BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Assemblymember Dr. Jasmeet Bains is seeking answers from the state Attorney General’s Office on why former Kern County supervisor Zack Scrivner isn’t facing child sexual abuse charges.

In a news release on Wednesday, Bains (D-Delano) noted a lengthy investigation determined Scrivner got into bed with and inappropriately touched a child — but wasn’t charged with a crime reflecting those findings.

Kern County lawmakers are crossing party lines to come together and urge Gov. Gavin Newsom to keep a convicted child murderer in jail.

Asm. Jasmeet Bains (D–Delano), Asm. Stan Ellis (R–Bakersfield) and Sen. Shannon Grove (R–Bakersfield) penned a joint letter asking Newsom to overturn a decision from the California Board of Parole Hearings to grant parole to convicted murderer Josue Herrera.

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A proposed bill that aims to protect California schools from defunding caused by low attendance rates amid the recent immigration raids passed out of the Assembly Education Committee on Wednesday.

California uses a school district’s Average Daily Attendance to determine its funding. The ADA is calculated by taking the total number of days of student attendance and dividing it by the total number of school days.

While the administration has pledged not to cut Medicare or Social Security, local and state officials say uncertainty surrounding the federal budget is forcing them to operate cautiously.

"I really worry about the lives that are going to be lost because of these cuts," said Assemblywoman Jasmeet Bains, D-Delano, who chairs the Assembly Committee on Aging and Long-Term Care.