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| Former DA joins prison push |
| By vvdailypress.com- Brooke Self |
| Published: 03/20/2015 |
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ADELANTO — Former Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley, the 2010 Republican nominee for state attorney general, has been hired by high-profile developer Buck Johns and his partner Doctor Crants to lobby for a controversial jail plan that would house overflow L.A. County inmates in Adelanto. The Adelanto City Council voted 4-1 in December to approve Johns' and Crants' $324 million jail, which would house 3,280 inmates on 125 acres once constructed. The inmates would only be those convicted of nonviolent, non-serious and non-sexual crimes, according to the developers. Adelanto stands to receive about $1.2 million per year in bed taxes if the jail is filled to capacity. The city also would get $1.1 million per year for an administrative fee, $1.1 million per year for water costs, $388,000 per year for sewer costs and $468,000 per year for three additional sheriff's deputies. Johns said Thursday that he has been working with Cooley for the past 60 days and that the group hopes to present its proposal to the L.A. County Sheriff's Department next week. Read More. |
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