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A sheriff’s deputy shot me in the back. We must radically rethink policing in the U.S.

February 11, 2021

I am a white 50-year-old man, a professional and father of two. I am also a victim of police violence.

In California, Senate Bill 731 sought to reform the state’s civil rights statute, the Bane Act, by abolishing the state-level equivalent of qualified immunity for police officers and establishing a statewide system for revoking the license of officers who commit serious misconduct. Unfortunately, it stalled in the Legislature earlier this year.

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Editorial: Are Newsom and Legislature serious about police reform?

February 11, 2021

Gov. Gavin Newsom and California legislators soon will reveal whether they’re serious about police reform in the post-George Floyd era. Real reform begins with transparency. That means full disclosure about bad cops and a process for getting rid of them. 

Bradford, D-Gardena, has introduced SB 2 to establish an independent, civilian certification process for holding police accountable.

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Stricter Requirements For Becoming A Police Officer & Other New CA Justice Bills

December 15, 2020

SB 2, by Senator Steven Bradford (D-Gardena), would grant CA justice officials the power to decertify law enforcement officers fired for misconduct or convicted of certain crimes “against public justice,” including falsification of records, bribery, or perjury. In this way, the bill would stop those officers from being able to jump to a new city and a new job in law enforcement.

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SEC Inks $3 Billion Deal with Disney As California Lawmakers Press To Get Collegiate Athletes Paid

December 12, 2020

The deal solidifies collegiate sports’ valuation as equal to its professional counterparts. And it comes just days after California state senators Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley) and Steven Bradford (D-Gardena) co-sponsored a new bill to give college athletes more power to earn money to use their image.

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State Senator Takes Aim at Bad Cops, Introduces Bill to License Peace Officers

December 11, 2020

STATE CAPITOL – As the only Black member of the California State Senate, Senator Steven Bradford (D-Gardena) is taking aim at bad cops, introducing legislation that seeks accountability of law enforcement officers.

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California lawmakers push for police desertification, more transparency again

December 08, 2020

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California lawmakers reintroduced efforts to decertify police officers and demand more transparency in officer personnel files, as both bills died on the floor last legislative season. 

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California state senator puts the heat on NCAA for NIL reforms

December 08, 2020

California State Senator Nancy Skinner is not letting up in her fight for name, image and likeness (NIL) reforms on behalf of college athletes.

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California Senators To Introduce Supplement To SB 206 In Advance Of NCAA’s January Name, Image, and Likeness Vote

December 08, 2020

California State Senators Nancy Skinner and Steven Bradford, the initial drafters of the historic California state legislation which granted student-athletes the legal right to seek remuneration for their name, image and likeness rights, plan to introduce new state legislation to bolster Senate Bill 206 (SB206).

Although the specific language of the new bill has yet to be introduced, Senator Skinner announced that the language in the new co-sponsored bill will be aimed at ensuring full protection for college athletes’ rights.

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Proposed California bill could create new pressure in NCAA name, image and likeness debate

December 07, 2020

The California state legislator who wrote what became the first state law designed to allow college athletes to make money from their name, image and likeness introduced a bill Monday that would expand the law’s impact and could hasten potential conflicts between state statutes and NCAA rules. Sen. Nancy Skinner’s new bill could create additional differences, and it would make the law effective as soon as Aug. 1, 2021. Skinner was joined in sponsoring the bill by state Sen. Steven Bradford.

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California legislators to reintroduce measures regulating law enforcement

December 04, 2020

Another legislator in that group is state Sen. Steven Bradford, D-Gardena, whose SB 731, the Kenneth Ross Jr. Police Decertification Act to create a statewide process to revoke the certification of a law enforcement officer after conviction of certain serious crimes or termination due to misconduct, was not brought up for a vote in the Assembly before the constitutional deadline.

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