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Hertzberg, Bonta Look At Insurers Who Underwrite Bail Bonds

SB 779 asks Dept. of Insurance to look at whether bail insurance rates are related to the risk the insurers take on

September 14, 2017

SACRAMENTO – Sen. Bob Hertzberg, D-Van Nuys, introduced legislation this week as part of a two-track effort to figure out why the bail bond insurance market, unlike other forms of insurance, doesn’t link the cost of insurance with the risk assumed by the insurer. In addition to SB 779, Hertzberg announced that the Senate Committee on Insurance, Banking and Financial Institutions plans to conduct an informational hearing on the issue later this year.

The Child Hunger Prevention and Fair Treatment Act establishes a process to tackle school lunch debts without publicly embarrassing kids

September 13, 2017

SACRAMENTO – The Assembly today passed legislation by Sen. Bob Hertzberg, D-Van Nuys, to stop schools from publicly shaming or embarrassing students by either denying them lunch or providing a snack instead because their parents haven’t paid lunch fees.

SB 306 allows state Labor Commissioner to seek immediate injunction when workers face retaliation for reporting violations of law

September 12, 2017

SACRAMENTO – The Assembly today passed legislation by Sen. Bob Hertzberg, D-Van Nuys, to improve protections for whistleblowers so they can keep their jobs while retaliation complaints against their employers are being investigated.

Legislature should pass Sen. Hertzberg's SB 185

September 11, 2017

By EMMETT D. CARSON and KIMBERLY THOMAS RAPP

Gov. Jerry Brown signed a historic law this summer ending driver license suspensions for failure to pay traffic fines. Going forward, license suspensions are more likely to be about traffic safety than punishing people for not having money. Thousands of Californians will no longer risk losing their jobs for lack of a driver’s license.

SB 237 makes Gov. Jerry Brown’s change in law retroactive, so Californians who can’t pay traffic fines can get their DLs back

September 8, 2017

SACRAMENTO – Sen. Bob Hertzberg, D-Van Nuys, introduced legislation today to roll back driver’s license suspensions for Californians who have been unable to pay their traffic fines and fees.

SB 237 would apply to about 200,000 Californians who did not benefit from Traffic Amnesty Program that ended this spring and who had their licenses suspended before Gov. Jerry Brown changed the law to prevent the practice in a trailer bill attached to the 2017-18 state budget.

SB 231 makes it easier for local agencies to finance projects capturing stormwater to reuse it, instead of letting the water run off and go to waste

August 31, 2017

SACRAMENTO – Legislation by Sen. Bob Hertzberg, D-Van Nuys, clarifying the definition of stormwater so that projects designed to capture and clean stormwater can be more easily financed and built by local agencies today passed the Assembly.

SB 231 has already been approved by the Senate and now goes to Gov. Jerry Brown for his consideration. The Assembly passed the bill on a 41-26 vote.

In California, poor people go to jail, rich people go free. How long will this go on?

August 28, 2017

BY THE EDITORIAL BOARD

Few issues are more urgently in need of attention from California lawmakers than bail reform. Every day, tens of thousands of presumably innocent Californians are sitting behind bars for no other reason than that they can’t afford the payment to go free.

They haven’t been convicted of a crime, but many of those awaiting trial will languish in county jails for months and even years. Some will lose their jobs while they wait. Others will lose their families and apartments. For them, time is of the essence.

Cash Bail's Lonely Defender

August 28, 2017

By THE EDITORIAL BOARD

Pretty much everyone who spends any time examining the American system of secured cash bail comes away with the same conclusion: It’s unjust, expensive and ineffective, even counterproductive. People charged with crimes — all of whom are presumed innocent — get locked up for days, weeks or months not because they pose a risk of fleeing or endangering the public but simply because they’re too poor to buy their freedom.

Hertzberg, Bonta will work with the Governor, Chief Justice over fall to fine tune SB 10 and ensure a final plan is passed early next year

August 25, 2017

SACRAMENTO – Moving bail reform one step closer to becoming reality in California, Sen. Bob Hertzberg, D-Van Nuys, announced today that Gov. Jerry Brown and Chief Justice Tani Gorre Cantil-Sakauye have agreed to work with Hertzberg and Assemblyman Rob Bonta, D-Oakland, on bail reform legislation over the fall to ensure the final plan is pragmatic, workable and enduring.

Hertzberg to follow up with health fair in Pacoima on Saturday providing health screenings to help prevent the onset of diabetes

August 24, 2017

SACRAMENTO – Helping to highlight a growing disease that afflicts millions of Californians, the Senate today passed a resolution by Sen. Bob Hertzberg, D-Van Nuys, declaring November 2017 “Diabetes Awareness Month.”

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Hertzberg, Bonta Look At Insurers Who Underwrite Bail Bonds

SB 779 asks Dept. of Insurance to look at whether bail insurance rates are related to the risk the insurers take on

Assembly Passes Legislation to Prevent School Lunch Shaming

The Child Hunger Prevention and Fair Treatment Act establishes a process to tackle school lunch debts without publicly embarrassing kids

Bill to Improve Protections for Whistleblowers Passes Assembly

SB 306 allows state Labor Commissioner to seek immediate injunction when workers face retaliation for reporting violations of law

Opinion: Legislation can fix ‘paying more for being poor’ in traffic fines

Legislature should pass Sen. Hertzberg's SB 185

Hertzberg Pushes Legislation to Roll Back DL Suspensions

SB 237 makes Gov. Jerry Brown’s change in law retroactive, so Californians who can’t pay traffic fines can get their DLs back

Legislation to Boost Stormwater Capture Passes Assembly, Goes to the Governor

SB 231 makes it easier for local agencies to finance projects capturing stormwater to reuse it, instead of letting the water run off and go to waste

In California, poor people go to jail, rich people go free. How long will this go on?

Cash Bail's Lonely Defender

Hertzberg Announces Plan for Moving Forward with Bail Reform

Hertzberg, Bonta will work with the Governor, Chief Justice over fall to fine tune SB 10 and ensure a final plan is passed early next year

Senate Passes Resolution Establishing November as Diabetes Awareness Month

Hertzberg to follow up with health fair in Pacoima on Saturday providing health screenings to help prevent the onset of diabetes