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16
Feb 2010
California Atty. Gen. Jerry Brown on Tuesday waded into the controversy over a new law that aims to reduce the state prison population by saying it applies to county jail inmates but should not be read as requiring immediate, large-scale...
15
Feb 2010
The fury unleashed in Sacramento over the early releases of a couple hundred inmates has set the stage for a more massive but less detectable state prisoner population shift about to unfold.
A shift in state prisoners will follow the...
14
Feb 2010
The $212 million budget shortfall, projected to more than double next year, is attributed mainly to plunging tax revenue blamed on the region's sagging economy, falling property values and a 15 percent jobless rate -- one of the highest of...
13
Feb 2010
The push by Los Angeles' elected officials to address a growing financial crisis hit a new stage on Friday: open battle.
Just as credit rating agencies want them to work in unison on erasing a $212-million budget shortfall, Mayor Antonio...
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