‘A little more insight’: How California’s new transparency law is helping the families of those killed by police

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Abstract: This story examines how Senate Bill 1421, a California transparency law that went into effect in January 2019 that made public police use-of-force and misconduct records, has helped the families of police shooting victims by giving them access to internal investigation reports and body camera footage. Additionally, it looks at other pushes from activists and legislators in the state to increase police transparency and accountability. This story focuses on the shootings and family members of Oscar Grant, Antonio Guzman-Lopez, Jacob Dominguez and Richard “Pedie” Perez.

Type of resource	text
Date created	June 2019

Author	Richards, Connor Morgan
Primary advisor	Phillips, Cheryl
Advisor	Brenner, R.B.
Advisor	Migielicz, Geri
Degree granting institution	Stanford University, Department of Communication

Subject	Department of Communication
Subject	Journalism
Subject	police shootings
Subject	use of force
Subject	SB 1421
Subject	Senate Bill 1421
Subject	transparency
Subject	police accountability
Genre	Thesis

Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/bw021dt5987

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Preferred Citation: Richards, Connor Morgan. (2019). ‘A little more insight’: How California’s new transparency law is helping the families of those killed by police. Stanford Digital Repository. Available at: https://purl.stanford.edu/bw021dt5987

Masters Theses in Journalism, Department of Communication, Stanford University

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