Opponents of SB 10, the controversial state law that eliminated cash bail in California say they have gathered enough signatures to force a referendum on repealing the measure. Once the more than 576,000 signatures that we collected in support of the referendum are certified the repeal of SB 10 will be placed on the November 2020 general election ballot.
Jeffrey Clayton of the American Bail Coalition says this is the rare measure that brings civil-rights liberals together with tough-on-crime conservatives.
The algorithm used to determine a defendant’s risk to the public if released has been criticized not only as broadly inaccurate in predicting who is dangerous but also as being routinely biased against black defendants. If SB 10 is repealed, Clayton says the state legislature has many better options to consider.
