Time to come together to implement bail reform

California demonstrated national leadership by becoming the first state in the nation to end money bail for people awaiting trial.
Instead of basing pre-trial freedom on the size of a defendant’s bank account, local courts will now make such decisions based on public safety considerations.
The impact of eliminating the predatory, for-profit bail industry that extracts money from Californians through fees and traps people in debt cannot be overstated. This special interest industry did noth