Posted February 1, 2019
Deepfakes: Criminalizing Forged Videos New legislation criminalizing deepfakes has been introduced in the U.S. Senate. Video and audio recordings are widely relied on as “proof” that something happened or as a way to document the way something unfolded. Investigators, law
Posted January 18, 2019
DUI Ignition-Interlock Device Becomes Mandatory in 2019 What was a pilot program in only four California counties up until the calendar turned over to 2019 is now a statewide DUI program. Californians convicted of a DUI as of January 1
Posted December 27, 2018
Bump Stocks and Other Gun Laws for 2019 You Need to Know Bump stocks have essentially been illegal in California since 1990. Any person who possesses, manufactures, imports into California, offers a bump stock for sale or gives or lends
Posted November 29, 2018
More Visibility into Police Misconduct Records Coming in California According to the Washington Post’s Fatal Force database, police shot and killed 162 people in California in 2017, and 99 so far in 2018. Under existing California law, police records of
Posted November 22, 2018
The Difference Between a Hate Incident and a Hate Crime According to the most recent FBI statistics hate crimes are up 17% nationwide. Orange County is reporting a 16% increase for 2017. Hate crimes have increased in each year over
Posted October 31, 2018
Cash Bail Eliminated in California In a recent slate of bill signings by the governor, Californians will no longer have a system of cash bail as collateral to get out of jail while awaiting trial. The passage of the bill
Posted October 24, 2018
New California Criminal Laws Coming in 2019 As Jerry Brown wraps up his tenure as governor of California, his last legislative signing session included some new criminal laws. These new criminal laws will have an impact on those who get
Posted September 23, 2018
Six Types of Sex Crimes in California The nature and severity of different kinds of sex crimes in California varies with the individual crime, but every charge of a sex offense is a very serious one. In addition to jail
Posted August 30, 2018
Cyber Bullying Laws in California Cyber bullying is frequently in the headlines these days. Young people being harassed in social media, sometimes with tragic results. Tech companies being urged by physicians and policy makers to come up with methods to
Posted July 20, 2018
License Plate Readers in Orange County Police cars, malls, street lights, overpasses, and signs all over Orange County are equipped with license plate readers, recording billions of car trips in and around the county each year. These devices are known
