California Forward
The battle between state democrats spills over into this week as the Legislature grapples with the governor’s office on how to best relocate another 8,000 inmates from state correctional facilities.
read moreTom Hoffman, a former longtime police officer and Director of Adult Parole Operations in California, weighs in on the complications and potential of AB 109.
read moreOne standoff ended only to see another one begin this week as Gov. Brown introduced his prison plan and Sen. Steinberg countered.
read moreHere in Part 2, she discusses her decision to come work for L.A. County and the challenges she has faced since joined early in 2013.
read moreWe present this conversation in hopes that our readers gain an appreciation for both the complexity of public safety realignment and the rigor of implementing it properly and cost-effectively in such a massive county.
read moreJeffrey Berryman represents both the old world and the new world in public safety realignment.
read moreRealignment can become a great California success story if we play our cards right in the coming years.
read moreYesterday, Attorney General Eric Holder released a three page memo and gave a landmark speech to the American Bar Association (ABA) outlining the Obama administration’s dramatic philosophical shift toward drug-related crimes
read moreNow that reducing state prison headcount by another 10,000 is a reality with a rapidly approaching end-of-year deadline, Sacramento must buckle down and figure out how to make it happen
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