… community grow in a more positive and healthy environment as well as we want to do to other communities around here in California. Another not unrelated topic is, you know, Over the last three decades, we've seen an absolute explosion in our prison population. We've seen a lot of young people get on the back track, getting end up in our prison system. And not only is that terribly unfortunate for those young people and for their families, but it's incredibly costly society. (02:55–03:00)
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