State Sen. Sabrina Cervantes (D-Riverside) filed a legal claim against Sacramento police after being cleared of DUI charges following a crash near the Capitol

She alleges officers retaliated against her over legislation designed to limit the storage of automated license-plate readers and treated her differently because she’s gay and Latina

SACRAMENTO — A Riverside County lawmaker accused of driving drunk after a car crash , but cleared by a blood test , took the first step Monday toward suing the Sacramento Police Department, saying officers had tarnished her reputation.

After Sen. Sabrina Cervantes (D-Riverside) was broadsided by an SUV near the Capitol in May, Sacramento police interviewed the 37-year-old lawmaker for hours at a Kaiser Permanente hospital before citing her on su

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