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Jan 2010

The state began reducing its prison population by 6,500 inmates Monday as part of a new cost-saving effort that also includes removing supervision for more than 7,700 parolees in Los Angeles County alone. The state legislation that was...

25

Jan 2010

Pension costs hit big-city budgets: LA, SF and SD

A wave of higher pension costs is hitting California's three major coastal cities, prompting proposals to shore up future budgets with ballot measures in Los Angeles and San Francisco and eroding progress in San Diego, once dubbed "Enron...

25

Jan 2010

Schwarzenegger: Send prisoners to Mexico

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger floated a different approach to trimming down California's bloated prison budget on Monday: pay Mexico to build new prisons and ship off California's incarcerated illegal immigrants south of the border. The...

25

Jan 2010

California inmate release plan begins

The state's controversial plan to reduce its prison population by 6,500 inmates over the next year begins today, with victims and law enforcement groups once again warning it will increase crime. "We are concerned for the public's safety...