Re: California Democrat pedophiles revive child trafficking bill following public pressure after opposition

Molly Bolt <[email protected]> wrote in
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> They were just trying to keep Joe Biden from going to prison in
> California. 

Democratic lawmakers in California revived a stalled child trafficking
bill Thursday following public pressure after they initially chose not
to advance the legislation. 

The bill, Senate Bill 14, would increase penalties for child traffickers
and would add the crime to the list of serious felonies in California,
FOX Los Angeles reported. Anyone convicted of at least three serious
felonies would face a prison sentence of between 25 years to life. 

Earlier this week, Democrats on the state Assembly Public Safety
Committee chose not to advance the bill, because they opposed longer
prison sentences, arguing it isn't a deterrent to crime. Gov. Gavin
Newsom publicly supported the bill, introduced by Republican state Sen.
Shannon Grove, prompting Democrats to change course after he went
against the party. 

On Thursday, the committee advanced the bill with no amendments. In a
brief meeting, four Democrats — including chair Reggie Jones-Sawyer —
joined Republicans to advance the bill out of the committee ahead of a
legislative deadline. 

Assemblymember Liz Ortega on Thursday said she "made a bad decision" to
vote against the bill earlier in the week. 

"Voting against legislation targeting really bad people who traffic
children was wrong," she tweeted. "I regret doing that and I am going to
help get this important legislation passed into law." 

The legislation will be vetted by the Appropriations Committee before
heading to vote on the Assembly floor. Jones-Sawyer said he will ask for
amendments to make sure victims of child trafficking are not penalized
and that the legislation doesn’t disproportionately affect people of
color. 

"We shouldn’t be playing politics. We should be coming together —
together — to move this forward so that everybody is safe," Jones-Sawyer
told reporters after the hearing. "I’m going to make a commitment to do
everything in my power to get it on the governor’s desk, so he can sign
it." 

The Associated Press contributed to this report. 

common_sense117
5 hours ago

"because they opposed longer prison sentences, arguing it isn't a
deterrent to crime." Sure it is! The longer they are in prison the
longer before their next offense which in turns makes the rest of us
safer! 

https://www.foxnews.com/us/california-democrats-revive-child-trafficking-
bill-following-public-pressure-opposition