{"id":9345,"date":"2023-07-31T11:32:37","date_gmt":"2023-07-31T18:32:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=9345"},"modified":"2023-07-31T13:12:15","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T20:12:15","slug":"ca-bill-would-decriminalize-fare-beaters-on-public-transit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=9345","title":{"rendered":"CA Bill Would Decriminalize Fare-Beaters on Public Transit"},"content":{"rendered":"

A bill moving through the California Legislature aims to eliminate racial bias by reducing consequences for turnstile jumping on public transit.\u00a0 Golden Gate Media reports<\/a> that while San Francisco’s Bart,\u00a0 Los Angeles’ Metro and Sacramento’s RT are all crime-ridden and losing money, Los Angeles Assemblyperson Isaac Bryan (D. Los Angeles) introduced AB 819 to improve racial equity among transit riders.\u00a0 According to Bryan “enforcement of fare evasion is discriminatory. People who face criminal charges for not paying their transit fare are disproportionately people of color and face harsher penalties when they are stopped.”\u00a0 So allowing more freeriders on public transit is going to improve racial justice.\u00a0 As one BART board member responded, “More decriminalization for BART makes the system less safe.”\u00a0 It is already too dangerous for many to voluntarily choose take a train or bus in Los Angeles and San Francisco.\u00a0 Unfortunately, most people commuting on public transit have no other option.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A bill moving through the California Legislature aims to eliminate racial bias by reducing consequences for turnstile jumping on public transit.\u00a0 Golden Gate Media reports that while San Francisco’s Bart,\u00a0 Los Angeles’ Metro and Sacramento’s RT are all crime-ridden and losing money, Los Angeles Assemblyperson Isaac Bryan (D. Los Angeles) introduced AB 819 to improve racial equity among transit riders.\u00a0 According to Bryan “enforcement of fare evasion is discriminatory. People who face criminal charges for not paying their transit fare are disproportionately people of color and face harsher penalties when they are stopped.”\u00a0 So allowing more freeriders on public transit is going to improve racial justice.\u00a0 As one BART board member responded, “More decriminalization for BART makes the system less safe.”\u00a0 It is already too dangerous for many to voluntarily choose take a train or bus in Los Angeles and San Francisco.\u00a0 Unfortunately, most people commuting on public transit have no other option.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"yoast_head":"\nCA Bill Would Decriminalize Fare-Beaters on Public Transit - Crime & Consequences<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=9345\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"CA Bill Would Decriminalize Fare-Beaters on Public Transit - Crime & Consequences\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A bill moving through the California Legislature aims to eliminate racial bias by reducing consequences for turnstile jumping on public transit.\u00a0 Golden Gate Media reports that while San Francisco’s Bart,\u00a0 Los Angeles’ Metro and Sacramento’s RT are all crime-ridden and losing money, Los Angeles Assemblyperson Isaac Bryan (D. 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