BEHIND THE PAPER WITH ERIC GRANOF For the past 4-5 years Rob Bonta has been one of the loudest voices for Bail Reform in California. In fact, he hasn’t only been a loud voice for bail reform, he has been a champion for criminals all…
BEHIND THE PAPER WITH ERIC GRANOF First off, I would like to apologize because it has been a while since I last wrote a blog. Maybe some of you are thankful for that absence, but hopefully many of you are pleased that I am back…
BEHIND THE PAPER WITH ERIC GRANOF This week the Los Angeles Times Editorial Board published an article, “The Welcome but Glacial Dismantling of California’s Bail System”. I wanted to submit a rebuttal piece, but unfortunately the Los Angeles Times does not like publishing articles that…
BEHIND THE PAPER WITH ERIC GRANOF Typically, when I write bail reform related blogs, I like to focus on the victim side of the issue. Not just because it is the right thing to do, but it just seems that no one is concerned about…
BEHIND THE PAPER WITH ERIC GRANOF I know that it has been a while since my last blog post, but to be honest, I have been struggling with what to write about. This whole bail reform movement has got me so confused and frustrated that…
BEHIND THE PAPER WITH ERIC GRANOF As many of you know by now, Governor Brown and the California Legislature sold out public safety and turned their backs on crime victims last month with the passing and signing of Senate Bill 10 back in August. This…
BEHIND THE PAPER WITH ERIC GRANOF August 20, 2018 will in my memory be forever known as the most dangerous day in America. And the amazing thing about that is that 99.9% of people in this country have no idea why. On this day, in…
BEHIND THE PAPER WITH ERIC GRANOF Last week I had the pleasure of attending the US District Court Hearing on the Buffin vs. San Francisco case. For those of you who don’t know, this is one of the federal lawsuits filed by the uber social…
BEHIND THE PAPER WITH ERIC GRANOF As someone who has been deeply immersed into the bail reform debate for several years, I cannot tell you how much it irks me to hear bail reform advocates talk about “public safety.” Especially since the truth about bail…
BEHIND THE PAPER WITH ERIC GRANOF Earlier this month, a California Public Safety Committee in the Assembly voted out Senate Bill 10. This bill would all but eliminate the private sector commercial bail industry and in its place put a large taxpayer funded government bureaucracy…
