our campaigns
our campaigns
2025
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$20 million in one-time funding for community based rehabilitative programs operating in California prisons. OUTCOME: $20 million one-time funding.
$30 million ongoing funding for incarcerated firecrews. OUTCOME: $10 million ongoing for incarcerated firecrews.
ASK: $36.6 million in one-time funding to fund “Jails to Jobs” pilot in LA County. OUTCOME: No allocation.
$60 million for immigration legal services. OUTCOME: $20 million in one-time funding ($10 million one-time funding in special session and $10 million one-time funding in regular session).
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Aims to increase wages and provide additional sentence credits for inmate firefighters
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Would require the department to create standardized clearance forms for legal professionals to apply for annual clearance to gain approval to provide legal services at all institutions
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Would authorize the court to consider a recall and resentencing request from an incarcerated firefighter upon a recommendation from the department
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Would authorize a court to exercise its discretion to grant pretrial diversion on a felony offense, subject to certain exceptions
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Would allow a county board of supervisors in California to transfer any or all duties and authorities related to juvenile delinquency supervision or juvenile detention now vested in the probation department to another county department
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Would prohibit California cities, counties, and special districts from adopting or enforcing any local ordinances that bar individuals or organizations from providing support services—such as medical care, legal aid, food, water, blankets, or shelter-related assistance—to people experiencing homelessness or aiding them in basic survival efforts
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Would expand California’s youth offender parole eligibility to include individuals who committed their controlling offense at 25 or younger and were sentenced to life without the possibility of parole
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Would require California’s Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to apply all constitutionally authorized conduct and rehabilitative credits to reduce the minimum term before parole eligibility on life-with-parole sentences, and mandate that the Board of Parole Hearings consider probation officer reports in parole suitability decisions
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Would eliminate the current “majority-win” rule for county nonpartisan offices, requiring instead that the top two primary candidates advance to the November general election, and mandate that any local plurality-based elections held alongside statewide contests be held in November rather than during earlier primary cycles
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Would require California county jails and juvenile detention facilities to provide indigent inmates or wards (with ≤ $25 in trust accounts) free and guaranteed access to basic hygiene products, prohibit denial of those items as punishment or reward, eliminate related debt (including pre‑January 1, 2026), and bar charges for them
2024
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$20 million in one-time funding for community based rehabilitative programs operating in California prisons. OUTCOME: $2.2 million one-time funding
$1.8 million ongoing funding to end the practice of garnishing an incarcerated person’s release allowance. OUTCOME: $1.8 million ongoing funding
$3 million for Reentry Support Legal Hotline. OUTCOME: No allocation
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Mandated the California Board of Parole Hearings to improve language access for parole candidates with limited English proficiency
(Signed into law)
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Aimed to reduce displacement by increasing transparency and fairness in commercial leasing practices, particularly for microenterprises, restaurants, and nonprofits
(Signed into law)
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Established two key programs: the Accountability Letter Bank (ALB) and the Victim Offender Dialogue (VOD). These programs, within the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), aim to facilitate restorative justice processes for victims and offenders
(Signed into law)
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Eliminated youth restitution fines, waives old restitution debt, and ends wage and trust account garnishment for youth
(Signed into law)
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Amended the Penal Code to explicitly authorize law enforcement to connect individuals they encounter directly to supportive services and treatment if they believe that doing so would be in the best interest of public and community safety
(Signed into law)
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Required the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) to post a list of banned books on their website, empowering the OIG to review the justifications for banning books and potentially remove them from the list if the reasons are deemed insufficient
(Signed into law)
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Aimed to streamline the process for defendants seeking resentencing under existing laws, ensuring fairness and efficiency
(Signed into law)
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Amended the Penal Code to require the court to review bail orders and non-monetary conditions of release to determine if there is clear and convincing evidence of a risk to public safety, the victim, or a risk of flight, and that no less restrictive alternative can address that risk
(Did not advance)
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Mandated that food items sold in these vending machines cannot exceed a 35% markup above the average market retail price in the surrounding community
(Did not advance)
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Required each county to develop a court reminder program that allows a superior court, county defense agency or contractor, pretrial services provider, or a community-based organization to send a text message to notify defendants of scheduled court appearances, as specified
(Did not advance)
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Aimed to expand pretrial diversion programs for certain offenses
(Did not advance)
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Aimed at protecting the integrity of restorative justice processes by ensuring that communications made during these processes are not admissible in legal proceedings
(Did not advance)
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Aimed to prohibit towing or immobilizing vehicles solely due to unpaid parking tickets
(Did not advance)
2023
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$25 million in one-time funding for community based rehabilitative programs operating in California prisons. OUTCOME: $21 million one-time funding
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Addressed the right of victims and survivors of crimes to be informed about restorative justice programs
(Signed into law)
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Established a standardized approval process for formerly incarcerated individuals seeking to work as program providers in correctional facilities
(Signed into law)
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Allowed California courts to recall and resentence individuals when the original sentence no longer aligns with current sentencing laws
(Signed into law)
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Required the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to facilitate access for community-based programs
(Signed into law)
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A proposed California state constitutional amendment that aimed to restore voting rights to individuals currently serving felony prison sentences
(Two Year Bill)
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Prohibited the towing or immobilizing of vehicles due to unpaid parking tickets
(Two Year Bill)
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Eliminated youth restitution fines, making them unenforceable and uncollectible after 10 years
(Two Year Bill)
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Aimed to allow for resentencing of individuals who received enhanced prison sentences due to firearm enhancements
(Did not advance)
2022
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$20 million in one-time funding for community based rehabilitative programs operating in California prisons. OUTCOME: $20 million one-time funding
$10 million in one-time funding for Restorative Justice programming in California prisons. OUTCOME: $10 million one-time funding
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Eliminates outstanding restitution fines and orders as a barrier to expungement
(Signed into law)
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SB 1008 (Becker)
Requires California state prisons and local detention facilities to provide free voice communication services to incarcerated individuals
(Signed into law)
2021
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$150 million dollars in one-time funding for post-conviction indigent defense legal services. OUTCOME: $150 million dollars one-time funding