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Criminal

Feb. 17, 2016

Prop. 47 may result in windfall for courts

Finding state estimates off by a substantial margin, the California Legislative Analyst's Office determined that the amount of savings generated by Proposition 47 could be around $100 million higher than what California's administration calculated.

By L.J. Williamson
Daily Journal Staff Writer

Finding state administration estimates off by a substantial margin, the California Legislative Analyst's Office has determined that the amount of savings generated by Proposition 47 could be around $100 million higher than what state officials calculated.

The administration estimates a total of $62.7 million in savings from Proposition 47 in 2015-16 - the sum of $52.2 ...

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