By Taylor Walker, Witness LA, January 14, 2020
On Friday, California Governor Gavin Newsom unveiled his plans for the 2020-2021 budget, a $222.2 billion proposal that features important changes to probation and pretrial diversion, jail reforms, and a potential prison closure, among other big changes in the world of justice.
Below, WitnessLA has compiled some of the highlights from the governor’s proposed criminal justice spending.
Based on Newsom’s January budget proposal, spending for the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation will increase to $13.4 billion next year from the $12.7 billion allocated for the current fiscal year.
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