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### Do We Have to Choose Between Trees and Sidewalks?

Written by Casey Maddren on October 25 2018.

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## [California Will Offer Parole for 4,000 'Three-Strike' Prisoners Facing Life Sentences](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16434:california-will-offer-parole-for-4-000-three-strike-prisoners-facing-life-sentences&catid=312)

Court documents obtained by the Associated Press show Governor Jerry Brown will not seek to appeal a September court ruling in support of Proposition…

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Written by Beth Cone Kramer on October 25 2018.

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Written by Paul Hatfield on October 25 2018.

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Written by Tim Deegan on October 25 2018.

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Written by Dick Platkin on October 18 2018.

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Written by Tony Butka on October 25 2018.

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Written by David Bell on October 25 2018.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on October 18 2018.

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Written by John Adams on October 18 2018.

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Written by Patrick Young on October 18 2018.

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Written by Ben Christopher on October 18 2018.

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Written by Laura Velkei on October 25 2018.

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Written by S. Novi on October 18 2018.

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Written by Elizabeth Castillo on October 18 2018.

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Written by Beth Cone Kramer on October 18 2018.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on October 18 2018.

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Written by 2 Urban Girls on October 18 2018.

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Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on October 18 2018.

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Written by Daniel Guss on October 18 2018.

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