RCRC works to ensure that county public safety programs and services are provided adequate funding, and advocates for long-term funding mechanisms that support the county’s role to protect local communities. RCRC also supports dedicated, constitutionally protected State revenue streams for local law enforcement programs that were included as part of the 2011 criminal justice realignment, including AB 109, the Rural and Small County Law Enforcement Program, the Citizens Option for Public Safety, and the Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act. Additionally, RCRC works closely with the Legislature and the Administration to ensure that counties have funding to support their jail detention facility and programming capacity needs.
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Advocacy Letters
PUBLIC SAFETY AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT - 2025-2026 Legislative Session
AB 1
AB 66
AB 372
- April 21, 2025 - Letter to Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee
- April 23, 2025 - Letter to Assembly Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials
- May 7, 2025 - Letter to Assembly Appropriations Committee
AB 690
AB 719
H.R. 1105
SB 413
SB 547
SB 616
- March 11, 2025 - Letter to Senate Insurance Committee
- April 11, 2025 - Letter to Senate Judiciary Committee
SB 629
PUBLIC SAFETY AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT - 2023-2024 Legislative Session
Courts
AB 78
AB 702
AB 2625
SB 75
- March 2, 2023 – Letter to Senate Judiciary Committee
- April 27, 2023 – Letter to Senate Appropriations Committee
- June 12, 2023 – Letter to Assembly Judiciary Committee
- September 15, 2023 – Request for Signature
Prisons
SB 418
- May 31, 2023 – Letter to Author
- July 5, 2023 – Letter to Assembly Committee on Jobs, Economic Development, and the Economy
- June 7, 2023 – Letter to Governor
Probation
AB 505
- August 7, 2023 – Letter to Author
- August 18, 2023 – Letter to Senate Appropriations Committee
- August 24, 2023 – Letter to Senate Appropriations Committee
- September 19, 2023 – Request for Veto
Other
AB 1956
- March 7, 2024 – Letter to Assembly Public Safety Committee
- April 8, 2024 – Letter to Assembly Appropriations Committee
AB 2871
AB 2882
- March 27, 2024 – Letter to Assembly Public Safety Committee
- April 9, 2024 – Letter to Assembly Appropriations
- May 21, 2024 – Assembly Floor Alert
- June 6, 2024 – Letter to Senate Public Safety
AB 3179
SB 1057
- April 15, 2024 – Letter to Author
- May 6, 2024 – Letter to Senate Appropriations Committee
- May 21, 2024 – Senate Floor Alert
- June 6, 2024 – Letter to Assembly Public Safety Committee
SB 1060
Background
POLICY LEADS
Sarah Dukett
Senior Policy Advocate