State lawmakers are considering a proposal to rein in California law enforcement agencies' ability to keep money, cars and homes seized from suspects who have not been charged with a crime.
The measure is the latest effort to roll back anti-crime policies passed during the height of the 1980s drug wars.
Advocates of stricter confiscation rules say that the controversial federal seizure program is now being used by local agencies — which may keep most of the property they confiscate regardless of whether a suspect is convicted — to increase revenue and plug budget holes.
Steering the bill is an unlikely pair of Los Angeles lawmakers — Sen.