The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department is turning away local criminals from its jails in order to continue collecting $25 million a year to house state and federal inmates. Read about it at SacBee.com.
Nov 3rd, 2009
The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department is turning away local criminals from its jails in order to continue collecting $25 million a year to house state and federal inmates. Read about it at SacBee.com.
What started as a modest effort to upgrade computer systems in several southern California counties’ courts has turned into a massive statewide project that is years from completion and could cost more than $2 billion. The system would link all courts and include all case filings, judges’ calendars and more.
While no one disputes the need [...]
Budget, budget, budget. That’s the story in Sacramento County as the Board of Supervisors continues the slow, steady unwinding of government.
Check out some of the latest:
First there’s possible cuts to public health.
Then there’s the battle with unions over a controversial, back-door furlough.
Then things got even worse with new sales tax revenue projections.
A union hired homeless [...]
Sacramento County could open 20,000 acres to development as part of its General Plan update. Environmentalists are none too happy. Read about it at SacBee.com. (20,000 acres to be opened under plan – Sacramento Politics – California Politics | Sacramento Bee)
Oct 1st, 2009
A high profile kidnapping case has given hope — much of it false — to families who also lost loved ones and the law enforcement agencies that have long tried to solve the cases. (pdf)
