Action Needed For Officer Safety Bill SB 296

Your Action is Needed To Help Advance SB (Code Enforcement Officer Safety Bill)

CACEO NEEDS YOUR HELP URGENTLY! The CACEO-sponsored SB 296 would require cities and counties to establish code enforcement officer-specific safety standards. We’ve made it out of the Senate, but have landed in the “suspense” file in the Appropriations Committee in the Assembly. Call and email the Committee members below ASAP and repeatedly to tell them your safety matters and request they remove SB 296 from the suspense file. We did this before in the Senate and need to do it again in the Assembly or this bill’s journey will end.

Below is the contact information for members of the Assembly Appropriations Committee. Be sure to call and email the Chair (Asm. Gonzales) and your local representative below. 

CLICK HERE FOR SAMPLE SUPPORT VERBIAGE FOR SB 296 or click here to download the word document.

Assembly Appropriations Committee Contact Information

Lorena Gonzales (D-Chair)
Key Cities: San Diego, Chula Vista, National City
916.319.2080
Chief of Staff  shubhangi.domokos@asm.ca.gov

Frank Bigelow (R-Vice Chair)
Key Cities: Angels Camp, Auburn, Chowchilla, Jackson, Madera, Placerville
916.319.2005
Chief of Staff Katie.phillips@asm.ca.gov

Isaac Bryan (D)
Key Cities: Culver City, Los Angeles, Venice, West Los Angeles
916.319.2054
Chief of Staff caleb.rabinowitz@asm.ca.gov

Lisa Calderon (D)
Key Cities: Whittier, Buena Park, La Mirada, La Puente, South El Monte
916.319.2057
Chief of Staff tom.white@asm.ca.gov

Wendy Carrillo (D)
Key Cities: East Los Angeles, Los Angeles
916.319.2051
Chief of Staff dina.cervantes@asm.ca.gov

Ed Chau (D)
Key Cities: Alhambra, Arcadia, El Monte, Monterey Park, Rosemead
916.319.2049                                
Chief of Staff edmundo.cuevas@asm.ca.gov

Megan Dahle (R)
Key Cities: Anderson, Grass Valley, Mt. Shasta, Quincy, Redding, Truckee
916.319.2001
Chief of Staff erik.brahms@asm.ca.gov

Laurie Davies (R)
Key Cities: Aliso Viejo, Dana Point, Laguna Hills, Mission Viejo, San Clemente, San Juan Capistrano
916.319.2073
Capitol Director taylor.melody@asm.ca.gov

Vince Fong (R)
Key Cities: Bakersfield, Taft, Tehachapi
916.319.2034
Chief of Staff nghia.nguyen@asm.ca.gov

Jessie Gabriel (D)
Key Cities: Calabasas, Encino, Los Angeles, Woodland Hills
916.319.2045
Chief of Staff alicia.isaacs@asm.ca.gov

Eduardo Garcia (D)
Key Cities: Blythe, Brawley, Cathedral City, Coachella, El Cento, Indio
916.319.2056
Chief of Staff (Acting) carlos.gonzalez@asm.ca.gov

Marc Levine (D)
Key Cities: Mill Valley, Novato, Petaluma, Santa Rosa, Sonoma
916.319.2010
Chief of Staff  terry.schanz@asm.ca.gov

Bill Quirk (D)
Key Cities: Fremont, Hayward, Union City
916.319.2020
Chief of Staff tomasa.duenas@asm.ca.gov

Robert Rivas (D)
Key Cities: Hollister, Gilroy, Salinas, Soledad, Watsonville
916.319.2030
Chief of Staff/Leg Director spencer.jones@asm.ca.gov

Akilah Webber (D)
Key Cities: Chula Vista, La Mesa, Lemon Grove, San Diego, National City
916.319.2079
Chief of Staff victoria.harris@asm.ca.gov

About Senate Bill 296

SB 296 would require cities and counties to establish safety protocols specific to code enforcement officers and specific to the risks posed in the particular jurisdiction.

Currently, many jurisdictions do not have safety programs to train and protect code enforcement officers from threats, assaults, batteries, or worse. Due to recent changes in State and local law, many code enforcement officers have been given the responsibility of dealing with community problems that were traditionally handled by sworn peace officers. These duties include, but are not limited to, the abatement of hard drug houses, illegal cannabis grow operations, red-light district activity enforcement and abatement, and other criminal behaviors. Sworn peace officers are well trained in officer safety and have many legal protections under State and local law. There are requirements already in place that require jurisdictions to establish specific safety protocols for sworn personnel however, none exist for code enforcement officers. This bill would change that.