Assemblymembers Rebecca Bauer Kahan

Assemblymember Mike A. Gipson Appointed Chair of the Select Committee on Police Reform

California has again led the nation by passing some of the strictest police use-of-force standards while also mandating de-escalation and use-of-force training. The legislature also recently sent bills to the Governor’s desk to ban deadly carotid choke holds, reorganize sheriff oversight commissions and increase transparency and impartiality in officer-involved shooting investigations.