Posts Tagged: religion

San Diego Assemblymember Ward introduces ‘hate littering’ bill

Photo courtesy of California Assembly Democrats via YouTube

by BRIAN JOSEPH posted 03.22.2024

AB 3024, The Stop Hate Littering Act, would expand the definition of “intimidation by threat of violence” under the Ralph Civil Rights Act of 1976 to include “distribution of hateful materials on the private property of another without authorization for the purpose of terrorizing the owner or occupant of that private property or in reckless disregard of the risk of terrorizing the owner or occupant of that private property.”

Death penalty: Ron Briggs’ odyssey

The execution chamber at San Quentin Prison

by LISA RENNER posted 11.28.2016

Ron Briggs was always an ardent supporter of the death penalty. His father John Briggs, former state assemblyman and senator, was a driving force behind a 1978 initiative that expanded the list of special circumstances required for a death sentence. But today, Ron Briggs is one the biggest opponents of capital punishment. He campaigned for Proposition 62, which would have ended the state’s death penalty and was rejected by voters this month.