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<br />9A <br />Page 3 <br /> <br />Property Crime Thresholds Updated ($34 million savings and 1,400 prisoner reduction) <br /> <br />The threshold for a grand theft crime would be increased to $2,500, and all other property crimes <br />would be index for inflation. Many of these thresholds have not been updated since 1982. The <br />Assembly passed a similar proposal in December 2008 with 47 votes. <br /> <br />Community Corrections ($30 million cost) <br /> <br />County probation departments would maintain jurisdiction over felony probationers who would <br />otherwise be sent to prison. The probation departments will receive an initial appropriation of $45 <br />million in federal funds, and an annual appropriation of $30 million to hire additional officers and <br />implement evidence-based programs. <br /> <br />California Public Safety Commission ($2 million cost) <br /> <br />Creates an independent commission to establish sentencing guidelines no later than July 1, <br />2012. The 13-member commission will be comprised of stakeholders including law enforcement <br />officials, criminal justice academic experts, and representatives of the judiciary and defense <br />counsel. The members of the commission would be appointed by the Governor and subject to <br />Senate confirmation. Any guidelines will go into effect Jan. 1, 2013, unless they are rejected by a <br />majority of the Legislature and the Governor. Similar proposals have been introduced in the <br />Legislature in prior years, but have faced opposition by the Governor and Republican legislators. <br /> <br />The remaining provisions of the prison reform package that do not require Legislative <br />approval are: <br /> <br />Immigration Commutations ($182 million savings and 8,500 prisoner reductions) <br /> <br />Parolees and non-violent, non-sex offenders who are criminal illegal immigrants will be released <br />to federal custody for deportation. The Supreme Court must approve commutation for any <br />inmates who have been convicted of two or more felonies. The Governor's Administration reports <br />that they are already discussing the process to begin implementation with the federal <br />government. <br /> <br />Reduction of Prison Rehabilitation Programs ($175 million savings) <br /> <br />Reduces some inmate and parole programs that are not court-ordered. Impacted programs <br />include a range of rehabilitative services, such as substance abuse counseling, vocational <br />training, and educational programs. COCR reports that they will utilize a validated risk/needs <br />assessment tool to focus resources on the inmates with the greatest risk to recidivate, distance <br />learning, inmate tutors and fully-licensed inmate substance abuse counselors to decrease the <br />impacts of this funding cut. <br /> <br />COCR Administrative Reduction ($35 million savings) <br /> <br />Positions will be reduced at CDCR headquarters in Sacramento through increasing efficiencies. <br /> <br />GPS Alternative Sanctions for parolees ($16 million savings) <br /> <br />Parolees who commit certain parole violations will be eligible for placement on GPS supervision <br />instead of returning them to prison. <br /> <br />Division of Juvenile Justice Administrative Reduction ($13 million savings) <br /> <br />The Division of Juvenile Justice will eliminate positions through streamlining. The Division is also <br />conducting a comprehensive staffing analysis that may allow for more positions to be eliminated <br />in the future. <br /> <br />3 <br />