January 21, 2021

Disciplinary records of police officers found to have used deadly force, inflicted serious injuries, sexually assaulted someone or lied on the job had been kept secret in California until 2019, when SB 1421 went into effect. State Sen. Nancy Skinner, who represents Berkeley, wrote that legislation to open up law enforcement disciplinary records. In 2020, she moved to expand that legislation to grant access to records about officers who engaged in biased or discriminatory behavior or used excessive or unreasonable force.

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January 16, 2021

State Sen. Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, chair of her house's Budget and Fiscal Review Committee, which met Thursday, said the state must keep its most vulnerable residents in mind when making spending decisions. 

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January 10, 2021

California State Sen. Nancy Skinner called the California Correctional Peace Officers Association’s decision to attend a meeting in Las Vegas at the end of the month “offensive” and “dangerous” in light of mass Covid-19 deaths in the state’s correctional facilities.

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January 9, 2021

Democratic lawmakers largely applauded the governor’s budget proposal, saying that many of his priorities are aligned with their own.

“I’m excited that we aren’t facing a cuts budget,” said Sen. Nancy Skinner, who leads the Senate Budget Committee.

Skinner added that while the budget focuses on immediate needs like getting kids back into classrooms and supporting low-income families hard hit by the virus, lawmakers will negotiate with Newsom on how to allocate federal money that Congress recently approved, including rental assistance that the state must distribute.

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January 8, 2021

California state Senator Nancy Skinner, chair of the Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee, released the following statement today regarding Gov. Newsom’s proposed 2021-22 Budget and expenditure plans for the current fiscal year:

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January 7, 2021

California state Sen. Sen. Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, released the following statement today regarding the plan by leaders of the California Correctional Peace Officers Association (CCPOA) to gather in Las Vegas on Jan. 26 and 27:

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December 28, 2020

Since California passed a law allowing college athletes to profit from their fame, the issue has broadened and moved to Capitol Hill.

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December 20, 2020

They should back state Sen. Nancy Skinner’s bill to strengthen California’s police records disclosure laws and state Sen. Steven Bradford’s push to set up a police certification system as 45 other states already have done.

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December 18, 2020

California law formerly allowed murder charges against someone who did not kill anyone or intend to do so but took part in a crime — a street fight, for example — in which death was a “natural and probable consequence.”

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December 14, 2020

California state Sen. Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, released the following statement today on being appointed to be chair of the Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee:

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