"Inmates who have stood on the frontlines, battling historic fires should not be denied the right to later become a professional firefighter," Gov. Newsom said on Twitter after signing the assembly bill into law.
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I've known two ex-cons that did their time on fire crews, and they're the only two that I've known that went completely straight after they got out - not just returning to their life of crime and not getting arrested, but starting a new life.
