California Legislature - Let's Discriminate in Favor of Criminals

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Gavin Newsom has previously said that reparations were about "systemic" issues rather than money. Specifically, he said (link):

“Many of the recommendations put forward by the Task Force are critical action items we’ve already been hard at work addressing: breaking down barriers to vote, bolstering resources to address hate, enacting sweeping law enforcement and justice reforms to build trust and safety, strengthening economic mobility — all while investing billions to root out disparities and improve equity in housing, education, healthcare, and beyond. This work must continue....”

A proposed bill that has apparently passed the California Assembly and awaits Senate action and then Governor Newsom's signature, implementing the idea of sentencing discrimination as a form of reparations, states (link to public domain site, California legislature):

This bill has passed the Assembly and awaits action by the Senate and Governor Newsom.

SUMMARY

Requires a court, when determining what sentence to impose on a defendant, to consider the disparate impact on historically disenfranchised and system-impacted populations.

Major Provisions

1) States that it is the intent of the Legislature to rectify racial bias that, as documented by the California Reparations Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans (Reparations Task Force), has historically permeated California's criminal justice system.
2) Mandates that a court, with discretion in fashioning a sentence, presiding over a criminal matter must consider the disparate impact on historically disenfranchised and system- impacted populations.

COMMENTS

According to the Author
"California's criminal justice system has long held a bias against particular populations; especially communities of color. AB 852 requires state courts to consider the disparate impact on historically disenfranchised and system-impacted people when sentencing. It also clarifies that the intent of the Legislature is to correct the racial bias that has historically been present in our criminal justice system as illuminated in the interim report developed by the California Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans."

Apparently, the idea is that a court, in sentencing a convicted criminal, "must consider the disparate impact on historically disenfranchised and system- impacted populations." Translation into English; this is legislated racial discrimination that would make Jim Crow and Ross Barnett blush.