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This week in Realignment: October 18, 2013
150 150 Christopher Nelson

The moment someone is fully committed into the corrections system is when they are sentenced and that dictates the rest of their path. If someone is mentally ill or addicted to drugs, that path shouldn’t necessarily lead to a jail cell.

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The imperative of cross-agency collaboration
150 150 Jim Mayer

In remarks given to the California State Senate Education Committee briefing on community schools, CA Fwd President and CEO Jim Mayer stresses the importance of collaboration on all levels to continue our economic recovery and ensure future prosperity

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VIDEO: California’s economic recovery is a tale of two economies
150 150 Cheryl Getuiza

When the recession hit in 2008, no region was exempt. Five years later, the state’s economy is improved, but not every region has bounced back in the same way. In fact, getting back to the “good old days” has been uneven.

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The Not-so-Magic School Bus
150 150 Jim Mayer

Senator Carol Liu’s “Pathways to Partnership” tour is not likely to turn up in Sunset magazine. But, when not stuck in traffic, the bus might have been headed to the future.

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