The Safe Neighborhoods Act is a comprehensive public safety initiative with four objectives:

• Create intervention and rehabilitation programs that are held accountable to the public;
• Enhance penalties for gang members, felons with guns, methamphetamine dealers and other street criminals;
• Guarantee tools and sustainable resources for law enforcement;
• Protect victims and their families.

The Safe Neighborhoods Act, which is co-authored by Sen. George Runner, Mike Reynolds (the father of Three Strikes) and San Bernardino County Supervisor Gary Ovitt, will make public safety a statewide priority and limit volatility in funding for law enforcement and crime deterrence.

  
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California's budget has experienced big growth in the past five years, but not funding for local public safety.

Safe Neighborhoods Act funding: a breakdown

Cops on California Streets: We would have to increase our police force by 65 % in California to catch up to the number of cops on the streets in New York.

The murder rate in California is heading in the wrong direction: up.