Governor Brown, Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye, Senator Bob
Hertzberg and Assembly Member Rob Bonta recently committed to
working together on Senate Bill 10, the California Money Bail
Reform Act of 2017, authored by Senator Hertzberg and Assembly
Member Bonta. The measure would reform California’s bail system
with an emphasis on public safety and cost-efficiency.
The authors, Chief Justice, and the Administration will
continue to work on this throughout the fall and will revisit the
bill in the second year of the 2017-2018 legislative session.
Senate Bill 10 significantly increases costs that counties would
have to bear in establishing a Pretrial Services Agency, as well
as the other costly mandates that are embedded within the
measure. CSAC is opposed to the measure in its current form but
is committed to working with the authors, sponsors,
Administration and Chief Justice to craft legislation that
establishes a risk-based system while ensuring that the reforms
provide the flexibility counties need to implement pretrial
service programs that work within the counties current criminal
justice systems.
