Perspective
Aug. 23, 2016
Asset forfeiture bill will not have a significant effect
SB 443 will not have a major impact on the forfeiture landscape because the federal government has already fixed the "loophole" the bill aims to close. By Pio Kim
All the signs indicate that Senate Bill 443, which passed the State Assembly last week, will easily muster the necessary votes to pass in the Senate. The bill would "change the burden of proof that a state or local law enforcement agency must meet to succeed" in certain asset forfeiture actions. Some critics of asset forfeiture have expressed the hope that the bill will significantly change the asset forfeiture landscape in the state of...
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