Capitol Updates

Below is an important update on the southern California fires from Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner:

On Monday, Assemblywoman Sharon Runner and I submitted an initiative to the Attorney General called the Safe Neighborhoods Act - a comprehensive measure that would solve many of our street crime problems, particularly those associated with rampant distribution of methamphetamine, gang violence and the coercion of youths to commit criminal acts. ...

SACRAMENTO - Assembly Republicans helped defeat legislation during today's session that would have created a new California Sentencing Commission with broad powers to change mandatory sentencing laws, without a vote of the Legislature. Republicans said it would have been a serious threat to the public safety of all Californians. ...