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Brown open to fine-tuning changes
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SACRAMENTO (AP) — Gov. Jerry Brown defended his 3-year-old criminal justice realignment law Wednesday but also told California law enforcement organizations that he is open to making improvements.The Democratic governor said that what many law enforcement officials want most is more money, but that’s still in short supply despite the state’s budget surplus.The realignment law, pushed by Brown, took effect in October 2011. He saw it as a way of reducing prison spending while lowering the inmate population in response to federal court orders.