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Feb 2010

New push to exempt California's county jails from inmate-release law

There is a new move in Sacramento to exempt county jails from an early-release law designed to ease overcrowding at state prisons. Inmate at Kern Valley State Prison. (Photo: Barbara Davidson / Los Angeles Times) More than 2,000...

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Feb 2010

Mayor Villaraigosa calls for pay cuts for all city workers

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa on Friday called on all city employees to take pay cuts, including police officers and firefighters, saying that it would be the only substantive way to alleviate the need to slash 4,000 city jobs....

19

Feb 2010

L.A. City Council orders 3,000 more job cuts

Under the threat of a credit rating downgrade, the Los Angeles City Council on Thursday instructed agency heads to eliminate 3,000 additional city jobs before July 1 "by any means necessary, including layoffs." The reduction -- aimed in...

19

Feb 2010

Felons were among the criminals released early

While many of the people released early from jail under a new state law were in for misdemeanors, vehicle code violations, and probation violations, there were also some felons and others convicted of serious crimes in the group. A list of...