California Prison Closures Threaten Local Economies
The state announced it would shut down a prison in Susanville that could result in a loss of a quarter of the city’s workforce. Gov. Newsom has pledged to close two of the state’s 34 correctional facilities.
May 18, 2021 • (TNS) Just days after California Gov. Gavin Newsom s administration announced a plan to close a prison in Susanville last month, dozens of for sale signs for homes began popping up in a rural Lassen County town. We went from a market where there were no homes, said Patricia Hagata, executive director at the Lassen County Chamber of Commerce. To where we have an overload of homes.