Community Services

AB 109: A rare opportunity for thoughtful criminal justice
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Tom Hoffman, a former longtime police officer and Director of Adult Parole Operations in California, weighs in on the complications and potential of AB 109.

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This week in Realignment: August 30, 2013
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One standoff ended only to see another one begin this week as Gov. Brown introduced his prison plan and Sen. Steinberg countered.

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A conversation with Terri McDonald, Los Angeles County Assistant Sheriff – Part Two
150 150 Christopher Nelson

Here 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.

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A conversation with Terri McDonald, Los Angeles County Assistant Sheriff – Part One
150 150 Christopher Nelson

We 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.

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This week in Realignment: August 16, 2013
150 150 Christopher Nelson

Realignment can become a great California success story if we play our cards right in the coming years.

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Federal Realignment following California’s lead
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Yesterday, 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

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No Child Left Behind waivers put standards back under local control
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Much as the districts’ appeal to the Department of Education was done jointly, the new system for the eight districts will also be executed in tandem.

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