California’s 2016-17 Budget Includes $270 Million for Jail Construction
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Governor Jerry Brown signed the state’s 2016-17 budget approved by state lawmakers on June 27.
Payne Kimball
Report Highlights Proposition 47 Progress
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Stanford Law School Stanford Justice Advocacy Project recently released the Proposition 47 Progress Report highlighting the progress made since the proposition’s enactment in November 2014.
Read moreProp 47 Passes in California, Reclassifies Offenses
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A California state proposition that reclassified six felony offenses as misdemeanors passed on Nov. 4 with a 58 percent vote, and now has public defender and defense attorney lines ringing off the hook.