February 7, 2011
Cooley Blasts Governor’s Budget Plan, Baca More Receptive
Sheriff Lee Baca and District Attorney Steve Cooley, Los Angeles County’s two top public safety officials, differed markedly Friday on the merits of Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposed budgetary “realignment” aimed at closing the state’s $25.4 billion dollar budget deficit.
Cooley strongly opposed the plan as it applied to law enforcement. Brown’s proposals include $12.5 billion in cuts and providing another $12.5 billion in revenues through a ballot initiative that would extend certain existing tax rates past their impending sunset dates. The governor has also spoken of “realigning” state programs to counties—including parole, “low-level criminals” and juvenile justice...
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