By Thomas D. Elias in Los Angeles Daily News
April 7, 2016
There will likely be fights this fall over taxes, marijuana, education, water and possibly campaign donations. But if Gov. Jerry Brown’s plan to reduce prison populations even further by easing parole standards reaches the ballot, the biggest battle might be over crime.
A major dispute already rages around the state over whether the combination of Brown’s prison realignment program and the 2014 Proposition 47 easing of crime standards has produced a large increase in criminal conduct.
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