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Criminal

Sep. 8, 2011

LA approves realignment plan

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors narrowly approved a plan to accommodate the thousands of state parolees and inmates who will shift to local supervision on Oct. 1 under Gov Jerry Brown's "criminal justice realignment" bill.


By Anna Scott


Daily Journal Staff Writer


The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors held its nose and, by the narrowest legal margin, approved a plan Tuesday to accommodate the thousands of state parolees and inmates who will shift to local supervision on Oct. 1 under Gov Jerry Brown's "criminal justice realignment" bill.


The bill mandated that a county's implementation plan would be approved unless a four-fifths majority vo...

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