Sen. Bates, San Diego District Attorney renew effort to keep sex offender court hearings open to public
2021-01-27
Senator Patricia Bates (R-Laguna Niguel) announced today that she has reintroduced legislation in partnership with San Diego County District Attorney Summer Stephan to extend the presumption of openness that exists in California courtrooms to proceedings under the Sexually Violent Predator Act. They initiated a similar effort last year but had …continue reading