Corrections Headlines

Few Inland Republicans support pension bill

...In a floor speech late Thursday, state Sen. Bob Dutton accused the governor's office of trying to use the bill to punish the California Correctional Peace Officers Association, the largest union without a contract. Lawmakers ratify the pacts.

"What I'd really like to see is...the administration to go and deal with the CCPOA and actually bring a (contract) to the floor," said Dutton, R-Rancho Cucamonga, who became Senate GOP leader Monday. "Because this will end up being used, I feel, unfairly, against them as a bargaining tool." [...]

LINK - PE.com (The Press-Enterprise)