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The original law was approved in 2021, banning landlords from harassing tenants and making violations a criminal offense.

In 2019, you said you favored decriminalizing unauthorized border crossings, making them a civil offense instead of a criminal offense.

In the three years since Los Angeles banned landlords from harassing tenants and made violating the rules a criminal offense, more than 13,000 complaints alleging harassment have been filed with the housing department.

“Wondo and others detained should be credibly charged with a criminal offense or immediately released. An arrest based only on a 2016 photo is just not credible,” Human Rights Watch said in statement on Friday.

Sex between women was never a criminal offense in the state.