Source: Times of San Diego
Senate Bill 19, advanced by Assm. Darshana Patel of San Diego and Sen. Susan Rubio of Baldwin Park, both Democrats, allows prosecutors to take action on credible threats of violence against schools and places of worship without having to prove danger to specific individuals connected to those institutions.
“When Shoal Creek Elementary School in my district received hundreds of threats, parents were terrified, kids were afraid to go to school, and educators were frightened to teach,” said Patel in a statement. “Our community was frozen in fear, but our laws couldn’t protect them because threats were only considered a crime when a specific individual was named and in sustained fear.”
