Assemblymember Sydney Kamlager: California State Assembly District 54
Assemblymember Sydney Kamlager represents the 54th Assembly District of California, encompassing Baldwin Hills, the Crenshaw community, all of Culver City, Ladera Heights, Leimert Park, Mar Vista, Mid-City Los Angeles, Palms, Pico-Union, Westwood and Windsor Hills. Kamlager has dedicated her work to creating solutions for equity and justice. In 2019, she passed two bills that incorporated implicit bias training into continued education for healthcare professionals, lawyers and judges. She serves as the Chair of the Select Committee on Incarcerated Women and a member of the board of Planned Parenthood Los Angeles. She’s also now the author of a new bill called The C.R.I.S.E.S Act, which calls for community-groups, over the police, to respond to 911 calls from people during a mental health crisis, unhoused people, people exposed to community violent, and people with substance abuse disorders. In this episode, Assemblymember Kamlager gives us a lesson on what it really means to defund the police, her thoughts on policy reform and The Justice in Policing Act of 2020, and why she believes bills like The C.R.I.S.E.S Act is the answer to taking power away from police and back in the hands of our communities.
Senator Holly Mitchell: (213) 745-6656
Assemblymember Phil Ting: (415) 557-2312
AB2054 Bill Information: http://leginfo.legislature.ca.
Support the C.R.I.S.E.S Act in California here! https://allianceforbmoc.org/
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