{"id":801,"date":"2026-07-02T10:42:40","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T10:42:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urbaneconomynews.com\/?p=801"},"modified":"2026-07-02T10:42:40","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T10:42:40","slug":"california-democrats-block-bill-barring-registered-sex-offenders-from-public-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/urbaneconomynews.com\/?p=801","title":{"rendered":"California Democrats Block Bill Barring Registered Sex Offenders From Public Office"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>A California Senate committee rejected legislation Tuesday that would have barred registered sex offenders from seeking elected office, despite the measure passing the State Assembly unanimously.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/urbaneconomynews.com\/?p=799\">Mexican National Pleads Guilty in Scheme to Smuggle Middle Easterners Into US<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The proposal, AB 2753, sought to expand the list of felony convictions that disqualify candidates for public office to include sexual assault and human trafficking. Under current California law, disqualifying offenses include bribery, embezzlement or theft of public funds, extortion, perjury and conspiracy to commit those crimes.<\/p>\n<p>The Senate Elections Committee voted 2-1-2 against advancing the bill, according to KCRA.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic state Sens. Sabrina Cervantes of San Diego and Republican state Sen. Steven Choi voted in favor of the measure. Committee Chairman Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, voted against it, while two Democratic members abstained.<\/p>\n<p>The legislation was introduced by Democratic Assemblymember Esmeralda Soria of Fresno after registered sex offender Rene Campos sought a seat on the Fresno City Council. According to KCRA, Campos pleaded no contest in 2018 to a misdemeanor charge of possessing child sexual abuse material.<\/p>\n<p>The bill would have prohibited anyone listed on California\u2019s sex offender registry from running for office under the state\u2019s three-tier registry system, which requires registration for up to 10 years for Tier One offenders, up to 20 years for Tier Two offenders and for life for Tier Three offenders.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/urbaneconomynews.com\/?p=798\">LA Votes to Give Illegals the Vote<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wiener argued the proposal was overly broad because it would apply to all individuals on the registry, including those convicted of lower-level offenses.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are a lot of people who go in the sex offender registry for lower-level offenses, who I don\u2019t know that everyone would believe they should be banned from running for office if they want to. This is potentially a very dangerous road we\u2019re going down to say that \u2018minor crimes\u2019 are going to ban you for life for running for office,\u201d Wiener told ABC10.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe live in a democracy where people get to run for office, including people who have a lot of flaws,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Soria criticized the committee\u2019s decision following the vote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m extremely disappointed, and I feel like I\u2019m still trying to process what we just saw,\u201d she told KCRA.<\/p>\n<p>According to legislative records, the Assembly approved the measure unanimously before it advanced to the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/urbaneconomynews.com\/?p=796\">John Brennan Sues Trump Administration to Preserve Records in Probe<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A California Senate committee rejected legislation Tuesday that would have barred registered sex offenders from seeking elected office\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":800,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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