Government,
Criminal
Jan. 8, 2020
Limits on asset forfeiture may not have affected law enforcement budgets
A new report warns that changes to federal policies and other factors make it difficult to evaluate SB 443 until more data is collected in future years.
For years, people from a wide variety of political perspectives have urged changes to asset forfeiture laws. They got their wish in California in 2016 in the form of SB 443, a law that placed new restrictions on law enforcement's ability to seize property in drug cases.
A report from the Legislative Analyst's Office issued this week found the law does appear to have reduced and changed forfeiture efforts by law enforcement agencies ...
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