California Repeal Data Collection on Police Officers' Stops Initiative (2020)
| California Repeal Data Collection on Police Officers' Stops Initiative | |
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| Election date November 3, 2020 | |
| Topic Law enforcement | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type State statute | Origin Citizens |
The California Repeal Data Collection on Police Officers' Stops Initiative (#18-0007) was not on the ballot in California as an initiated state statute on November 3, 2020.
The ballot initiative would have repealed legislation requiring state and local agencies to collect data on police officers' stops and searches, including the reason for the stop or search, the result of the stop or search, and the police officer's perception of the stopped person's race, gender, and age.[1]
As of 2018, the collected data was given to the California Racial and Identity Profiling Advisory Board, which was housed in the attorney general's office, for the stated purpose of researching how to "[eliminate] racial and identity profiling, and [improve] diversity and racial and identity sensitivity in law enforcement."[1]
Text of measure
Ballot title
The official ballot title was as follows:[2]
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Repeals Law Requiring Certain Law Enforcement to Collect and Report Specified Data on Stops and Searches. Initiative Statute.[3] |
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Petition summary
The summary provided for inclusion on signature petition sheets was as follows:[2]
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Repeals provision in the Racial and Identity Profiling Act of 2015 that requires state and local agencies that employ peace officers to collect specified data on all stops and searches, including the reason for the stop or search, and perceived race, ethnicity, gender, and age of person stopped, and to report such data to the Attorney General annually. Reduces transparency by eliminating mandated data collection about stops and searches used by Attorney General, other law enforcement officials, the public, and researchers to identify and prevent racial and identity profiling.[3] |
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Fiscal impact
The fiscal impact statement was as follows:[2]
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Reduction in and avoidance of ongoing state and local law enforcement costs—potentially in the high tens of millions of dollars annually—related to eliminating various stop-related data collection, reporting, and analysis requirements. Potential avoidance of one-time state and local law enforcement costs—ranging from relatively minor to the tens of millions of dollars—related to technology and equipment improvements.[3] |
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Path to the ballot
In California, the number of signatures required for an initiated state statute is equal to 5 percent of the votes cast in the preceding gubernatorial election. Petitions are allowed to circulate for 180 days from the date the attorney general prepares the petition language. Signatures need to be certified at least 131 days before the general election. As the verification process can take multiple months, the secretary of state provides suggested deadlines for ballot initiatives.
The requirements to get an initiated state statute, filed before the 2018 general election, certified for the 2020 ballot:
- Signatures: 365,880 valid signatures were required.
- Deadline: The deadline for signature verification will be in late June 2020.
Signatures are first filed with local election officials, who determine the total number of signatures submitted. If the total number is equal to at least 100 percent of the required signatures, then local election officials perform a random check of signatures submitted in their counties. If the random sample estimates that more than 110 percent of the required number of signatures are valid, the initiative is eligible for the ballot. If the random sample estimates that between 95 and 110 percent of the required number of signatures are valid, a full check of signatures is done to determine the total number of valid signatures. If less than 95 percent are estimated to be valid, the initiative does not make the ballot.
Initiative #18-0007
Proponents filed the ballot initiative on August 3, 2018.[1] The Attorney General of California issued ballot language for the initiative on October 10, 2018, allowing a signature drive to begin. The signature deadline for the initiative was April 17, 2019. Signatures were not filed.
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 California Attorney General, "Initiative #18-0007," August 3, 2018
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 California Secretary of State, "Initiatives and Referenda Cleared for Circulation," accessed April 23, 2018
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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