This week, the board that oversees the Fresno Economic Opportunities Commission is scheduled to select a new CEO. Earlier this year, Fresno EOC's CEO Brian Angus announced he would step away from the post he had held since 2010. Angus has more than 40 years' experience heading groups like EOC. Listen...
My Turn: We Need a Bold Vision for Juvenile Justice. Newsom’s Plan Falls Short
Over the past two decades, California’s Division of Juvenile Justice’s inmate population has fallen from 10,000 to around 660. Its annual budget is down 70 percent. Eight of its 11 detention facilities have closed. The division now spends $300,000 per year per inmate, yet three-fourths of those who are released recidivate within three years....