A California appeals court cleared the way for Los Angeles County to enforce an amendment to its charter requiring a percentage of its revenues be allocated to community investment and alternatives to incarceration, not law enforcement or prisons.

In a ruling Monday, California’s Second District Court of Appeal determined that a county may adopt a charter provision that restricts its board of supervisors’ discretion over the county’s budget.

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