Behind Governor’s Plan to Close State’s Juvenile Justice System
For the second time in one year, Gov. Jerry Brown has proposed permanently closing the Division of Juvenile Justice, a move that would make California the first state in the nation to eliminate its...
View ArticleMeet and Confer Notices: January 13, 2012
Meet and Confer Notices for the week of January 13, 2012 including Ad-Seg Overflow at VSPW and Operational Procedure Number 418 - Medication Management at CIW... View the Notices (.pdf format)
View ArticleJanuary 13, 2012
This is CCPOA's 5150 information hotline for Friday, January 13, 2012. CCPOA NEWS Rob McGowan Update– This week, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in Pasadena heard arguments in the case of...
View ArticleGov. Jerry Brown plans $1 billion in prison cuts
Gov. Jerry Brown wants to cut state prison spending next fiscal year for the first time in nearly a decade, a departure from the goals of recent administrations, which consistently increased...
View ArticleCalif. inmate should get kosher meals, appeals court rules
The California prison system is violating a Messianic Jewish prisoner's constitutional rights by denying him kosher food, a state appeals court ruled. A three-justice panel of the California 3rd...
View ArticleBehind the Badge: Rise in burglaries a sign of prison realignment failing
My wife went to her exercise class last Monday but found the gym was closed for the day as they repaired the damage from a burglary during the night. An hour later she tried to take our van to the...
View ArticleCalifornia: Pension Reform & “Vulture Capitalists”
If the squealing by the forces behind attempts to blow up the state's public pension are any indication, the truth must really hurt. In the last few days, both the nonpartisan Legislative Analyst's...
View ArticleLegal Scholar: Jim Crow Still Exists In America
Under Jim Crow laws, black Americans were relegated to a subordinate status for decades. Things like literacy tests for voters and laws designed to prevent blacks from serving on juries were...
View ArticlePrivate Corrections Institute Opposes Prison Privatization Effort
The Private Corrections Institute, a Florida-based non-profit watchdog organization that actually opposes the privatization of correctional services, has -- as would be expected -- “sharply condemned”...
View ArticleNM Legislature: Pension Reform
The Educational Retirement Board or ERB is proposing changes to the pension system for school district and University employees. The changes include a minimum retirement age of 55 and limits on cost...
View ArticleCuomo Likely To Push Pension Reform, Overall Budget Reduction
In addition to highlighting Gov. Cuomo’s possible plans to link school funding to a teacher evaluation system, my story and the accompanying graphic today also hit on other parts of tomorrow’s budget...
View ArticleCovina parolee accused of removing GPS ankle bracelet
Police arrested a wanted parolee with convictions for home-invasion robbery and auto theft early Tuesday on suspicion of removing a GPS tracking device, officials said. Francisco George Munoz, 30, of...
View ArticleMichael Steiner appointed warden at Tehachapi
SACRAMENTO – Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments. Michael Stainer, 48, of Tehachapi, has been appointed warden at the California Correctional Institution. Stainer...
View ArticleParolee gets tasered at Riverside Mall
Guy David Reed, 31, was arrested after a confrontation Tuesday afternoon at the Tyler Mall. Reed is being held without bail at the Robert Presley Detention Center in Riverside. According to Riverside...
View ArticleArizona may undo fix to pension system
Key state lawmakers want to rescind last year's hike in the contribution that more than 200,000 Arizona State Retirement System members make toward their pensions, citing fears of losing a lawsuit...
View ArticleFlorida again seeks to privatize 29 state prisons
Florida lawmakers are reviving the largest prison privatization plan in the country, with a Senate committee Wednesday voting to file two bills that would turn over 29 correctional facilities in an...
View ArticleAssm. Grove complains about CCPOA?
Assemblywoman Shannon Grove, R-Bakersfield, issued the following response to Governor Jerry Brown’s State of the State address: Governor Brown’s remarks today were essentially identical to past years...
View ArticleOklahoma House leaders to unveil new plans for overhauling pensions,...
House Speaker Kris Steele and members of the House's Republican majority will unveil new proposals for modernizing state government and propping up the state's underfunded pension systems. Steele and...
View ArticleFire Chapter Statewide Meetings for 2012
View the details about Fire Chapter Statewide Meetings for all of 2012 in the attached .pdf file. View the Flyer (.pdf format)
View ArticleCamps Chapter Statewide Meeting: January 26, 2012
Information about the Thursday, January 26, 2012 Camps Chapter Statewide Meeting... View the Flyer (.pdf format)
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