Gov. Jerry Brown’s public safety realignment plan that shifts the responsibility for incarcerating and rehabilitating non-violent felons from the state prison system to local communities is now under way. Each of California’s 58 counties were responsible for developing their own corrections plans within the framework of Assembly Bill 109. “We didn’t ask for this from the state,” Tuolumne County Administrator Craig Pedro said. “Nor can we ignore it. Life will change as of Oct. 1.”
October is sportsmanship month and, while it may not be widely recognized, it couldn’t have come at a better time, as sportsmanship in some corners of the Mother Lode athletic scene hits new lows.
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