Sacramento, CA — A bill authored by Mother Lode Democratic Senator Marie Alvarado-Gil would make it a violent felony to rape someone while they are drugged or unconscious.
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After a tough uphill battle, the Senate Public Safety Committee passed SB 268 to make rape of an unconscious person a violent felony.
Crime is always a key issue at the state Capitol — and even more so this week. With many Californians worried about personal safety and crime, legislators are touting bills that either support victims of crime or enact harsher penalties on criminals.
Sen. Marie Alvarado-Gil’s Senate Bill 754 passed through the Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee by a vote of 15 to zero April 10. The bill restores a prior rate-making and rate design methodology by the California Public Utilities Commission to ensure funding for small rural telephone companies continues to cover their cost of service and infrastructure.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Raping a person who can’t give consent, either because they are drugged or disabled, is not considered a violent felony in California.
Senator Marie Alvarado-Gil (SD-4) took a major step toward disrupting organized crime in the illicit fentanyl trade by introducing SB 226, which would make it a felony to possess fentanyl while carrying a loaded, operable firearm.
Marie Alvarado-Gil has been a state Senator for just a matter of months, but she’s already savvy enough to know that Senate Bill 268 has little chance of making it out of committee and onto the Senate floor for full vote.
Although it was held in Turlock, elected officials representing Ceres addressed issues that ran the gamut from drug overdoses to water storage to housing plans at a political forum held Wednesday night.