In a nutshell, if we are ever to reduce recidivism and victimization over the long haul, the California criminal justice system avoid being an “offense based” decision-making model, meaning the suspect committed “X” offense so our response is “Y”.
There’s a growing chorus of elections officials, voter advocates and lawmakers questioning the way California fills mid-term vacancies in the state legislature. They often carry a price tag of over $1 million in tax dollars and uniformly see less than 30 percent of eligible voters cast ballots.
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On Christmas day on our Facebook page we decided to keep the wonk to a minimum and embrace something more light, which is why we asked our Facebook fans what the best gift California could receive from Santa would be.
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