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Pubdate: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 Source: San Jose Mercury News (CA) Copyright: 2001 San Jose Mercury News Contact: 750 Ridder Park Drive, San Jose, CA 95190 Fax: (408) 271-3792 Website: http://www.sjmercury.com/ Forum: http://forums.bayarea.com/webx/cgi-bin/WebX RACIAL-PROFILING BILL AGAIN PROPOSED BY LAWMAKERS Police departments would have to record the race of people stopped by officers under a bill proposed by two Los Angeles-area Democrats. Gov. Gray Davis has rejected similar bills in the past. He is the only sitting governor who has vetoed racial profiling legislation. Some local departments voluntarily collect the information. About 70 of the state's 385 law enforcement agencies have applied for state grants to pay for the information gathering. The bill by Assemblymen Marco Firebaugh and Jerome Horton would make all police departments collect the information four years after the effective date of the bill. - --- MAP posted-by: Keith Brilhart