No bail for you ! Another no consequence bill gift by CA lawmakers for criminals

California state lawmakers should star in the third Bad Santa movie; they are naturals for the role.

http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-sac-bail-reform-legislation-20170326-story,amp.html

Excerpt:

State lawmakers have unveiled an ambitious plan to reform how counties in California award defendants bail while they wait for their cases to be resolved or go to trial.

New language added Friday to bills by Assemblyman Rob Bonta (D-Oakland) and Sen. Bob Hertzberg (D-Van Nuys) would prevent criminal defendants from having to post money as a condition of release from jail and would shift some power from judges to pretrial services agencies to assess the risks they would pose if allowed out in the community.

Under the legislation, each county would have to establish its own pretrial services agency to track inmates, remind them of court dates and develop “risk-assessment” tools to determine whether a defendant should be released. The programs, in use in other states, allow court and pretrial staff to use data and other evidence to determine whether a person is a risk to society or likely to flee their charges."