“Smart Justice” Videos Highlight AB 109 Best Practices
Earlier this year we were privileged to travel to several California Counties to see how they are handling the biggest shift in the administration of justice in California in decades. AB 109, also known as Public Safety Realignment transferred authority for thousands of criminal offenders from the state to the county—in the belief that counties could do a better job of managing their rehabilitation. Is it working? We found numerous examples of how AB 109 is working and we are highlighting them in a series of “Smart Justice” videos.
In the first four videos, we looked at Glenn, San Mateo, San Bernardino and San Joaquin counties to see generally how they were handling Realignment. Now we are honing in on singular aspects of AB 109 programming in six additional counties: Ventura, San Diego, Contra Costa, Marin, Merced and Colusa