SACRAMENTO – Assemblymember Akilah Weber (D-San Diego) is joined by Assemblymembers Tasha Boerner-Horvath, Brian Maienschein, Christopher Ward, Lorena Gonzalez, Senate President pro Tempore Toni Atkins, and Senator Ben Hueso as members of the San Diego Delegation in requesting the California State Auditor provide independently developed and verified information related to the death of inmates in the custody of the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department. The request was approved by the Joint Legislative Audit Committee and the California State Auditor estimates a seven-month timeframe to complete the report.

SACRAMENTO— TOMORROW at 1:30 PM: Assemblymember Akilah Weber, MD (D-San Diego) will present an audit request to the Joint Legislative Audit Committee (JLAC) on behalf of the Democratic members of the San Diego delegation to investigate San Diego County Sheriff’s Department's inmate deaths over the last 15 years. The proposal is co-authored by Assemblymembers Tasha Boerner-Horvath, Brian Maienschein, Christopher Ward, Lorena Gonzalez, Senate President pro Tempore Toni Atkins, and Senator Ben Hueso.