Suspect Released Under Prop 47 Shoots at Officers:  California's Proposition 47, voter-approved legislation that reduces certain felonies to misdemeanors, is once again under fire after a convicted felon released from custody under the measure was charged Monday with firing shots at a police officer during a vehicle chase in Santa Ana.  Alexander Nguyen of My News LA reports that 28-year-old Jimmy Hoang Truong led officers on a two-hour, high-speed chase Saturday after failing to pull over his vehicle.  He then fired shots at pursuing officers and refused to surrender even when his vehicle was disabled, initiating a three-hour standoff that involved the SWAT team and hostage negotiators.  He was arrested after surrendering Sunday and charged Monday with attempted murder of a peace officer.  Truong had two felony drug convictions from 2012 and 2013 that were reduced to misdemeanors under Prop. 47 and he was not placed on parole, probation or post-release community supervision for either.  This year, he was arrested three times in April and received three misdemeanors counts a few months later.  "This is not the kind of person we want roaming our neighborhoods unsupervised," says John Franks, president of the Santa Ana Police Officers Association.

Appeals Court Rules Against Obama's Immigration Plan:  The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5^th Circuit in New Orleans ruled against President Obama's plan to shield up to five million illegal immigrants from deportation Monday.  David Nakamura of the Washington Post reports that the 2-1 ruling comes months after the same court denied an emergency request from the Justice Department.  In the wake of the decision, the Obama administration announced Tuesday that it will ask the Supreme Court to overturn the lower court injunction, "likely setting up a final battle" next year in the high court.  Last year, President Obama announced plans to use executive action to expand the 2012 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program and allow the illegal immigrant parents of U.S. children to remain in the U.S. and apply for three-year work permits.  Monday's decision blocks these plans.  There are an estimated 11 million immigrants living in the country illegally.

Realignment a Threat to All Californians:  In this piece in the Orange County Register, John Phillips warns all Californians that "bad policy can completely wreck your life," using AB 109, the 2011 law that transfers responsibility for supervising certain felons from state prison to county jail in an effort to reduce prison crowding, as an example.  The case of Tobias Summers puts into perspective the "total disaster" of AB 109: Summers' criminal history dates back to 1997 and includes three prison terms, the most recent ending in August 2012, and a stint in jail for a 2013 probation violation.  Following the 2013 violation, Summers was transferred from state custody to Los Angeles County's probation department for post-release community supervision in March, checking in with his probation officer and passing drug tests.  However, the day after meeting with his probation officer, Summers broke into the home of a 10-year-old Northridge girl who he kidnapped and raped repeatedly before releasing her and fleeing to Mexico, where he was eventually captured.  He was convicted of 32 charges in September and sentenced to life without parole.  The father of the 10-year-old victim wrote, "Had [Summers] been supervised by the state, I believe it much more likely that he would have gone back to prison when he violated the terms of his parole/probation in 2013."  L.A. County Supervision Mike Antonovich agrees that the policy is a "proven threat to public safety."