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Collaborative Justice e-Newsletters
These are e-mail newsletters created each month for members and staff of the Collaborative Justice Courts Advisory Committee. Monthly newsletters will be posted here for public use. These newsletters contain timely news, announcements, and information on collaborative justice events.

May 2004

Court: Drug DUIs Must Bring Jail Time This is an external link. Click this icon for our external linking policy.
When the public is endangered, Prop. 36 doesn't apply, justices say.
By Claire Cooper -- Bee Legal Affairs Writer

Drug Court: A Tough Program (PDF, 215 KB)
By Peijean Tsai/The Daily Journal

Findings released in the Collaborative Justice Advisory Committee's 2003 report received state and nationwide press coverage. Some of the media mentions are listed below.

Newspapers

C. Liu, "Drug Courts Worth the Cost, Report Says," L.A. Times (April 16, 2003)>
Rehabilitating criminals by drug court rather than prison saves the state an estimated $18 million a year and dramatically reduces recidivism, according to a report presented Tuesday to the California Judicial Council.

D. Thompson, "California's Drug Courts Paying Off, Reports Finds," Associated Press, L.A. Daily News (April 16, 2003)
Drug courts, which use designated staff and schedules to process illegal drug cases, have received growing support from judges and law enforcement officials who view it as a tougher alternative to Proposition 36, the voter initiative that requires treatment for many nonviolent offenders.

The A.P. story also ran in the following publications:

  • Contra Costa Times
  • Daily Journal (statewide legal newspaper)
  • Fairfield Republic (Solano County)
  • Marin Independent Journal
  • Long Beach Press Telegram
  • New York Times (news brief)
  • Oakland Tribune
  • The Recorder (Bay Area legal newspaper)
  • Valley Times (Alameda County)

"Analysis of California Drug Courts Yield Good Fiscal Outcome News," Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly (April 28, 2003)

"Finance Drug Courts," Contra Costa Times (April 16, 2003)

Radio/TV

CNN Headline News (April 16, 2003)
National Public Radio, KQED-FM, San Francisco ((April 16, 2003)
KFWB-AM, Los Angeles (April 16, 2003)
KCBS-AM, San Francisco Bay Area (April 16, 2003)
KNX-AM, Los Angeles (April 16, 2003)

Other press coverage of the collaborative justice courts:

Journal of the Center for Families, Children & the Courts

Update, newsletter of the Center for Families, Children & the Courts

California Association of Drug Court Professionals Newsletter This is an external link. Click this icon for our external linking policy.

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