California Republicans, including Senator Scott Wilk, R-Santa Clarita, urge residents to take part in public comment on Thursday morning at a state hearing to discuss expanding early release policies for incarcerated criminals in the state. In a joint letter released Wednesday, members of the Senate and Assembly Republican Caucuses in California, urged the withdrawal of pending regulations which would make ...

AB 109 requires that non-violent, non-sexual offenders be housed in county jails instead of state prisons. At Tuesday's meeting, county CEO reported to the board on the possibility of contracting with public and private facilities to house offenders.