/ Gov. Newsom waves to virtual guests during the State of the State address at Dodger Stadium on March 9, 2021.
Gov. Newsom kicks off aggressive campaign to keep his job, blaming Trump and QAnon followers for recall effort.
Gov. Gavin Newsom officially launched a campaign Monday against the effort to oust him from office, as fellow Democrats closed ranks to support him and his opponents plan today and Wednesday to submit the last batch of signatures needed to trigger a recall election.
Since Newsom’s flashy State of the State speech last week that looked like an unofficial campaign kickoff, prominent Democrats across California and the nation have thrown their weight behind the governor and against the attempt to recall him. Their strategy in this deep-blue state that twice resoundingly rejected Republican former President Donald Trump: Portray the recall as a MAGA-inspired movement full of QAnon conspiracy theorists and anti-vaxxers and try to unify Democrats against it.
Proposed Bills In State Legislature Focused On Punishing Misbehaving Officers
CBS SF Bay Area 4 days ago Syndicated Local – CBS San Francisco
SACRAMENTO (CBS SF/AP) Bills currently before the California legislature aim at keeping misbehaving police officers in check, expanding on a bill that failed to pass last session.
The bills would require law enforcement officers to obtain licenses, create a way to end their careers for misbehavior including racial bias, and make it easier to sue them for monetary damages, supporters said Tuesday.
California is one of just four states without a way to decertify police officers, alongside Hawaii, New Jersey and Rhode Island.
California bills would take badges from misbehaving officers
Mar. 17, 2021 at 5:00 am
DON THOMPSON, Associated Press
California would start licensing law enforcement officers, create a way to end their careers for misbehavior including racial bias, and make it easier to sue them for monetary damages under an expanded version of legislation that died at the end of last year’s legislative session, supporters said Tuesday.
California is one of just four states without a way to decertify police officers, alongside Hawaii, New Jersey and Rhode Island.
“These are officers who have abused their authority and violated the public trust, and we all agree they must be held accountable,” said state Sen. Steven Bradford, who is carrying the most sweeping of several decertification proposals. “We (in California) claim to be a leader in all things we shouldn’t be an outlier when it comes to police reform.”
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