A California district attorney found that more than 70% of criminal suspects released on $0 bail between 2020 and 2021 in his county committed new crimes. The California Judicial Council implemented in 2020 the statewide Emergency Bail Schedule, or $0 bail, which allowed criminals to be released without paying a bail due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Of the 595 individuals released on $0 bail between 2020 and 2021 in Yolo County, 420 were rearrested for new crimes.
