Gov. Brown Sues to Block Anti-Crime Initiative:  Last Spring, after several counties failed to meet the deadline for verifying its signatures in time to qualify for the November 2018 ballot, the "Safe California Act" was cleared for the November 2020 ballot.  The measure makes some modest adjustments to Jerry Brown's 2016 Proposition 57, which is allowing the early release of hundreds of serious and violent habitual felons.  Now, on his way out the door, the Governor has filed a lawsuit to remove the "Safe California Act" from the ballot, claiming that the Secretary of State did not require the correct number of signatures to qualify the initiative.  Michele Hanisee, head of the Los Angeles Deputy District Attorneys Association has this post on the suit, writing "What is notable about the lawsuit is that it reinforces the utter duplicity Brown used to gain passage of Proposition 57.  Brown deliberately repeated the falsehood during the campaign that only "non-violent" inmates would be eligible for early release under Prop 57, knowing full well the voters would never have approved an initiative granting early release to inmates convicted and sentenced for violent crimes."   In this instance falsehood is too soft a word.  The Governor was either lying about Prop 57, or he was ignorant about what it would do.