Re: Are California Democrats actively trying to make themselves irrelevant?

On 17/5/25 19:52, Leroy N. Soetoro wrote:

> After a month that saw prominent state Democratic leaders take absurd
> stances on bills to improve early childhood literacy and housing
> availability, Assembly members on Thursday argued for more than an hour
> about whether it should be a felony to purchase 16- and 17-year-olds for
> sex.

Tacky though it may be, 16 and 17 are having the Sex. One will 
reach 18 first. They will not stop having the Sex. Do we really 
want to imprison them for something they got away a month 
earlier? How to target the law for what we want without 
imprisonning the innocent.

> Assembly Democrats overwhelmingly voted to strip AB379 by Assembly Member
> Maggy Krell, D-Sacramento, of its key provision — to toughen penalties for
> offenders convicted of purchasing 16- and 17-year-olds for sex to match
> the punishments for those convicted of purchasing kids 15 and younger.

It is possible to bypass the legislature with an initiative law.

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