California Democrats kill tougher penalties for sex crimes and favor tougher penalties for high-value thefts
Republican from California Member of Parliament Jo Patterson called on Democratic lawmakers to play “partisan politics” after Democrats dropped a Republican bill that would increase penalties for sex crimes. Just a day later, they approved a Democratic bill to increase criminal penalties for theft and property damage of high-value property.
“I am more concerned about protecting the safety of Californians, but some lawmakers seem to be more interested in partisan politics.” Patterson, R-Granite Bay (Placer County) for Fox News Digital.
On March 15, Democrats were killed in California Assembly Bill 229 Posted by Patterson To classify domestic violence, human trafficking, and other sex crimes as a violent crime in the state. Under current California law, human trafficking is defined as a “non-serious” and “non-violent” crime.
Assembly Bill 229, titled Violent Felonies, was struck down by the Democratic supermajority with six Democrats voting against Patterson’s bill and two Republicans voting for it.
The California State Capitol in Sacramento, California, in July 2021. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
The chairman of the Assembly’s Public Safety Committee, Reggie Jones Sawyer, a Democrat, did not respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
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One day after voting against Patterson’s bill, the committee considered Assembly Bill 484 By Assemblyman Jesse Gabriel, D. Woodland Hills (Los Angeles County), to impose penalty improvements on persons convicted of appropriating, damaging, or destroying property worth more than $275,000.
Assembly Bill 484, titled Provisions Improvements: Loss of Property, received bipartisan support with five Democrats and two Republicans voting in favor of Gabriel’s bill.
“It doesn’t really make sense to me why Capitol Democrats don’t feel that domestic violence and human trafficking should be violent crimeBut damaging property deserves harsher penalties. “Their priorities are inconsistent at best,” Patterson told Fox News Digital.
Assemblyman Reggie Jones Sawyer of California’s 59th caucus speaks during the Los Angeles County Democratic Party’s election night in the parking lot of the Los Angeles Zoo on Tuesday, Nov. 11. 3, 2020. (Myung Jae-chun/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
Some lawmakers agree with Patterson.
“It feels like a very slippery slope here when we talk about improvements,” Assemblywoman Liz Ortega, D. Hayward, told the San Francisco Chronicle. “We cannot say yes to some and no to others.”
On March 15, Democratic lawmakers moved forward Assembly Bill 467 And Assembly Bill 304making it easier for lawmakers to amend domestic violence restraining orders and providing resources to people who have been convicted of domestic violence crimes.
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Progress continued on the two bills, Assembly Bill 467 and 304 Republican arguments That Democratic lawmakers were hypocritical regarding their collective effort to kill Patterson’s domestic violence bill and sex crimes.
