Assembly’s Public Safety Committee

Bill to End “Slavery” in Prisons Advances in Cal Legislature

Antonio Ray Harvey California Black MediaJuly 8, 2021

April Grayson, a policy associate for the Young Women’s Freedom Center and a formerly incarcerated Black woman, who spent 17 years behind bars, said she can’t wait to see the day when the language in Article 1, Section 6 of California’s Constitution is off the books.

Focused on Public Safety

Assemblymember Reggie Jones-SawyerMarch 26, 2020

Working to re-open the St. Vincent Medical Center and provide the community immediate access to over 180 medical beds to help assess, treat and quarantine patients afflicted with the COVID-19 virus was a necessary step in providing more resources to residents. Our work resulted in the immediate funding and logistical coordination to bring St. Vincent’s back online after its closure in January within weeks.