San Quentin Rehabilitation Center (SQ),formerly known as San Quentin State Prison,is a California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation state prison for men,located north of San Francisco in the unincorporated place of San Quentin in Marin County.
Patrick James Nolan is an American lawyer,politician and conservative activist.
Leland Yin Yee is an American former politician who served as a member of the California State Senate for District 8,which covered parts of San Francisco and the Peninsula.
JoséLuis Huizar is a Mexican-American former politician who served as a member of the Los Angeles City Council from 2005 to 2020.
John L. Sampson is an American former politician and convicted felon. A Democrat,Sampson represented District 19 in the New York State Senate from 1997 to 2015. He is of Guyanese heritage. Sampson became Senate Democratic Leader in June 2009 and served as Senate Minority Leader from January 2011 to December 2012. Sampson forfeited his Senate seat when he was convicted of federal felony charges on July 24,2015. On January 18,2017,he was sentenced to five years in prison.
Ronald Steven Calderon is a former Democratic California State Senator from the 30th Senate District. Calderon is also known for receiving bribes from Michael Drobot.
California's 20th senatorial district is one of 40 California State Senate districts. It is currently represented by Democrat Caroline Menjivar of Los Angeles.
The Bribery and Special Interest (BRISPEC) sting operation was a sting operation conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation that investigated corruption in the California State Legislature from 1986 to 1988. The operation,later known as Shrimpscam in the press,involved setting up dummy companies by the FBI. The FBI set up a West Sacramento-based shrimp processing company. Then the fake companies lobbied for special-interest legislative bills favoring themselves. In addition,money was offered to legislators to see if any of them could be bribed in return for their support. A couple of the bills were actually passed by both the Assembly and Senate,but were vetoed by Governor George Deukmejian,who was tipped off in advance.
Crime in California refers to crime occurring within the U.S. state of California. The principal source of law for California criminal procedure is the California Penal Code.
David A. Roberti is an American politician who served as a Senator in the California legislature and as President pro tempore of the California State Senate from 1981 to 1993. He co-authored the Roberti-Roos gun control act. In April 1994 he was the subject of a failed recall attempt propelled by the gun lobby,in a special election.
Corruption in Illinois has been a problem from the earliest history of the state. Electoral fraud in Illinois pre-dates the territory's admission to the Union in 1818. Illinois had the third most federal criminal convictions for public corruption between 1976 and 2012,behind New York and California. A study published by the University of Illinois Chicago in 2022 ranked Illinois as the second most corrupt state in the nation,with 4 out of the last 11 governors serving time in prison.
Frank C. Hill III is a former American politician from California and a member of the Republican party. He was convicted of corruption in 1994.
Paul Bruce Carpenter was an American psychologist and politician.
Joseph Bernardino Montoya Jr. was an American politician who served in the California State Legislature from 1973 to 1990. He served in the State Assembly from 1973 to 1978 from 50th and 60th districts,and in the California State Senate from the 26th district from 1978 until his resignation in 1990. Prior to that,he was a member of the La Puente City Council and served as Mayor of La Puente.
