SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Spurred by the slayings of George Floyd and other Black people in police custody around the country, California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday banned certain chokeholds as he approved several new laws designed to increase oversight of the criminal justice system. The state attorney general will be required to investigate fatal police shootings of unarmed civilians under another new law that has been years in the making. And Newsom acted over the objection of the county sheriffs’ association when he approved a law making it clear that county supervisors can create oversight boards and inspectors general with subpoena powers over independently elected sheriffs.
Governor Newsom bans certain chokeholds among California criminal justice reforms
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FILE - In this Jan. 22, 2019, file photo, Gov. Gavin Newsom talks with Juan Cruz Lopez Jr., far right, a youthful offender at the O.H. Close Youth Correctional Facility, in Stockton, Calif. Newsom signed a bill Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020, that will phase out the state's remaining juvenile prisons, which currently hold about 750 youths, a move that Sen. Nancy Skinner called "monumental for juvenile justice in California." Counties would stop sending juveniles to state lockups after July 1. The state will instead create an Office of Youth and Community Restoration and send grants to counties to provide custody and supervision. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)
Posted at 7:20 PM, Sep 30, 2020
and last updated 2020-09-30 22:20:57-04
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