Policy Update: CA Senate Bill 519 and Possession Limits

In July 2021, as California Senate Bill 519 moved through the policy committees of the CA legislature, members of MAPS’ Policy staff provided input to the bill’s proponents on language for amendments to add threshold limits for personal possession and use of the relevant substances. MAPS’ policy position is that, in many instances, threshold limits for personal possession and use in decriminalization efforts are not the most sound approach, because of the variability of real-life circumstances surrounding peoples’ use.