President Donald Trump is targeting states and jurisdictions that have cashless bail policies, policies advocates say can eliminate unfairness in the criminal justice system, and something that California has had a complicated relationship with in recent years.

Cashless bail is a system in which defendants are released from jail while awaiting trial based on their promise to appear in court, rather than by paying a specific cash amount.

Here's what to know about cashless bail and its history in California.

When was cashless bail implemented in California?

In 2018, then Gov. Jerry Brown signed Senate Bill 10, called the California Money Bail Reform Act, which established using an assessment of a defendant’s risk to public safety and the probability of missing a court date to determine

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