Arizona bills to limit who can provide police oversight
Arizona bill would require police training for civilian oversight boards.
and last updated 2021-04-06 11:58:45-04
PHOENIX â Two bills that could get a final vote in the Arizona Legislature this week would limit local efforts to create civilian review boards for policing.
The bills, backed by police unions, are pushback after protests demanding greater citizen oversight of police departments and other reforms in the months since George Floyd died in Minneapolis police custody. I m not throwing cops to the wolves, especially politically motivated wolves, said state Rep. John Kavanagh, R-Fountain Hills.
House bill undermines established Clean Energy Rules and Arizona’s public health
As organizations committed to improving and protecting a healthy Arizona, the American Lung Association and Arizona Public Health Association are deeply disappointed that the Arizona State Legislature is attempting to roll back protections for Arizonans’ health and clean energy.
Elizabeth Walton
The Arizona Corporation Commission set a health-protective policy to move our state toward a carbon-free electricity standard by 2050. These Energy Rules prioritize cleaner energy with more reliance on our most abundant natural resource – solar. This makes both public health and economic sense and is long overdue.
Just last year, the American Lung Association’s State of the Air report showed that 85% of all Arizonans live in a county impacted by poor air quality. It also noted that Phoenix was in the Top Ten for most ozone days, most particle pollution days and for unhealthy annual lev
During his January 2021 State of the State address, Arizona Governor Doug Ducey called for “COVID liability protection, so that a statewide emergency doesn’t line the pockets of trial.
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PHOENIX Rejecting claims the measure amounts to little more than window dressing, a House panel voted Tuesday to give local governments more power to regulate short-term vacation rentals.
But just a bit.
SB 1379 allows communities to impose civil penalties for failure to provide local authorities with information on how to contact owners. They also can be sanctioned for failing to maintain liability insurance of at least $500,000.
And three violations within a 12-month period could end the owner s ability to rent out a house.
That was just fine with Airbnb whose lobbyist said he supports the measure.