Christy Wilson

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

Hispanic adults in the U.S. are split in half on whether they see themselves as “a typical American,” according to a new study.

53 percent of Hispanic adults describe themselves either by their origin/heritage alone or by combining it with American. https://t.co/JrCe1rrnrW

[Christy Wilson @ChristyWilsonCA]

Just learned that a 17 year old pulling a an u registered unlicensed gun on a 13 year old is a misdemeanor - from our local police officer. Yes because that happened to my son. WTF CA? Do better.

[Christy Wilson @ChristyWilsonCA]

Umm…Williamson Act Claim on your fake ranch…(cough, cough). You and Trump, two peas in a pod?

[Tom Steyer @TomSteyer]

The wealthiest property owners in California, including Donald Trump, have avoided paying taxes on what their properties are actually worth.

That's cost our state $243 billion since 2012.

I'm going to close that tax loophole and use the revenue to fund healthcare and schools.

[Christy Wilson @ChristyWilsonCA]

@FlySMF I really love this airport but your parking shuttles are literally the worst and most unreliable I have experienced. Both coming and going there were major issues with the shuttles…do better.

[Christy Wilson @ChristyWilsonCA]

@TomSteyer Is there anything more hypocritical than a guy who sheltered all his money and investor money from taxes by using Cayman Island shell companies calling for higher taxes on Californians?

[Christy Wilson @ChristyWilsonCA]

@madrid_mike @debrajsaunders Come on

[Christy Wilson @ChristyWilsonCA]

@GovPressOffice Crazy idea…what if our oil rich state actually produced and refined its own oil instead of shutting down production and refineries 🤯

[Christy Wilson @ChristyWilsonCA]

@Chapman4Nevada They were outside of truckee - north of the lake not south

[Christy Wilson @ChristyWilsonCA]

Thank you for holding the plane for the 10 of us making this connection!

[Christy Wilson @ChristyWilsonCA]

@SouthwestAir - my flight is delayed simply because of your terrible new boarding. You gonna hold my flight so I can make connection or are you going to make me wait 7 hours because of your failure? A-list preferred wondering WTF…

[Christy Wilson @ChristyWilsonCA]

@SouthwestAir I messaged you and have gotten no acknowledgment. Am I being trolled by my own airline?

[Christy Wilson @ChristyWilsonCA]

A Role Model for How to Die https://t.co/jZyEYFaxhU via @NYTimes

[Christy Wilson @ChristyWilsonCA]

@jasonrileywsj @WSJopinion The UCs have embarrassed themselves

[Christy Wilson @ChristyWilsonCA]

@DerrickEvans4WV Look what happens when you don’t require SATs and ACTs

[Christy Wilson @ChristyWilsonCA]

The Censorship You Practice Today Will Be Used Against You Tomorrow https://t.co/C8uroesYZp via @NYTOpinion

[Maggy Krell @maggykrell]

Update on #AB379: Goal has always been to hammer the creeps who are buying teens for sex and create more support for victims. New version accomplishes these goals, and makes it a felony for a grown man to buy a child for sex. I appreciate everyone’s work on this bill, especially the survivor coalition for never giving up.

[Jim Cooper @SheriffJCooper]

https://t.co/0weOYloJP6

Two days ago, the Sacramento Bee published an opinion article on the debate in the State Legislature on AB 379 (Krell). This bill would have changed the law to allow law enforcement to arrest and prosecute people who purchase 16 and 17-year-old children for sex.

The Bee’s Opinion Writer, Robin Epley, applauded the bill being killed and went on to make an argument that people would go to jail for offering money or other things of value for sex, even if they are in a dating relationship. Specifically stating people could go to jail for providing “prom tickets” or “…french fries” for sex. However, The bill was clear that the new crime must fit the current legal definition of “prostitution” and a “commercial sex act.” As your Sheriff with over 33 years of law enforcement experience and 8 years as a lawmaker in the State Assembly, it is apparent the Opinion Writer of this opinion piece is very unfamiliar, or ignorant, of illegal commercial sex acts.

This issue has gained so much public attention because very few have the opinion of the opinion writer. The view of most is that adults who purchase sex acts with children should be arrested and prosecuted at a level consistent with the crime. That is not happening.

Currently, if we arrest an adult male for purchasing sex from a 16 or 17-year-old child, it is a misdemeanor. Meaning we give them the equivalent of a traffic ticket. AB 379 would have allowed the District Attorney to prosecute that predator with either a misdemeanor or a felony. However, the opinion writer attempts to gaslight you by claiming AB 379 would take discretion away from the Courts. AB 379 would not have only given the law enforcement experts more discretion, but it would have instituted appropriate consequences for child predators. It would have strengthened justice.

The argument or “debate” over AB 379 is extremely simple. Increasing penalties for sexual predators so we can protect children, or…not?

[Emily Hoeven @emily_hoeven]

My latest column: Do CA Dems want to make themselves irrelevant? Bc they just tanked, again, a bill to make it a felony to purchase 16 & 17 yr olds for sex. It's getting increasingly difficult to justify their decisions that make no logical or moral sense. https://t.co/rl6Jx41DnZ

[Jim Cooper @SheriffJCooper]

AB 379 was highjacked from @AsmMaggyKrell today. The highjackers claim the Author and other “high-level politicians” are spreading misinformation. As your Sheriff, I deal with this daily at the street level. I don’t deal with this issue in a policy committee from the confines of the Capitol building.

AB 379 would have made it a felony to buy sex from a 16 and 17-year-old child. The legislature’s action to remove this protection allows sex buyers to continue to purchase children for sex.

In my agency, we currently have 17 open cases of juveniles being trafficked for sex. This year, we have already rescued seven juveniles from the sex trade.

They are currently getting sexually exploited, and the Legislature made a decision today that the exploitation of these children is acceptable collateral damage.

IT’S NOT.

There is no excuse why one more child has to be sexually brutalized. Our young girls don’t have more time. I was talking about this same issue three years ago from that very same floor. How much more damn time do you need?

https://t.co/JlLH7OEJ5z

[Ashley Zavala @ZavalaA]

To sum up what happened today, California Assembly Democrats voted to basically keep the conversation going about possibly making it a felony to purchase 16/17 year olds.

But they are now leaving the expert, the person who made this her life’s work @maggykrell, out of it.