California’s independent redistricting commission was slammed on social media and pummeled in public meetings. But its new maps don’t face any lawsuits, unlike in many other states.
California’s independent redistricting commission was slammed on social media and pummeled in public meetings. But its new maps don’t face any lawsuits, unlike in many other states.
California’s independent redistricting commission was slammed on social media and pummeled in public meetings. But its new maps don’t face any lawsuits, unlike in many other states. Story from @CalMatters.
The coronavirus pandemic, protests over the police killing of George Floyd, the Blue Ridge fire, lockdowns, and the closing of schools rocked the Chino Valley and the rest of the nation during this extraordinary year.
The devastation was matched by the goodness of residents who helped school children cope with social isolation, collected food and items for those hit hardest by the pandemic, and rallied around frontline healthcare workers.
Barely had the year begun when the coronavirus pandemic originating in Wuhan, China spread across the globe resulting in 334,000 deaths in the United States by the end of the year.
There were 11 deaths in Chino Hills and 70 in Chino, with 26 of those at the California Institution for Men in Chino and one at the California Institution for Women.
California Supreme Court: Reducing incarcerated population by half at San Quentin put on hold
By Lisa Fernandez
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SAN QUENTIN, Calif. - A court order to reduce the incarcerated population at San Quentin by half has been put on hold.
The California Supreme Court on Dec. 23 decided to send the First Court of Appeals decision, known as the Von Staich case, back to a lower court, meaning the October order to reduce the population by about 1,000 people is now vacated until further notice.
In that October decision, the appellate court justices said the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s handling of a coronavirus outbreak at San Quentin amounted to deliberate indifference and ordered the inmate population to be reduced to no more than 1,775 people.