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Write Miguel Santiago a comment if you're in district 53: https://a53.asmdc.org/article/...

I encourage everyone reading this, regardless of where you live, to contact California Assemblyman David Chiu. Chiu is a the California state legislator for the district including San Francisco. He is a mainstream elitist Democrat, but historically he has been close to the Silicon Valley tech community.

When you call Chiu's office, politely explain the Murdock case if the staffer you speak with is not familiar. Mention that the SFPD is widely known to be corrupt. Then - again, politely - ask that the Assemblyman work to have the incident investigated by an independent investigator from outside the San Francisco Police Department. A state assemblymember does not have direct legal authority to appoint an investigator - but for sure, if an elected legislator speaks out, many people will listen.

Assemblyman Chiu's office phone number is (916) 319-2017. His staffer was interested and courteous when I called earlier today. You can also contact Chiu electronically thru his official website

Bitcon is NEVER mentioned.

It IS mentioned.

The assembly member that proposed it, in the press release announcing the passing of the bill, talks about BitCoin, Amazon Coins, Starbucks Stars, and Diablo II Stones of Jordan*. Of course the legislation itself doesn't mention BitCoin, since the section that it repeals pre-dates BitCoin, and when you're repealing a section, you just say "Section X is repealed", not "Section X is repealed because BitCoin".

*One of these is a lie.