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Split Vote: Contra Costa Board of Supervisors Halt Criminal Justice Fees

On Tuesday, the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors received a report and agreed to place an indefinite moratorium on the collection of certain criminal justice fees.

In a 3-2 vote with Supervisors John Gioia, Diane Burgis and Federal Glover supporting, with Candace Andersen and Karen Mitchoff dissenting, the county could lose $1.8 million in revenue through the fiscal year.

During the…

Contra Costa Today Ep 023: Paul Graves

On Thursday, I sat down with Paul Graves, candidate for Contra Costa County District Attorney, who shared his background and thoughts on a variety of issues facing not only the county, but the state such as working with ICE, bail reform, illegal dumping and working to resolve homeless issues. He also discussed his stance on cop killers.

Here is an overview of the interview:

00:28 – Paul Graves…

Oakley Set to Discuss Parole and Probationer Homes Policy

Modeling an Ordinance from the City of Riverside, the City of Oakley will look into an Ordinance of their own dealing with Parole/Probationer Homes within the city limits.

Under an ordinance to be discussed Tuesday night, the Oakley City Council will discuss putting a policy in place that will make it difficult (if not near impossible) for the use of parolee/probationer home to enter the City of…

The Antioch Police Department arrested three residents who were released as part of the States Realignment Program (AB-109) after probation searches today netted multiple violations.

The operation lasted the better part of the day as 7 searches were conducted throughout the City of Antioch. A total of 3 suspects were arrested during this operation for charges ranging from felon in possession of…