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Senate panel forwards Sarah Larson to full Senate after questions about prison infrastructure and cooling pilot
Summary
The Rules Committee voted 5–0 to advance Sarah Larson’s nomination to lead CDCR facilities after questioning on a cooling pilot, planned closures such as Norco, cold‑shutdown maintenance and disaster planning for prisons in high‑risk areas.
The Senate Rules Committee voted unanimously to forward Sarah Larson’s nomination to the full Senate after lawmakers questioned her on how California’s prison facilities will adapt to a smaller incarcerated population and to climate‑related risks.
Larson, nominated to lead the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s facilities division, described efforts to shrink CDCR’s footprint, close contracted facilities and pilot mechanical refrigerant cooling and insulation at three locations to guide future investments.
Vice Chair Grove asked how the…
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