California legislative staff get whistleblower protections

Assemblywoman Melissa Melendez, R-Lake Elsinore, right, and Assemblywoman Cristina Garcia, left, meet with reporters after the Assembly approved their bill to provide whistleblower protection for legislative staff members, Monday, Feb. 5, 2018, in Sacramento, Calif. If signed by Gov. Jerry Brown, the bill, AB403, will take effect immediately.

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Assemblywoman Melissa Melendez has written a bill to enshrine whistle-blower protections into law for those legislative staff members who come forward with allegations of sexual assault and harassment. Assemblywoman Melissa Melendez has written a bill to enshrine whistle-blower protections into law for those legislative staff members who come forward with allegations of sexual assault and harassment.