Bill would add taxpayers to list for juries in California

Plus, California recently boosted state tax refunds for low-income filers, a move that will likely prompt more low-income people to file tax returns, according to state Sen. Nancy Skinner, a Democrat from Berkeley.

“Our juries now are whiter and wealthier than California residents as a whole,” she said.

California already expanded its jury pool last year when the Legislature passed a law making some convicted felons eligible for jury duty, with exceptions including people on parole or required to register as sex offenders because of a felony conviction.

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