Prison Realignment

More state prisoners may be moved to Rio Cosumnes jail

The Sacramento County Board of Supervisors chair said last week the county will continue to feel Gov. Jerry Brown’s ongoing push to help slash California’s deficit by shifting some of the state’s responsibilities to local governments.

In his State of the State speech, Brown said that last year California was facing “a structural deficit” of more than $20 billion.

“It was a real mess,” he said. “But you rose to the occasion and together we shrunk state government, reduced our borrowing costs, and transferred key functions to local government, closer to the people..."

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