A Southern California lawmaker wants to mandate adults convicted of sexually preying on children under age 10 to seek a rehabilitation certificate AND register as a sex offender. SACRAMENTO - Sexual predators who are granted rehabilitation certificates are not required to register as sex offenders. A bill passed by the Assembly Public Safety Committee would [...]
The Assembly Aging and Long-Term Care Committee unanimously passed legislation authored by Assemblyman Eric Linder, R-Corona, to ensure that vital services to senior citizens would not be interrupted in a state budget delay. “Our seniors should never be collateral damage when Sacramento cannot produce a timely budget,” said Linder. “I applaud my colleagues for recognizing [...]
By ERIC LINDER | Press-Enterprise January 13, 2014 at 7:29 pm New Year’s Day always brings new hope and earnest resolutions. Maybe that’s why the first week of January seems the most crowded time of the year — at every local gym! The state Legislature feels the same sense of excitement, only it’s not a newfound commitment [...]
SACRAMENTO – A week after it failed in a key Assembly committee, legislation that would allow more alleged victims of childhood sexual abuse to have their day in court advanced Wednesday. The Assembly Appropriations Committee approved Senate Bill 131, which would extend the statute of limitations for some alleged victims of childhood sexual abuse. The [...]
By ERIC LINDER | Press-Enterprise April 16, 2013 at 7:59 pm Among the literally thousands of people I met and spoke with throughout my campaign for state Assembly last year, I was asked one question more often than any other. And it wasn’t, “Why are you running?” It was, “Will you do in Sacramento what you promise [...]
