California Still Plagued by Federal Property Seizures

California Still Plagued by Federal Property Seizures
File photo of FBI investigators in Thousand Oaks, Calif., on Nov. 8, 2018. Robyn Beck /AFP/Getty Images
John Seiler
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Commentary

A new case brings up the importance of California’s landmark Assembly Bill 114, by then-Assemblyman John Burton (D-San Francisco) in 1994, which severely limited “asset forfeiture” by state and local government agents. Unfortunately, it did not affect federal agents operating under federal law.

John Seiler
John Seiler
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John Seiler is a veteran California opinion writer. Mr. Seiler has written editorials for The Orange County Register for almost 30 years. He is a U.S. Army veteran and former press secretary for California state Sen. John Moorlach. He blogs at JohnSeiler.Substack.com and his email is [email protected]
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