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Mar 8, 2010
LA Times blog
More than 343 inmates have received early releases from the L.A. County jail system in the last six days, officials said Monday, up from about 200 reported last week.
Mar 8, 2010
Sacramento Bee
California prison officials began touting a new public safety reform in January that would encourage inmates to complete a rehabilitation course and earn six weeks per year off a sentence.
Mar 7, 2010
Daily News
Government costs increase and so do calls to rein in benefits.
Mar 5, 2010
Daily Breeze
Los Angeles Superior Court officials informed employees Friday that 329 of them will be laid off on April 1 because of the ongoing budget crisis.
A memo from Executive Officer John Clarke said as many as 1,800 more positions will be lost to layoffs and attrition in the next four years or so.
Mar 5, 2010
LA TImes
Sheriff Lee Baca says budget cuts have prompted him to reduce the time nonviolent offenders spend in the jail system.
Mar 4, 2010
LA Times
In an effort to advance a bill through Congress before midterm elections, the president meets with two senators who have spent months trying to craft legislation.
Mar 4, 2010
Daily Breeze
Asking Los Angeles property owners to repair their own sidewalks was among several ideas floated Thursday by the City Council to help offset a $684 million budget shortfall over the next 18 months.
Mar 4, 2010
Contra Costa Times
Andre Birotte Jr., former inspector general of the Los Angeles Police Department, was sworn in today as the U.S. Attorney for the district covering Southern California.
Mar 4, 2010
Associated Press
The Los Angeles police chief and district attorney are defending their exhibit of evidence from famous crimes including Sen. Robert F. Kennedy's assassination.
Mar 4, 2010
CNN
A man coolly and calmly approached the screening area outside the Pentagon Thursday evening and opened fire, grazing two Pentagon police officers before they returned fire, critically wounding him, officials said.
Mar 4, 2010
New York Times
In the rush to save money in grim budgetary times, states nationwide have trimmed their prison populations by expanding parole programs and early releases. But the result — more convicted felons on the streets, not behind bars — has unleashed a backlash, and state officials now find themselves trying to maneuver between saving money and maintaining the public’s sense of safety.
Mar 4, 2010
Sacramento Bee
A day after announcing his candidacy for governor, Attorney General Jerry Brown said Wednesday that if elected he would consider overhauling public employee pension programs while opposing any move to privatize them.
Mar 4, 2010
San Francisco Chronicle
Recent cuts to California prison programs could result in more former inmates returning to prison and an increase in prison crowding, according to a draft state report.
Mar 3, 2010
LA Times blog
Pink slips will soon be on their way to Los Angeles city workers now that Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and his general managers have finalized the first list of 542 positions slated for elimination.
Mar 3, 2010
NBC-LA
State officials move in after NBC-LA investigation.
Mar 3, 2010
Ron Kaye LA
How bad is the city's budget crisis? I'll tell you how bad it is, Controller Wendy Greuel predicts that next year's revenue will be all of $16.8 million below this year's -- a decline of less than one-half of one percent, .04 to be exact, on a general fund budget of $4.2 billion!
Mar 3, 2010
LA Times
A high court majority reviewing a handgun ban in Chicago indicates that it sees the right to bear arms as national in scope, and can be used to strike down some state and local gun regulations.
Mar 3, 2010
Union-Tribune
His effort is a response to the Chelsea King case.
Mar 3, 2010
LA Times blog
Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca said Wednesday it was "inevitable" that nonviolent inmates in county jails would be released early if the budget crisis persists.
Mar 3, 2010
New York Times Opinion
Not since the Beach Boys were in peach fuzz and crew cuts has it been so safe to live and play in the City of Angels.
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