Steve Ballmer, a white billionaire with no grasp on reality of the everyday voter, and other proponents of Prop 25 claim that the cash bail system is inherently classist, racist and unfair. People with generational wealth can pay their way out of jail while awaiting trial. Poorer people in the exact same legal circumstances, with the… Continue reading California Proposition 25 Bail Bonds
Sigh. Here we go again. Legislators have decided to end bail and bonds as we know them in a misguided effort to “end racial and economic discrimination”. We’ve mentioned Bail Fail ( how the proposed elimination of cash bail in other states like New Jersey) in other blog posts, Facebook mentions, and Twitter feed. Do… Continue reading Referendum on SB10 to Save Our Criminal Justice System
Die Bill, Die! No silly, I’m not proposing to murder someone named William. I’m referring to California Senate Bill 10, affectionately known as SB10, which is attempting to eliminate bail and bondsman as an industry throughout the state. Last we checked it was sent to Appropriations for further study. As of September 6, 2017, several… Continue reading Die Bill, Die!
California’s Proposition 47 was hailed as a fix for the state’s burdened criminal justice system before its passage in November. Only a few months later, it’s looking like the proposition is in need of repair itself. Its passage was supposed to decriminalize the least serious offenses and reduce the state’s crowded prison populations. Law enforcement… Continue reading Proposition 47 Votes in Unexpected Trouble
Prisons are a burden to the taxpayer and strain both state and county resources; this is a well known fact and agreed by all stakeholders. Yet the system as it stands seeks to increase the cost to taxpayers with additional programs and more mandates from the very system that has caused the problem in the… Continue reading Commercial Bail Bonds is Part of the Solution to Overcrowding in Prisons
Ever have someone who was at the wrong place at the wrong time? Do you have a loved one who is in jail, and you don’t know what to do? A Bail Bonds company can help you in more ways than one. We’ll go over what they do, how they help and what you need… Continue reading Bail Bond Agents Available To Help
On October 1, 2011, California’s new realignment plan Assembly Bill 109 or AB 109 took effect, beginning a transfer of more than 30,000 state inmates to local county jails and supervision. The idea is that shifting prisoners from overcrowded California state prisons will save money, however the effect of this change will lead to jail… Continue reading Bail Bonds is the Answer to California’s AB 109 Jail Overccrowding
Bounty hunting or what is referred by the legal system as “fugitive recovery services” is a term that now evokes images of the wild-west or the likes of “Dog” the Bounty Hunter made popular by the television series on bounty hunting. This semi-fictional character which portends to be reality TV, gives the industry a bad… Continue reading Bounty Hunting, Bail Bondsman and California State Law