This month’s announcement by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation that it is seeking to close the California Rehabilitation Center in Norco by next Fall provides a golden opportunity to shore up funding for programs rooted in the community and proven to prevent crime and harm before they occur, without which we will never achieve the true community safety we all deserve.

It is critical California seizes this chance.

For the past decade, our state has implemented strategies that have safely reduced the prison population and channeled hundreds of millions of dollars in savings into crime-and-violence prevention programs in communities across California. That has generated significant progress, and we’ve seen first hand what could be accomplished if ever we built to s

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