-San Francisco Chronicle, February 21, 2012 by Marisa Lagos
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/02/20/BA311N818B.DTL&ao=allo
“If California were to close the entire system, we would be, as far as I can tell, the first state in the nation to do so,” he said. “I think what the LAO is saying is, ‘Here are all the things you need to do if you want to make it work.’ I agree with all the things that need to be done … but I don’t see the infrastructure in place to pull this off.”
-KQED Forum, February 24, 2012 Host Dan Iverson
http://www.kqed.org/a/forum/R201202240930
“I do not think that any of the counties currently have either the training or the programs to manage the youth that are currently in the Department of Juvenile Justice. I think the notion that the counties are already managing people like those in DJJ is just not true.”