May 18, 2012
State Loses Contact with Sex Offender Near Buellton
State Parole officials are searching for a sex offender that they have lost contact with, earlier in the week.
Officials say Albert Lee Allen was last detected near Buellton on Wednesday.
According to the California Department of Corrections, an alert came through around 2:50 p.m. that Allen's monitoring device had been cut.
Agents an hour later recovered the cut bracelet...
LINK - KCOY.com
May 18, 2012
CCPOA Weekly Update - May 18, 2012
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May 18, 2012
LAO says CA Budget in excess of $17 Billion
California's budget deficit is likely worse than Gov. Jerry Brown's estimate of $15.7 billion, the state's top fiscal analyst indicated Friday.
Brown proposed a $91.4 billion general fund budget Monday that slashes health and welfare programs, courts and state worker pay. His proposal also relies on voters temporarily raising taxes on sales and wealthy earners to help cover this year's budget gap and deficits in future years.
The nonpartisan Legislative Analyst's Office said Friday that Brown's revenue forecast is "reasonable," though the Analyst's own projection is still $550 million below the governor's through June 2013. On top of that, the LAO warned that Brown's estimate of money available from former redevelopment programs could be overstated by $900 million...
LINK - SacBee.com
and
View the May Revise Report from the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) HERE
May 17, 2012
2012 CCPOA Endorsement List
CCPOA's endorsement list of 2012 candidates by district. Districts highlighted in green represent districts that contain at least one CDCR institution.
May 17, 2012
2012 Intent to Run – Benefit Trust Fund
The 2012 Intent to Run form is now available for this year’s Executive Council Positions. The form must be returned to the CCPOA offices by July 11, 2012. Please see the form below for details. EC Intent to Run Form 2012...
May 17, 2012
2012 CCPOA Convention - New Information
Please view the flyer below for more information on the 2012 CCPOA Convention in Reno, Nevada...
May 17, 2012
New acting warden at VSPW
The California Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation announced Tuesday that Ron Davis has been appointed the acting warden of Valley State Prison for Women in Chowchilla.
The CDCR says prior to this assignment, Davis worked as the chief deputy warden at Avenal State Prison in Kings County. He began his career as a correctional officer in Salinas in 1994...
LINK - KMPH.com
May 17, 2012
SC Senate approves pension reform plan
The South Carolina Senate on Wednesday approved a pension reform plan that puts most of the changes on new employees.
Sen. Greg Ryberg said the bill shores up the state retirement system, ensuring workers receive checks decades from now, in a way that honors promises to current employees, thereby avoiding a lawsuit. Advocates for public workers have praised the Senate's plan.
"I feel confident from a legal standpoint, we're on firm ground," said Ryberg, R-Aiken, who led a panel that put together the plan...
LINK - CBSNews.com
May 16, 2012
Gov. Jerry Brown backtracks on plan to phase out the state’s youth prison system
Responding to pressure from probation chiefs, district attorneys and prison guards, Gov. Jerry Brown has done an about-face on a revolutionary plan to shutter California's youth prison system that was once the nation's largest -- and arguably the most notorious.
Just four months ago, a small section buried in the governor's belt-tightening budget caused a massive stir in the juvenile justice world. With annual costs per inmate at about $200,000 and its population down 90 percent from peak years, the youth prison system should stop accepting serious and violent youthful offenders beginning next year, the Brown administration concluded...
LINK - MercuryNews.com
May 16, 2012
Prison construction plan costly, unnecessary, analyst says
The Legislative Analyst's Office issued a report on Wednesday criticizing the Brown administration's plan to overhaul California's prison system.
The plan, announced last month, is intended to save billions of dollars by closing a prison, shifting staff members and returning inmates housed out of state. The administration also wants to renovate and add to existing facilities.
Although the Legislative Analyst's Office said the plan "merits consideration," it said the state will end up facing high costs despite decreasing prison capacity...
LINK - LATimes.com
