State: California

Relates to existing law that requires law enforcement agencies to report to the Department of Justice any information in their possession necessary to identify and trace the history of a recovered firearm that is illegally possessed, has been used in a crime, or is suspected of having been used in a crime. Requires the department to analyze the data as specified and annually submit a report to the Legislature summarizing this analysis and make the report available to the public.

Relates to existing law that requires law enforcement agencies to report to the Department of Justice any information in their possession necessary to identify and trace the history of a recovered firearm that is illegally possessed, has been used in a crime, or is suspected of having been used in a crime. Requires the department to analyze the data as specified and annually submit a report to the Legislature summarizing this analysis and make the report available to the public.

Requires a law enforcement agency, defined to include specified state and local entities, to obtain approval of the applicable governing body, by adoption of a military equipment use policy, as specified, by ordinance at a regular meeting held pursuant to specified open meeting laws, prior to taking certain actions relating to the funding, acquisition, or use of military equipment.

Requires a law enforcement agency, defined to include specified state and local entities, to obtain approval of the applicable governing body, by adoption of a military equipment use policy, as specified, by ordinance at a regular meeting held pursuant to specified open meeting laws, prior to taking certain actions relating to the funding, acquisition, or use of military equipment.

States the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to respond to the increase in hate crimes by, among other things, strengthening requirements for law enforcement training and education regarding hate crimes and enhancing statutory prohibitions against online hate and harassment.

Prohibits the use of kinetic energy projectiles or chemical agents by any law enforcement agency to disperse any assembly, protest, or demonstration, except in compliance with specified standards set by the bill, and would prohibit their use solely due to a violation of an imposed curfew, verbal threat, or noncompliance with a lawenforcement directive. Prohibits the use of chloroacetophenone tear gas or 2-chlorobenzalmalononitrile gas by law enforcement agencies to disperse any assembly or demonstration.

Requires a law enforcement agency, for any sexual assault forensic evidence received by the law enforcementagency prior to January 1, 2016, to submit that evidence to the crime lab on or before January 31, 2023. Requires a crime lab, for any sexual assault evidence kit received by a law enforcement agency prior to January 1, 2016, and submitted to the crime lab on or after January 1, 2022, to process that evidence kit no later than January 31, 2024.

Requires law enforcement use-of-force policies to require peace officers to immediately report potential excessive force, and to intercede when present and observing an officer using excessive force. Requires those policies to, among other things, prohibit retaliation against officers that report violations of law or regulation of another officer to a supervisor, and requires that an officer who fails to intercede be disciplined in the same manner as the officer who used excessive force.

Requires the Governor, with the recommendation of the Attorney General, to appoint six Directors and six Associate Directors of the Attorney General’s office who are exempt from state civil service. Provides that civil penalties collected for unfair business practice violations may also be deposited in the Public Rights LawEnforcement Special Fund for the enforcement of consumer protection laws. Makes legislative findings and declarations to facilitate a Statewide Opioid Settlement Agreement.

Declares a specified date as Family Justice Center Day and recognizes the lifesaving and hope giving work of the Family Justice Center Network and its member Family Justice Centers as they work with rape crisis centers, domestic violence shelters, human trafficking agencies, law enforcement agencies and other professionals, and community based organizations to ensure that adult and child survivors of trauma can access all of their services in one setting.

Requires that a person who is taken into custody for a specified category of misdemeanor receive a pretrial risk assessment. Allows information regarding the release or transfer of an individual to be provided to immigration authorities if the individual is deemed a medium or high risk by the pretrial risk assessment or if the sheriff or chief of police of the arresting agency deems the individual to be a risk or danger to public safety.

Makes a technical, nonsubstantive change to existing law which authorizes the sheriff of a county, or the chief or other head of a municipal police department, upon proof that the person applying is of good moral character, that good cause exists, and that the person applying satisfies certain conditions, to issue a license for the person to carry a concealed handgun.