Listen to the Oct 5th broadcast of “All Things Considered” for a behind the scenes story of bringing the Sin by Silence Bills to life.
Assemblywoman Fiona Ma’s (D-San Francisco and San Mateo Counties) bills AB 593 and AB 1593 were signed by Governor Edmund Brown Jr. These bills are known as the “Sin by Silence” bills and both will help incarcerated victims of domestic violence. “I am so proud that Governor Brown has signed both of my bills,” stated [...]
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SACRAMENTO –Assemblywoman Fiona Ma (D-San Francisco and San Mateo Counties) joined Brenda Clubine, a survivor who spent 26 years behind bars for defending her life against her abuser, Senator Noreen Evans, Chair of the Legislative Women’s Caucus, Tara Shabazz from the California Partnership to End Domestic Violence and other advocates this morning to advocate for [...]
Assemblywoman Fiona Ma (D-San Francisco and San Mateo Counties) joined Brenda Clubine, a survivor who spent 26 years behind bars for defending her life against her abuser, Senator Noreen Evans, Chair of the Legislative Women’s Caucus, Tara Shabazz from the California Partnership to End Domestic Violence and other advocates to advocate for AB 593 and [...]
SACRAMENTO, CA – Assemblywoman Fiona Ma (D-San Francisco and San Mateo Counties) will join Brenda Clubine, a survivor who spent 26 years behind bars for defending her life against her abuser, and various advocates in support of Assemblywoman Ma’s “Sin by Silence” bills. AB 1593 will help incarcerated victims of domestic violence by giving them [...]
The Sin by Silence Bills PASSED the Senate Public Safety. What an incredible day of making a difference! The Sin by Silence team traveled to Sacramento – Norma Cumpian (released in 2011), Olivia Klaus (Director/Producer of Sin by Silence), and Brenda Clubine (released in 2008). Brenda and Norma visit the Senate floor The Public Safety [...]
The Sin by Silence Bill (AB 593) now has a sister bill (AB 1593) moving through the California Senate! With AB 1593, we are tackling parole reform! As you learned by watching Sin by Silence, many of the Convicted Women Against Abuse are denied parole due to the injustice that continues to happen during their [...]
The Sin by Silence Bill team has some incredible new advocates with the six nursing students from California State University of Long Beach who started their own “Student Nurses for Sin by Silence” blog to focused on sharing the impact of AB 593. As they state… “We, as soon to be healthcare providers, understand the [...]
On March 6th, the Sin by Silence Bill team partnered with the California Partnership to End Domestic Violence for their Legislative Action Days at the Capitol in Sacramento. This even brought together with over 200 domestic violence and sexual assault advocates from across the state to meet with their representatives. In those meetings, advocates spoke [...]
AB 593 and AB 1593 seek to bring justice for the domestic violence victims that were unintentionally denied their original writ of habeas corpus due to limited expert testimony evidence and continue to be given unjust parole hearings.
Assemblywoman Fiona Ma was first elected to represent the people of California’s 12th Assembly District in November of 2006.The 12th Assembly District includes the cities of San Francisco, Daly City, Colma and Broadmoor.