CA Assembly Member Introduces MCLI-Inspired Resolution on Human Rights Treaty Reporting
In late January 2010, the California State Assembly unanimously passed Assemblymember Sandre Swanson's Bill 1586 establishing a BART police oversight process that had been adopted unanimously by the BART Board.
MCLI vice president Rev. Daniel Buford had lobbied for this bill, along with the family of Oscar Grant, as a step to hold BART police accountable for police misconduct. Last year, the BART Board approved the Police Oversight Process created by Rev. Buford, BART Directors, and Police union officials. The BART police had no oversight process prior to this.
The trial of BART officer Johannes Mehserle for the murder of passenger Oscar Grant on New Year's eve, 2009, is going forward in the Los Angeles County Superior Court.
Rev. Buford is also working with Allen Temple Baptist Church on the Berkeley Rapid Transit proposal to ensure that it does not discriminate against people with disabilities.