CURB Open Letter on May Budget Proposals

June 8, 2012 To:    The Hon. Jerry Brown, Governor Senator Mark Leno                                         Assembly Member Robert Blumenfield Chair, Senate Budget Committee                    Chair, Assembly Budget Committee Re:      Corrections Spending (May Budget Revision), Dear Governor Brown, Chairman Leno and Chairman Blumenfield, The positive steps proposed in the recently released Futures of California Corrections report by the California … Read more

Grassroots Coalition Asks Legislators to Lift the Media Access Ban on CA Prisons

MEDIA ADVISORY June 8, 2012 Community Members Travel From Around State to Weigh in On Senate’s Public Safety Agenda CONTACT: Emily Harris, Californians United for a Responsible Budget (510-435-1176) What: Grassroots advocates will participate in a Senate Public Safety Committee Hearing and then rally in support of reforms in public safety policy including AB 1270 … Read more