California City Disincorporates as Cash Goes to Prisons
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California’s newest city may become the first to self-destruct in 40 years, disincorporating because Governor Jerry Brown and lawmakers stripped funds from local government to reduce prison crowding.
Jurupa Valley, a city of 100,000 formed two years ago about 50 miles (75 kilometers) east of Los Angeles, will file papers in December to revert to an unincorporated area of Riverside County, Mayor Verne Lauritzen said.