The robbery suspect killed in a shootout with San Jose police, Anthony Chavez, committed four armed robberies in 2011 and was sentenced in 2016 to 23 years in prison. Then he was re-sentenced, and paroled last year.

A regional minimum wage plan has generated broad support, but also anxiety that a segment of low-income workers will be left behind.

The last week of September was busy for Gov. Jerry Brown, as he signed and vetoed bill after bill. A bill that many justice advocates were watching was SB 9, called the Fair Sentencing for Youth Act and authored by San Francisco Senator Leland Yee. The bill carved out a narrow opportunity for certain adults who were convicted as juveniles—serving life sentences without the possibility of parole—to appeal for resentencing. The Governor signed the bill September 30.