Governor Brown's accusation of Senate Democrats

   After the Senate Budget Committee passed Darrell Steinberg's plan of inmate releases yesterday. Governor Brown hit back, saying:

   "The plan approved by the Senate Budget Committee is an inmate release plan by another name, totally dependent on an illusory legal settlement.

   I will not turn over our criminal justice system to lawyers who operate at the behest of their inmate clients and not the people, whose interests we are sworn to uphold.

   Moreover, the plan adds huge burdens to local government, which threaten to undo the remarkable progress we've made in realignment."