Los Angeles County supervisors today will vote on a plan to manage new parolees returning from state prison.

California plans to shift responsibility for nearly 10,000 parolees to L.A. County over the next four years, as part of the state’s plan to reduce its prison population. But supervisors have said the state is providing too little money, and that the county lacks the jail space to house new non-serious offenders that will be diverted from prison...

The Los Angeles County district attorney on Tuesday called the state plan to shift responsibility for low-level inmates to county agencies "a grave threat to public safety" in a message to the Board of Supervisors.

Cooley said the shift, scheduled to begin Oct. 1, would mean an "early release on steroids" and a "tremendous spike" in the county crime rate.

He also called attention to a major concern voiced by other local officials over the uncertainty of continued state funding for the plan and an increase in county liability...

Local officials approved a plan Tuesday to take over supervision of certain inmates and parolees, who have long been the responsibility of the state.

Some of the more than 800 offenders it is estimated the county will take control of under new state rules would be held in the San Joaquin County Jail, supervised by county probation officers or be enrolled in alternative programs...

A new state law that puts county officials in charge of nonviolent inmates and parolees that formerly were supervised by the state won't pack much punch at the Marin County Hall of Justice, where officials say they can handle new arrivals.

There's plenty of room at Marin County Jail, and over at the county Probation Department, officials expect to take the criminal justice "realignment" in stride as well...

Beginning Oct. 1, inmates from 33 California prisons who are released on parole will begin reporting to county probation officers rather than state parole agents. The new local authority over "post-release community supervision" will apply only to those whose convictions were for non-serious, nonviolent, non-sex-related offenses. On the same date, newly convicted "non-non-non" offenders will be remitted to county custody — to jail, or to community programs or other sentencing alternatives — instead of being sent to state prison. And newly accused defendants without outstanding warrants who need to be monitored until their trial dates may be required to wear electronic ankle bracelets in lieu of being incarcerated...