ALT When Bianco remarked that helping the defendant make money would surely mean a deluge of phone calls in the middle of the night that would disrupt his own personal life, the defendant responded, in words or in substance, "Don't worry. We'll help you get away. We'll make it easier .... " The defendant kept this prol#fse by fumishlng money, services, representations and/or other things of value. Under sections 17 et seq. and 67.5 of the California Penal Code, the, furnishing constituted felony bn'bery punishable by imprisonment for more than one year.

ALT A few days later, advocates obtained detailed notes of the governor’s newest proposal, which wouldn’t require probable cause. Legislators and advocates worry that the counterproposal is less restrictive than Hochul’s first compromise offer, since it leaves it up to individual officers to decide whether they are investigating a potential crime. Cops may be able to make that determination without establishing probable cause, a concept defined in case law, the advocates said. “What this means in practice is that anything a police officer does in connection with or in response to a crime — and that could be a misdemeanor — would allow them to actively and affirmatively notify ICE or CBP about the person,” said Yasmine Farhang, executive director of the Immigrant Defense Project. “As long as they can say that they are initiating an investigation of any crime, they can notify ICE and CBP.”

ALT Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, one of the top polling candidates for California governor, told KQED he would allow Louisiana to extradite a Bay Area doctor in an abortion case if he’s elected. Healdsburg Doctor Rémy Coeytaux was indicted by Louisiana’s attorney general for allegedly mailing abortion pills to a woman there. “He broke the law,” said Bianco. “He’s going to suffer consequences and he has to suffer consequences.” The other Republican candidate in the race, Steve Hilton, told KQED earlier this year he would also extradite the doctor.