Speaker Rivas Restructures California Assembly: Public Safety Committee Chair, Majority Leader Removed

Published on November 28, 2023

In preparation for the coming legislative session, California Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas advised the Legislature Nov. 21 about a series of moves and appointments, including the ouster from coveted positions of two top-ranking Democrats embroiled in public controversy this year. Public outrage ensued after multiple controversial decisions made this year by the Chair of the Public Safety Committee, Assemblyman Reginald Jones-Sawyer (D-Los Angeles), who repeatedly said during committee meetings that proposals increasing penalties for crimes would be mostly rejected. This prompted intervention on at least one occasion from party leaders, including Gov. Gavin Newsom, that led to unprecedented emergency hearings where the safety committee ultimately allowed Sen. Shannon Grove’s (R-Bakersfield) Senate Bill 14, strengthening penalties for child sex traffickers, to pass after previously being killed in the committee....

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