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Jonathan Simon Living it up at the Hotel California: For Jerry Brown and California’s political leadership, it’s always 1977

Jonathan Simon, professor of law | 5/6/13 | Leave a comment

Watching California politics these days I can’t help feeling that I’m lost in the late 1970s, when I first moved to the Golden State (in August of ’77 with the Eagle’s hit released that March still riding high on the charts).

It’s not just that Jerry Brown is still governor. It’s … More >

Jonathan Simon The turn-around state? Does California have one of the finest prison systems in the nation?

Jonathan Simon, professor of law | 1/9/13 | 3 comments

As readers of this blog know, Gov. Jerry Brown of California has combined leadership on reducing California’s bloated prison population with relentless attacks on the courts whose orders have made that badly needed “realignment” political possible.  Still even I was surprised by the air of unreality to the Governor’s dual … More >

Jonathan Simon California penal policy: Realignment and beyond

Jonathan Simon, professor of law | 10/11/11 | 11 comments

“Earlier this year, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. signed Assembly Bill (AB) 109 and AB 117, historic legislation that will enable California to close the revolving door of low-level inmates cycling in and out of state prisons. It is the cornerstone of California’s solution for reducing … More >

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