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California Budget Cuts Squeeze Inmates Out of Prisonsnew

The budget upon which the governor and the Legislature recently agreed included a $1.2-billion cut in prison funding, and in order to save that much money, thousands of inmates would likely have to be released early.
San Diego CityBeat  |  David Rolland  |  08-05-2009  |  Crime & Justice

San Diego Area Officials Can't Wait to Get Their Hands on Federal Moneynew

Should President Barack Obama and the Congress follow through on their proposal to stimulate the economy by putting people to work on, say, large transit projects, bloodletting over where the money is spent in San Diego County likely won't be a big part of the process.
San Diego CityBeat  |  David Rolland  |  12-17-2008  |  Economy

Border Crossingsnew

To get to America, some people have climbed fences, hiked through deserts, lied their way past border agents or legally entered by wading through mounds of confusing paperwork -- these are the stories beneath the statistics.
San Diego CityBeat  |  Kinsee Morlan, David Rolland and Eric Wolff  |  09-05-2007  |  Immigration

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