In response to an opinion piece by former Assembly member Jackie Goldberg (D-Los Angeles) on the state's prison realignment efforts, former California Assembly member Larry Bowler (R-Elk Grove) and former state Sen. Robert Presley (D-Riverside) write that "Goldberg is apparently ready to call the game and proclaim realignment a resounding success." However, they write, "Jail administrators are early-on in the process" of addressing, among other issues, "a burgeoning backlog of mentally ill offenders languishing in county jails while awaiting placement in ever more crowded state treatment facilities."