OAKLAND California Attorney General Rob Bonta today, with Senator Bill Dodd and Senator Nancy Skinner, introduced Senate Bill 478 (SB 478), landmark legislation seeking to prohibit in California the practice of hiding mandatory fees. The use of hidden fees and junk fees is a deceptive advertising practice in which a seller uses an artificially low headline price to attract a
State Senator Nancy Skinner, whose district covers much of the East Bay, and Assemblymember Dawn Addis, have partnered to create a bill that would end the statute of limitations for childhood sexual abuse civil claims in state court.
SB 262 would prohibit costs related to conditions of release from being imposed on someone being released on bail or on their own recognizance in California.