July 2, 2020

“The plain fact is the virus is out of control at our state prison facilities and it is defying every curve we point to for progress,” said Sen. Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley.

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July 1, 2020

A new bill from Senator Nancy Skinner, SB 776, aims to build off of 2018’s SB 1421, by further increasing public access to long-hidden police records.

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July 1, 2020

It’s time to put more teeth in a California law that requires disclosure of police records. State lawmakers who claim they want to reform policing should walk the talk by lining up behind a new, badly needed transparency bill authored by Sen. Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley.

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July 1, 2020

State Senator Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, introduced two bills regarding police reform Monday.

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July 1, 2020

The California State Senate Monday introduced two new police reform bills that could change the face of state law enforcement.

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June 30, 2020

Public access to police disciplinary and use-of-force cases in California would be greatly expanded under legislation released Monday, including records about racist and discriminatory acts by officers.

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June 30, 2020

State Sen. Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, introduced two new police reform bills on Monday that would provide more public access to misconduct records, and divert responses to some emergencies away from armed officers.

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June 30, 2020

A California senator on Monday introduced two bills, which are aimed at expanding and strengthening a "landmark" police transparency law by adding a review of all use-of-force records and allegations of bias, as well as reforming the state's 911 system to direct social service calls away from police. 

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June 30, 2020

CDCR’s response to the pandemic will come under scrutiny in a July 1 oversight hearing to be convened by state Sen. Nancy Skinner, a Berkeley Democrat who chairs the Senate Committee on Public Safety.

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June 29, 2020

State Sen. Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, announced today that she has introduced two new bills: SB 776 which will expand and strengthen her landmark police transparency law (SB 1421) passed in 2018, and SB 773 which will begin the process of reforming California’s 911 system so that calls concerning mental health, homelessness, drug overdoses, and other issues not requiring police intervention can go to an appropriate social services agency rather than law enforcement.

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