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The Assembly Public Safety Committee has approved SB 898, new legislation by state Sen. Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, that would address the problem of guards sexually assaulting incarcerated people in California prisons and jails. The bill now goes to the California Assembly Appropriations Committee.The introduction of SB 898 is in response to ongoing sexual abuse by prison staff at California women’s prisons.
SB 898 would help protect incarcerated people from sexual abuse by guards and staff and provide safeguards for whistleblowers by extending the time allowed for all survivors of prison or jail staff sexual abuse to file civil complaints until after they have been released from custody; reducing the prison or jail sentence for victims of proven sexual abuse by staff by up to a year; providing special resentencing consideration for victims of proven staff sexual abuse; protecting whistleblowers...
The deadline for filing nomination and other associated documents is 4 p.m. Aug. 9. If nomination documents for an incumbent officer of the city are not filed by then, the nomination period for nonincumbent candidates will be extended to 4 p.m. Aug. 14. The City Clerk’s office is in City Hall at 10890 San Pablo Ave. in El Cerrito. For more information, visitThe El Cerrito Exchange Zone has reopened. Staff at the city’s Recycling and Environmental Resource Center have worked hard to implement improvements, including new signage, additional parking and completed maintenance work.
Visitors will be able to browse the items available in the Exchange Zone every day from when the resource center opens until noon. From 1 p.m. daily until the center closes, the Exchange Zone will be open for dropoff of accepted items.
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