Issue Position: Domestic Violence
Issue Position
Issues: Family
Firearms: prohibited persons (AB 3129)
Prohibits anyone convicted of certain domestic violence misdemeanors, which result in a 10-year prohibition against possessing a firearm, from ever possessing a firearm.
Spousal support factors: domestic violence (AB 929)
Would specify that all documented evidence of any history of domestic violence to be considered by the court in ordering spousal support.
CalWORKs: Housing for Survivors of Abuse (AB 557)
Amends the Welfare and Institutions Code to increase support and options for domestic violence survivors who are trying to escape a violent environment by providing temporary housing assistance to applicants of CalWORKs. Chaptered by Secretary of State Chapter 691, Statutes of 2017
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