Brown Delivers Bad Budget News to Educators
Governor-elect Jerry Brown can't be accused of sugar-coating the state's budget problems. At an education summit in Los Angeles on Tuesday, he warned the gathering of 200 or so education officials to prepare for a very bumpy ride.
'Laura's Law' Implemented Slowly in California
California is one of only a handful of states where judges can order involuntary outpatient psychiatric treatment for people with serious mental illness. But while it's been fully implemented elsewhere, only two California counties have put into place what's known as Laura's Law. The law targets people who routinely go off their medications and end up in county hospitals or jails.