BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A petition started by the injury law firm Chain Cohn Clark is calling on elected officials to enact stricter penalties, license suspensions and required alcohol monitoring for first-time DUI offenders. The petition has over 1,000 signatures as of March 24, 2025.
The Change.org petition lays it out clearly.
“Weak sentencing for first-time DUI offenders allows repeat offenses to escalate, often leading to tragic consequences. We felt enough is enough,” said Matt Clark, an attorney with Chain Cohn Clark. “We have to do something else. There must be something else as a law firm and as a public advocate that we can do. So we started a change.org petition.”…