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Bonilla’s Bill to Expand Electronic Monitoring for Non-Violent Offenders Signed by Governor

by ECT

Susan Bonilla

SACRAMENTO – Assemblywoman Susan A. Bonilla’s public safety legislation, AB 2499, was signed into law late Friday by Governor Brown.  Assembly Bill 2499 provides county sheriffs additional tools to manage our criminal justice system by updating requirements for the electronic monitoring of non-violent and non-serious offenders.

“As we have witnessed over the years, the state of our prison system forced us into realignment.  While this decreased the population of prison inmates, it shifted the burden to county jails,” said Assemblywoman Bonilla (D-Concord).  “In the post-realignment era, it is critical that we help counties deal with the heightened responsibilities of overcrowding jails.”

“AB 2499 provides local law enforcement agencies the authority and resources necessary to ensure that public safety is upheld.  This measure not only helps relieve the pressure placed on county jails as a result of prison realignment, but more importantly it does so by reinforcing that those placed on electronic monitoring programs are being properly supervised and do not pose a threat to residents.”

Co-sponsored by the California State Sheriffs Association and the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, AB 2499 helps county sheriffs who are looking to implement and expand their electronic monitoring programs by making current law more consistent and effective. Specifically, this measure requires better communication between law enforcement and those supervising electronic monitoring programs and allows for good time and work time credits an inmate has earned in other home detention programs to be transferable to a county’s electronic monitoring program.

Assemblywoman Susan A. Bonilla (D-Concord) was elected in November 2010 and represents California’s 14th Assembly District, which includes Contra Costa County and Solano County.

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4 comments

JimSimmons 42 Sep 30, 2014 - 6:04 am

This bill should have gone further to help control the people ruining Contra Costa County

Chuck Sep 30, 2014 - 6:35 pm

Lets put bracelets on their ankles, let them out of jail, and that will keep them from thuggin. Build more older style jails and take the TVs, Deserts, Plush furnishings out of the jails.It’s like a vacation to some thugs.Some of them collect public assistance while in jail.
Now that’s concept. Maybe Bonilla should propose drug tests for all people on public assistance.

Jonathan Sep 30, 2014 - 8:33 pm

“Non-violent offenders” is an oxymoron. Funny how American law is so outdated that it still punishes those who have not hurt their fellow humans, but have only instead behaved in a way that has contradicted the puritanical morality we’ve inherited from our bigoted ancestors. Time we moved on?

CaptainKlutz Oct 1, 2014 - 7:59 am

It’s not really an oxymoron…however, the “drug war” is a gigantic failure. It would be better to decriminalize and tax it to pay for enforcement of tax laws and assistance. Put the drug cartels out of business in a heartbeat.

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