When Governor Jerry Brown passed a bill that would send “low-level” inmates from state prisons to counties throughout California, residents sent a barrage of outrage to Sacramento.
The US Supreme Court ruled that overcrowding in the state prisons could lead to human rights violations, so the burden was passed to local counties.
At 6:30 p.m. in Room 101 of the County Government Center, San Mateo County how they have been handling the 100 or so transfers to their jails and who these inmates are.
