Summer Clerkship at McLane, Bednarski, & Litt
Summer Clerkship at McLane, Bednarski, & Litt.
California
Memo of Support for CA SB 912
Memo of support for California Senate Bill 912, the Requiring Objective and Accurate Drug (ROAD) Testing Act, by Senator Scott Wiener. This measure would prohibit law enforcement agencies from using the results of a colorimetric field drug test as probable cause for arrest or as the basis for a drug possession charge prior to a confirmatory test from a crime laboratory.
California AB 787
Requiring civilian oversight investigations in excessive force cases.
California SB 912
Prohibits the use of a colorimetric field drug test, as defined, by law enforcement for a determination of probable cause for an arrest, by a prosecutor when deciding whether to charge a person, or by a court for a conviction or sentencing, as specified.
California AB 742
This bill would prohibit the use of an unleashed police canine by law enforcement to apprehend a person, and any use of a police canine for crowd control. The bill would prohibit law enforcement agencies from authorizing any use or training of a police canine that is inconsistent with this bill.
California SB 50
Will limit law enforcement’s ability to stop people for minor, non-safety-related traffic infractions, unless there is an independent, safety related basis to initiate the stop. It will also provide technical clarification to ensure that localities can explore non-law enforcement approaches to traffic safety.
California AB 1725
Requires every municipality to post on its website, by February 1, information about every settlement or judgment of $50k or more reached in the previous year resulting from a lawsuit alleging police misconduct.
California AB 280
California Mandela Act.