You might recognize him as the man who made sure the state Legislature celebrated NASCAR Day on May 9, 2009 but Assemblyman Bill Emmerson, R-Redlands, is back in the news with a proposal aimed squarely at San Francisco.
Assembly Bill 2333 prohibits any county probation officer from placing a criminal in a residential facility in another county if the officer has reason to believe that person may be in the country illegally.
In 2008, under San Francisco’s former sanctuary policy of shielding youths from immigration authorities, eight Honduran drug dealers escaped youth rehabilitation centers in San Bernardino County.
“It is my understanding that many of these illegal convicts have yet to be found and rearrested, clearly illustrating the harm that some sanctuary city policies pose to communities throughout California,” Emmerson reportedly said. “If a city wants to violate federal law, they shouldn’t be allowed to dump their problem on an unsuspecting county, putting our neighborhoods in jeopardy.”
Such fiery rhetoric about an issue that’s no longer an issue [Hello? We stopped that policy in, like, September 2008!] can only mean one thing: election time! Sure enough, Emmerson is running for state Senate in the Republican-heavy Riverside County, with the primary scheduled for April 13.
Methinks it’s Emmerson who’s dumping his problem on an unsuspecting county.
Of course I knew him as the NASCAR Assemblyman and when I saw him at the race this February I thought how cool it was that probably had unlimited access to the pits and the garage. Twice a year I envy him.
Posted by: vansmack | March 11, 2010 at 14:07
Yes we stopped doing that in 2008 but with Newsom headed to greener pastures and the nut job progs on the BOS ready to appoint one of their own lunatics to the mayor's office, the practice very well could come back again. At least give this guy credit for knowing that is possible and preemptively working to address the issue.
Don't get me wrong, the guy is a douche, but a smart douche knowing what the SF prog douches are capable of.
Posted by: Il Postino | March 12, 2010 at 15:25
I agree that it might be useful at some point. But I don't think he was getting into the nitty-gritty of SF politics when he propsed the law.
Douche war! Haha!
Thank you for writing!
Posted by: Melissa Griffin | March 12, 2010 at 15:30