PFP position letters on California legislation, 2019-2020

The Peace and Freedom Party has announced positions on several bills slated for consideration by the California state legislature during the 2019-2020 sessions; for a current list of PFP’s positions on these bills, please click here.

Additionally, the PFP Legislative Committee has drafted and sent position papers in support or opposition on certain bills. To read any of the PFP letters to our state assemblypersons and senators, just click on the given bill from the list below. This page will be updated as appropriate.

Last updated: August 27, 2020.

• AB 32 (Bonta) –
State prisons: private, for-profit administration services – SUPPORT; upon passage by the assembly, the PFP sent a letter urging Gov. Newsome to sign the bill into law.

• AB 33 (Bonta) – State public retirement systems: divestiture from private prison companies – SUPPORT

• AB 36 (Bonta/Chiu) – Residential tenancies: rent control – SUPPORT

• AB 392 (Weber) – Peace officers: deadly force – SUPPORT

• AB 646 (McCarty) – Elections: voter eligibility – SUPPORT

• AB 857 (Chiu/Santiago) – Public banks – SUPPORT; upon passage by the assembly, the PFP sent a letter urging Gov. Newsome to sign the bill into law.

• AB 1217 (Mullin) –
Political Reform Act of 1974: campaign disclosures – SUPPORT

• AB 1253 (Santiago et al) – Personal income taxes: additional tax – SUPPORT

• AB 1481 (Bonta) – Tenancy Termination: Just Cause – SUPPORT

• AB 1482 (Chiu) – Tenancy: Rent caps – SUPPORT

• AB 1784 (Santiago, Chiu, and Gonzalez) – The Secure the Vote Act – SUPPORT

• AB 1829 (Berman, Gallagher, Low, Mayes, Mullin and Weber) – Elections – OPPOSITION WITHDRAWN

• AB 2088 (Bonta et al) – Wealth Tax – SUPPORT

• AB 2473 (Cooper) – Public investment funds – OPPOSE

• ACA 6 (McCarty) – Elections: Disqualification of Electors – SUPPORT

• AJR 23 (Mathis) – Domestic terrorism – OPPOSE

• SB 47 (Allen) –
Initiative, referendum, and recall petitions: disclosures – SUPPORT

• SB 57 (Bates) –
California New Motor Voter Registration Program – OPPOSE

• SB 212 (Allen) – Elections: Local voting methods – SUPPORT; the PFP sent an updated letter of support in advance of the Assembly Elections and Redistricting Committee hearing set for Tuesday, July 2, 2019.

• SB 288 (Wiener) – Democratic Party of California: County Central Committees – SUPPORT IF AMENDED

• SB 505 (Umberg) – Presidential Primary Elections – OPPOSE; upon the bill's move to the Assembly Elections Committee, the PFP reiterated our OPPOSITION to the amended bill.

• SB 636 (Stern) – Elections: Ballot Label – SUPPORT

• SB 641 (Allen) – Special Elections – SUPPORT WITHDRAWN

• SB 776 (Skinner) – Peace Officers: Release of records – SUPPORT

• SB 850 (Leyva) – Work hours: Scheduling – SUPPORT

• SB 1124 (Borgeas) – Elections: Vote by mail ballots – SUPPORT

• SB 1383 (Jackson) – Unlawful employment practice: Family leave – SUPPORT

• SB 1450 (Umberg) – Elections: county officers: consolidation with statewide elections – OPPOSE

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