...

By Ramneet Singh STATE CAPITOL – State Senator Scott Weiner has outlined the basis for courtroom-focused Senate Bill 243, which is designed to provide more accurate forensic and expert witness testimo ...

January 28, 2021
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California Capitol Watch: New Mental Health/Addiction Laws

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|Date: January 21, 2021
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California Capitol Watch: New Mental Health/Addiction Laws

By Eric Gelber In this, the second edition of California Capitol Watch, we will look at two mental health ...

By Eric Gelber In this, the second edition of California Capitol Watch, we will look at two mental health/addiction laws enacted in the 2019-20 legislative session that took effect on January 1st of t ...

January 21, 2021
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Fair Juries Act Reflects Community Diversity, Now One Step Closer to Becoming Law

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|Date: August 14, 2020
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Fair Juries Act Reflects Community Diversity, Now One Step Closer to Becoming Law

By Josué Monroy SACRAMENTO – The Fair Juries Act continues to move through the California Legislature, th ...

By Josué Monroy SACRAMENTO – The Fair Juries Act continues to move through the California Legislature, this week passing Assembly Judiciary Committee in an 8-0 vote on its way to the Senate. Senator S ...

August 14, 2020
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Legislation Introduced That Would End Mandatory Incarceration for Nonviolent Drug Offenders

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|Date: July 21, 2020
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Legislation Introduced That Would End Mandatory Incarceration for Nonviolent Drug Offenders

Under current law, certain drug offenses in California carry with them mandatory jail and prison sentence ...

Under current law, certain drug offenses in California carry with them mandatory jail and prison sentences. On Monday, Senator Scott Wiener along with co-sponsor Assemblymember Wendy Carrillo announc ...

July 21, 2020
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Slew of Housing Bills Pass Committee

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|Date: May 27, 2020
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Slew of Housing Bills Pass Committee

Tuesday was a big day for housing reform in California as a number of bills passed through the Senate Hou ...

Tuesday was a big day for housing reform in California as a number of bills passed through the Senate Housing Committee including ones that deal with density bonuses, grow the housing supply, expand a ...

May 27, 2020
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 58: Senator Wiener Discusses Wrongful Conviction Legislation

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|Date: April 09, 2020
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 58: Senator Wiener Discusses Wrongful Conviction Legislation

In February, Senator Scott Wiener introduced new criminal justice reform legislation, Senate Bill 938. Th ...

In February, Senator Scott Wiener introduced new criminal justice reform legislation, Senate Bill 938. This bill would amend the standards used for evaluating expert testimony and forensics in court, ...

April 09, 2020
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Senator Wiener Introduces Housing Legislation to Increase Baseline Zoning

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|Date: March 12, 2020
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Senator Wiener Introduces Housing Legislation to Increase Baseline Zoning

SB 902 automatically zones for two, three or four units per parcel depending on a city’s size, while al ...

SB 902 automatically zones for two, three or four units per parcel depending on a city’s size, while also providing cities a new streamlined process to rezone for up to 10 units per parcel (From Pre ...

March 12, 2020
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Commentary: Opponents of Housing Rarely Suggest Alternatives

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|Date: February 25, 2020
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Commentary: Opponents of Housing Rarely Suggest Alternatives

Eric Jaye, in a special column in the Sacramento Bee, argues the need to stand up to powerful developers ...

Eric Jaye, in a special column in the Sacramento Bee, argues the need to stand up to powerful developers as well as his opposition to SB 50—but like most critics, he fails to offer much in the way of ...

February 25, 2020
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Senator Wiener Introduces Legislation to Create Fairer, More Representative Juries

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|Date: February 16, 2020
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Senator Wiener Introduces Legislation to Create Fairer, More Representative Juries

SB 1001 would broaden jury pool to including all tax filers in order to create more representative juries ...

SB 1001 would broaden jury pool to including all tax filers in order to create more representative juries by race and income level (From Press Release – Senator Wiener) – Today, Senator Scott Wiener ...

February 16, 2020
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Senator Wiener Introduces Legislation to Prevent Wrongful Convictions Resulting from Faulty Expert Witness Testimony

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|Date: February 08, 2020
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Senator Wiener Introduces Legislation to Prevent Wrongful Convictions Resulting from Faulty Expert Witness Testimony

SB 938 would ensure expert testimony used as admissible evidence in court has sound methodology and would ...

SB 938 would ensure expert testimony used as admissible evidence in court has sound methodology and would provide opportunity to challenge wrongful convictions (From Press Release – Senator Wiener) - ...

February 08, 2020
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Commentary: Lots of Opposition to SB 50, Few Alternatives Offered

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 04, 2020
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Commentary: Lots of Opposition to SB 50, Few Alternatives Offered

Veteran columnist George Skelton has an excellent analysis, pinning down key opponents of SB 50 – Senator ...

Veteran columnist George Skelton has an excellent analysis, pinning down key opponents of SB 50 – Senator Bob Hertzberg and Holly Mitchell in particular. Like many, he acknowledges problems with SB 50 ...

February 04, 2020
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Senator Wiener Wants to Turn PG&E into a Publicly-Owned Utility

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|Date: February 04, 2020
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Senator Wiener Wants to Turn PG&E into a Publicly-Owned Utility

In an effort to fundamentally reform PG&E, this legislation will turn it into a public utility focuse ...

In an effort to fundamentally reform PG&E, this legislation will turn it into a public utility focused on safety, reliability, and affordability instead of profits Monday, Senator Scott Wiener (D- ...

February 04, 2020
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Commentary: SB 50 Fails Again in Senate Vote – Time to Shelve the Idea?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 30, 2020
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Commentary: SB 50 Fails Again in Senate Vote – Time to Shelve the Idea?

The state of California is mired in a housing crisis. All involved seem to understand the need to put fo ...

The state of California is mired in a housing crisis. All involved seem to understand the need to put forward new policies to make it possible to build the housing necessary – and yet one of the most ...

January 30, 2020
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United Farm Workers Endorse SB 50

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|Date: January 26, 2020
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United Farm Workers Endorse SB 50

(From Press Release) - Today, the United Farm Workers of America (UFW) announced their endorsement of SB ...

(From Press Release) - Today, the United Farm Workers of America (UFW) announced their endorsement of SB 50. UFW is the oldest and largest farm workers’ union in the country, and was founded by organi ...

January 26, 2020
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Major Anti-Poverty and Environmental Justice Groups Endorse SB 50

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|Date: January 24, 2020
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Major Anti-Poverty and Environmental Justice Groups Endorse SB 50

SB 50 picked up new endorsements from anti-poverty group United Ways of California and environmental just ...

SB 50 picked up new endorsements from anti-poverty group United Ways of California and environmental justice group Coalition for Clean Air (From Press Release – Senator Wiener) - Senate Bill 50, Sena ...

January 24, 2020
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Sunday Commentary: Will SB 50 Solve the Housing Crisis? How Can We Increase Affordable Housing?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 12, 2020
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Sunday Commentary: Will SB 50 Solve the Housing Crisis? How Can We Increase Affordable Housing?

Senate Bill 50 is back… again… for the third time. It is controversial, with opponents arguing that it t ...

Senate Bill 50 is back… again… for the third time. It is controversial, with opponents arguing that it takes away local control while supporters argue that it is designed to increase housing producti ...

January 12, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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