DISTRICT ATTORNEY MIKE RAMOS WANTS MORE MONEY, EVEN IF IT SHUTS DOWN MORE COURTS?

In a whirlwind PR tour focusing not on conviction rates for major crimes but years of total sentences meted out, Mike Ramos admits he is actively lobbying the Governor's office (ya know the Democratic candidate who attended Ramos' fundraiser when there was a democratic challenger) for more permanent funding for the monitoring of the early releasees from state prison (caused by various court orders); the sad part of all this is that the Courts which Ramos' staff fills with cases, is operating on reserves--they ran out of budgeted money some time back!! Mike Ramos' lobbying (for permanent funding of the handling of the early, court-mandated state prison releasees) could drain court funding, forcing more courtroom closures and or staff reductions. Ramos remark? "They should have people present in funding discussions" (like they would know when Ramos is calling the Governor's staff). The empire building of Mike Ramos, even if it cripples the Court system which exists for everyone, is something that has to be watched. Maybe its time to look at prosecution decisions? If 90% of the alleged domestic violence victims want the charges against the significant other dropped as was recently reported in the local papers, is that part of the culture of abuse and victim response, or maybe could some of it be cases that could be deferred to civil harassment and restraining order (and injunction) remedies [See California Code of Civil Procedure Section 527.6, 527.8 & Welfare & Institutions Code Sec 15657.03], for which there is a ready remedy, can be handled using Judicial Council forms [CH-100 & a fee waiver] and court trained staff to already handle [and if there are violations of the injunctions, automatic incarceration].