Newsom Declares Himself Unfit To Lead

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SACRAMENTO — California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration has proposed an end to public disclosure of investigations of abusive and corrupt police officers, handing the responsibility instead to local agencies in an effort to help cover an estimated $31.5 billion budget deficit.


The proposal, part of the governor’s budget package that he is still negotiating with the Legislature, has prompted strong criticism from a coalition of criminal justice and press freedom groups, which spent years pushing for the disclosure rules that were part of a landmark law Newsom signed in 2021.


The law allows the state Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training to investigate and decertify police officers for misconduct, such as use of excessive force, sexual assault and dishonesty. It requires the commission to make public the records of decertification cases.


The Newsom administration now wants to get rid of that transparency element. The commission says the public could still get the records from police departments. But advocates say local police departments often resist releasing that information.


A number of states with a police decertification process, including Republican-led ones such as Tennessee and Georgia, require state agencies to divulge records of police misconduct.


https://www.ocregister.com/2023/06/...ing-back-access-to-police-misconduct-records/


We need MORE transparency, not less.

 

[HisArpy]

Democrats have always been the party of secrecy. One need only consider the reason for the white outfits and hoods of the KKK to understand that.

 

[RoryN]

Democrats have always been the party of secrecy. One need only consider the reason for the white outfits and hoods of the KKK to understand that.

The harder you try to sell something, the more people know it's bullshit.

Deplorables have tried to sell Dems as the "party of the KKK" with every last ounce of their being - with predictable results.

Sorry, sweetie.

 

[Rightguide]

SACRAMENTO — California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration has proposed an end to public disclosure of investigations of abusive and corrupt police officers, handing the responsibility instead to local agencies in an effort to help cover an estimated $31.5 billion budget deficit.


The proposal, part of the governor’s budget package that he is still negotiating with the Legislature, has prompted strong criticism from a coalition of criminal justice and press freedom groups, which spent years pushing for the disclosure rules that were part of a landmark law Newsom signed in 2021.


The law allows the state Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training to investigate and decertify police officers for misconduct, such as use of excessive force, sexual assault and dishonesty. It requires the commission to make public the records of decertification cases.


The Newsom administration now wants to get rid of that transparency element. The commission says the public could still get the records from police departments. But advocates say local police departments often resist releasing that information.


A number of states with a police decertification process, including Republican-led ones such as Tennessee and Georgia, require state agencies to divulge records of police misconduct.


https://www.ocregister.com/2023/06/...ing-back-access-to-police-misconduct-records/


We need MORE transparency, not less.

The condition of his state confirms the thread title as self evident.