Prisons

It almost sounds like kindergarten: Sit down and talk about what you did wrong. But these neighborhood courts are for adults — and aim to reduce incarceration and reimagine criminal justice.

In early March, before the pandemic closed the state Capitol to visitors, Esteban Núñez led former prisoners through the regal building where his father was once one of California’s most powerful politicians.   He exuded know-how, his shiny loafers clicking across marble floors as they moved toward an elevator. Down a hallway. Into the office of […]

Jose Amendariz was on one of his frequent trips to the nurse’s station in Orange County’s largest jail when deputies hauled in a man in a mask.  Of all the inmates inside the jail, the 29-year-old Armendariz needs the most care: insulin shots for Type I diabetes, pills for hypertension, asthma inhaler puffs for his […]

Newsom budget priorities stand in contrast with Trump. Trump tax law helps fill state coffers. Prison costs rise as inmate population falls.

Homelessness, education, climate action, health, consumer protection, school lunches: Gov. Gavin Newsom's agenda couldn't differ more from President Donald Trump's. Budgets are a statement of values, notes Newsom. Here’s what his choices say about California’s.

California joins Boise in Supreme Court homeless case. Kamala Harris' home state numbers sink. College professors bring courses to prisons.

Ethnic studies plan hits roadblock. Federal class-action suit against California prisons drags on. Family reaches settlement in prison suicide.

Uber, Lyft join forces to fight Assembly bill. Ink is nearly dry on state budget. Inmates allowed to use marijuana behind bars, sort of.

r Resources Board chair delivers message to auto industry. Proposed clean water tax hits snag. California Democrats prepare to elect new chair.

A GOP mayor embraces refugees in CA, Gabby Giffords wants CA to triple gun control spending, pulling the plug in fire weather and Westlands' man at Interior.