Tag: Realignment

  • Measure on November Ballot Would Reduce Some Felonies to Misdemeanors

    By Patty Lane, Maureen Cavanaugh and Peggy Pico Click here to listen to a full KPBS Midday Edition interview on Proposition 47 featuring former San Diego Police Chief William Lansdowne, who co-authored the measure, and San Diego County Chief Deputy District Attorney David Greenberg. The effort to roll back decades of tough on crime legislation…

  • Study: Realignment Has Not Had Significant Impact On Arrest Rates

    By Marissa Cabrera and Peggy Pico Contrary to what some had feared, it looks like prison realignment has not had a significant impact on arrest rates in San Diego County. A new study by the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) shows that 12 percent of adult arrests in 2012 involved someone on probation. That’s…

  • Former Inmates ‘Coming Home to Stay’ Thanks to Mid-City Group

    By Patty Lane and Peggy Pico Being incarcerated for years is punishment for a crime. But it is not a lesson in how to live in society. Prison realignment has shifted the responsibility of parole from the state to the counties. So, programs that help former inmates transition back into normal life are more important…

  • Trustees Call to Halt School Closures Talk

    Dana Middle School teacher Michelle Brown passionately told school board member Scott Barnett that she worried he was “trying to put cuts on the backs of teachers.” The conversation came following a press conference in which he called for the district to halt a proposal to close some schools. | Photo Credit: Sam Hodgson By…