By Nigel Duara and Natasha Uzcátegui-Liggett, CalMatters
This story was originally published by CalMatters.
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In 2020, with the death of George Floyd still dominating the national conversation over police accountability, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law taking away responsibility for investigating fatal police shootings from local authorities and putting it in the hands of the state attorney general.
Lawmakers reasoned that an independent outside agency…
