California voters rejected Proposition 25, a referendum challenging legislation that would have ended money bail. The vote killed the law but it isn't an endorsement of money bail.
California voters rejected Proposition 25, a referendum challenging legislation that would have ended money bail. The vote killed the law but it isn't an endorsement of money bail.
Once considered one of the most interesting races on the ballot, the race for top cop fizzled into a standard partisan contest over crime, abortion and gun control.
Setting bail so high that the defendant can't pay it undermines the criminal justice system. Only the rare defendant like Naasón Joaquín Garcia should be locked up before trial, and most should be released without money bail.
The progressive incumbent Rob Bonta, who was handpicked by Gov. Gavin Newsom, will have to defend his record against candidates running tough-on-crime campaigns including Anne Marie Schubert.