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Report · November 2013

Funding Public Safety Realignment

Joseph Hayes and Mia Bird

California has transferred significant authority-and funds-from the state to the counties to manage lower-level felon populations. This report describes how these funding allocations have evolved and proposes a new funding model, with special attention to county characteristics and incentives for reducing recidivism.

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Criminal Justice