SB 1160 Author Resigns From Senate Amid Sexual Harassment Allegations

Tony Mendoza on Thursday resigned before lawmakers had an opportunity to vote on a resolution to expel him from the California Senate after an independent investigation determined he "more likely than not" engaged in “unwelcome flirtation and sexually suggestive behavior” with six women over the last decade. Mendoza, who authored a 2016 law that wiped out more than 290,000 liens with an estimated total claimed value of $2.7 billion, and stayed another 500,000 liens filed by or on behalf of criminally charged providers, reported called the investigation “farcica...