The Schwarzenegger administration submitted to a panel of federal judges last night a revised proposal for reducing California's prison inmate population.
The three-judge panel, which ruled that the state must come up with a plan for cutting the prison population to address overcrowding, rejected the state's first proposal last month on the grounds that it did not meet their requirements.
"We have thoroughly examined the court's concerns and believe that this plan represents the best option to meet the court's order," California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Secretary Matthew Cate said in a statement. "Although this plan meets the court mandate, we continue to believe our best option is the original plan already being implemented by the state that reduces the prison population over time without compromising public safety."
Here's a chart of where the cuts will come from. Denny Walsh has more on the plan in today's Bee. Click here to read that story.
Democratic Rep. Doris Matsui is in town to tout the $127 million Smart Grid federal stimulus grant awarded to the Sacramento Municipal Utility District. The talk on the economy and stimulus funds is at 10 a.m. at the Sacramento State Alumni Center.
Speaking of economic recovery, Finance Department Director Mike Genest, who recently announced plans to leave his post at the end of the year, will be in Washington to talk about California's fiscal troubles. He'll be speaking about a new Pew Center on the States report that compared other states facing financial peril to California.
GOV 2010: GOP gubernatorial hopeful Tom Campbell is holding an 11 a.m. press conference on the Capitol steps to talk about the state budget and other issues.
Does it feel a bit like a ghost town around the Capitol this Friday the 13th? On top of the typical Furlough Friday lull, Senate staffers are off to observe the Veterans Day holiday. As Jon Ortiz noted at The State Worker blog yesterday, the Wednesday holiday and the Furlough Friday got some wondering whether more workers would take "Sandwich Thursday" off as well.
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