Marisa Lagos

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Marisa Lagos covers state politics for the San Francisco Chronicle, focusing on the Legislature, elections and criminal justice. She writes a weekly column, Capitol Notebook. She previously worked for the San Francisco Examiner and Los Angeles Times.
Posted inAccountability, America's Ring of Fire, Kept Out, The Trump Era

More to the story: Redlining, wildfires and Trump’s mansion

by Deborah George, Brett Myers, Cheryl Devall, Byard Duncan, Katharine Mieszkowski, Andy Donohue, Aaron Glantz, Emmanuel Martinez, Matt Smith, Lance Williams, Patrick Michels, Eric Sagara, Marisa Lagos, Sukey Lewis, Lisa Pickoff-White, Mwende Hinojosa, Jim Briggs and Fernando Arruda

There’s always more to the story on Reveal. This week, we look at the impact three shows have made since they first ran.

Posted inCriminal Justice

Majority of third-strike inmates are addicts, records show

by Marisa Lagos and Ryan Gabrielson

Inmate counselor Vincent Russo talks about healthy relationships at an Addiction Recovery Counseling meeting at San Quentin State Prison in August.Michael Macor/San Francisco Chronicle Convicts imprisoned under California’s three strikes law are no more inclined to high-risk “criminal thinking” than other inmates, but are far more likely to be addicted to drugs and alcohol, according to data […]