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State lawmakers consider bill banning controversial reunification therapy and camps
A bill known as Piqui’s Law would prohibit court-ordered family reunification therapy or “camps” as part of a child custody or visitation rights proceeding, that is predicated on cutting off a child from a parent with whom the child is attached, is moving through the legislature.
Police and district attorneys don’t want to give up harmful traffic stops, opponents to traffic stop reforms
California is moving a bill through the legislature that would prohibit police from initiating low-level traffic stops unless there is a separate, independent reason. A policy that I began suggesting two years ago.
Family court abused discretion ordering children to Family Bridges reunification therapy, appellate court rules
The Second Appellate District Court reversed an order, in favor of the mother, that would have sent two children to Family Bridge’s 90-day reunification program last January.
Police officer who placed cuffed woman in cruiser and hit by train pleads not guilty
Yareni Rios, 21, was hit by a freight train after police left her in a squad car on train tracks on Sept. 16, 2022.Photo by(Robert J Hansen) Colorado police officer Jordan Steinke, who put a handcuffed woman in a police car that was hit by a freight train, pleaded not guilty of manslaughter of on Thursday,
Ninth Circuit vindicates plaintiff in excessive force lawsuit against Stockton PD
The Ninth Circuit ruled last month in favor of plaintiff, who filed an excessive force lawsuit against the Stockton PD.Photo by(Courtesy of KRON4) When Stockton police officers Michael Gandy and Kevin Hachler broke Francisco Duarte’s leg and charged him with resisting arrest in 2017, he and another man sued the police department for being wrongfully arrested and subjected to excessive force.
CA Attorney General opens investigation into Riverside County Sheriff’s Office
California Attorney General Rob Bonta in Riverside County in 2021.Photo by(Office of the Attorney General) California Attorney General Rob Bonta opened a civil rights investigation into the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office (RCSO) last week concerning allegations relating to conditions of confinement in its jail facilities, excessive force, and other misconduct.
First Amendment Coalition Demands charges be dropped against Victorville councilmember
Victorville councilmember Blanca Gomez during public comment at the Tuesday, February 21, 2023 council meeting.Photo by(Screenshot by Robert J Hansen) Victorville Councilmember Blanca Gomez was arrested at last Tuesday’s city council meeting and charged with disturbing and interfering with a public meeting.
49er gold-digging attorneys and cops
As she sat on the curb watching the police search her former San Jose home, her five-month pregnant belly pressed down on her bladder and she asked an officer if she could come inside to use the restroom. The police officer told her no. Effectively detained, she watched as police brought out sheets from the bed she and her fiancé once shared. A police officer explained the sheets were potential evidence. Another woman had accused the father of her unborn child of rape.
Criminal Justice advocates tell Supervisors “coercive” reentry services company should not receive $3.2 million contract
Liz Blum of Decarcerate Sacramento speaking at a Sacramento BOS meeting Wednesday, September 14, 2022.Photo by(Screenshot by Robert J Hansen) Sacramento criminal justice advocates are urging the Board of Supervisors (BOS) to not approve a $3.2 million request from the Sheriff’s Office for a contract with a private for-profit company, for reentry services.
Sacramento to approve $2 million to support home ownership near Aggie Square
To prevent people from being displaced from their homes along the Stockton Boulevard corridor when UC Davis opens its Aggie Square campus, the Sacramento City Council is planning to approve $2 million in anti-displacement programs, according to a press release.
Stanford “not investigating” law professor’s harassment and sexist tweets
Petition with 11,000 signatures calling on Stanford to reprimand or terminate Professor Michele Dauber. (Sacramento, Calif.) Standard University is not investigating law professor Michele Dauber for comments made on Twitter that some people are calling harassment and sexist, according to Stephen Chen, Stanford Title IX Coordinator.
Financial support for California crime victims been declining for years
(Sacramento, Calif.) U.S. Representative (CA-28) Judy Chu of Monterey Park, told NBC News that there is going to be a lot involved in the recovery of the 11 victims and their families who were killed in a mass shooting on Lunar New Year.
Man arrested in Elk Grove in connection to fentanyl-related death by El Dorado Narcotics Detectives
El Dorado County Sheriff Deputy arresting a man for selling fentanyl-related to an overdose death in Elk Grove on Monday, January 23, 2023.Photo byCourtesy of the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office)
Tainted Trials, Tarnished Headlines and Stolen Justice, Part I
“She tried to rob me, she stabbed me, I do not want to die,” Gackle said. Sydney Whalen’s mugshot in August 2017.Photo by(Courtesy of San Jose Police Department) (Santa Clara, Calif.) “She tried to rob, she stabbed me, I do not want to die,” Paul Gackle said before he collapsed on his neighbor’s porch, according to police reports.
Did the Stanislaus family court overlook abusive behavior when granting father full custody?
Mother loses custody after ex-husband allegedly reported that she attempted suicide. (Modesto, Calif.) Modesto police unexpectedly arrived at Juliet Ramos’s house, according to Ramos’s fiancée, Mike, who answered the door that day in September 2020.
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Robert J Hansen is staff writer for the Sacramento Observer. His areas of focus are on local politics, public safety accountability, homelessness, race and anything related with criminal, civil and family courts throughout the greater Sacramento area and California.
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