Lawmakers Seek to Limit Police Use of Force in California

San Francisco police detain a man who rode a motorcycle through dozens of health care activists who were blocking a street in San Francisco, Calif., on June 21, 2017. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

A new bill designed to limit law enforcement’s ability to use deadly force is being reviewed in the state Senate after passing in the Assembly, with a vote of 68–0 and 12 abstaining.

AB 392 was introduced by Assembly members Shirley Weber (D-San Diego) and Kevin McCarty (D-Sacramento) in response to last year’s shooting of Stephon Clark by a member of the Sacramento Police Department. On June 18, the bill was approved by the state Senate’s Public Safety Committee in a 6–0 vote with one abstention.