Modesto Republican Assemblymember Juan Alanis and vice chairperson of the public safety committee told CalMatters in August that he saw the committee prioritizing criminals over victims: “I don’t like when we look out in the audience and we see faces that say, ‘You failed us.’”
But for Jones-Sawyer — who described himself as a “New Testament kind of guy” and believed that “everybody needs a chance” at redemption — toeing the line between enforcing the law and unjustly criminalizing disadvantaged communities was his challenge.
Now, it’s a responsibility that McCarty must navigate, even as he makes a bid for mayor of Sacramento.
Read more at: California Legislature: Shake-up on public safety (calmatters.org)
