California Forward
California Forward is advocating a 21st Century approach: Information should be available in workable formats, without having to look beyond an agency website
read moreThe Affordable Care Act (ACA) is set to be a massive boon for California jails dealing with the generally poor health and lack of health insurance among its inmate population
read moreWe leave you with two quick bullet points heading into this holiday weekend.
read moreWith the overcrowding that used to exist in state prisons now transplanted to county jails, the question of where to send 10,000 more inmates looms larger than ever.
read moreSplit sentencing arrived as a result of AB 109, legislation that explicitly states it was “not intended to alleviate state prison overcrowding” yet it has been the primary solution to overcrowding
read moreNow that the fervor of May has died down, we have seek a marked increase in the number of stories talking about the more human side of realignment.
read moreThis week has seen the fervor over both the CDCR report, Gov. Brown’s May budget revision and Abel Maldonado’s failed bid to turn public safety realignment into an election wedge issue finally taper off.
read moreAs part of our involvement with the Future of California Elections (FOCE), we attended their event in January and were able to ask State Sen. Alex Padilla (D – Los Angeles) about his views on some vital topics on the FOCE’s agenda
read moreThe tide is turning. It has been for a while now on public safety realignment.
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