State lawmakers introduce bills to combat anti-Asian hate crimes Share Updated: 11:41 PM PST Feb 24, 2021 Share Updated: 11:41 PM PST Feb 24, 2021
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Show Transcript , LEGISLATION THAT THEY SAY WILL FIGHT RACISM IN THE STATE. STAND WITH US. MARCH WITH US. SEE US. HEAR US. STEPHANIE: STATE LEGISLATORS CALLING FOR ACTION AGAINST THE RISING TIDE OF ANTI-ASIAN SENTIMENT IN THE COUNTRY. THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE NOT ENOUGH. WE NEED ACTION. STEPHANIE: INTRODUCING A PACKAGE OF BILLS TO ADDRESS HATE CRIMES IN CALIFORNIA. THIS COMING AFTER A STRING OF REPORTED ATTACKS AGAINST ELDERLY ASIAN AMERICAN. THE ASIAN COMMUNITY HAS SEEN A SKYROCKETING UPTICK IN THE NUMBER OF HATE CRIMES. STEPHANIE: THE ASSEMBLY MEN REINTRODUCING A BILL FIRST BROUGHT TO THE TABLE FOUR YEARS AGO. I INTRODUCED IT WHEN WE WERE STARTING TO SEE AN UPTICK IN HATE INCIDENTS IN THE WAKE OF DONALD TRUMP’S ELECTION. NOW, THE NEED IS ABUNDANTLY CLEAR. STEPHANIE: HIS PAST,
Cities unable to make progress on the homelessness front by the end of the decade could wind up being fined and taken to court by the state in a new bill proposed by California Democrats.
A homeless encampment stretches along Third Avenue and Sunset in Venice, a Los Angeles neighborhood that is home to the largest concentration of homeless people on the Westside. (Martin Macias Jr. / CNS)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) Upset with the slow pace of progress being made in California cities, lawmakers are proposing a new tactic in the state’s endless fight to reduce homelessness: litigation.
Under a bill introduced Wednesday, a “homeless inspector general” would have the authority to sue cities unable or unwilling to get people off the street. Appointed by the governor, the inspector general would be tasked with auditing the homelessness plans of local governments and deciding whether to take them to court for noncompliance.