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#Oversight

The Battle over Oversight: Max Huntsman, LA County’s Inspector General has announced his retirement. But thankfully he has a lot more to tell us.

December 17, 2025
#Oversight

Intro: Max Huntsman, LA County’s Inspector General, has announced his retirement. And thankfully he’s not going quietly

December 10, 2025
#JusticeBriefs2025 • Uncategorized

SUPREMES Remove—at least for now—legal restrictions that prevent Trump administration from making immigration stops based on racial profiling

September 8, 2025
#DangerousJails

AG Rob Bonta sues LASD for its “inhumane” Jails

September 8, 2025
#JusticeBriefs

This Week’s Slap Down Ruling by the 9th Sends Government running to SCOTUS

August 7, 2025
#Justice

9th Circuit Slaps Down Government’s Attempt to Avoid Judge’s Temporary Restraining Order

August 5, 2025
#Oversight

The Battle over Oversight: Max Huntsman, LA County’s Inspector General has announced his retirement. But thankfully he has a lot more to tell us.

Celeste Fremon
December 17, 2025
Written by Celeste Fremon
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As most readers know by now, Max Huntsman, Los Angeles County’s longtime and highly respected Inspector General has announced his retirement.  His letter to the members of the LA County’s Board of Supervisors (which...

#Oversight

Intro: Max Huntsman, LA County’s Inspector General, has announced his retirement. And thankfully he’s not going quietly

December 10, 2025
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Max Huntsman, Los Angeles County’s longtime and highly respected Inspector General, has announced...

#JusticeBriefs2025 • Uncategorized

SUPREMES Remove—at least for now—legal restrictions that prevent Trump administration from making immigration stops based on racial profiling

September 8, 2025
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Approximately a month ago, on, August 7, the Trump administration filed an application for review...

#DangerousJails

AG Rob Bonta sues LASD for its “inhumane” Jails

September 8, 2025
19 Comments

Today,—Monday morning, Sept 8—California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a long and...

#JusticeBriefs

This Week’s Slap Down Ruling by the 9th Sends Government running to SCOTUS

August 7, 2025
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Today, Thursday, August 7, the Trump administration filed an application for review by the U.S...

#Justice

9th Circuit Slaps Down Government’s Attempt to Avoid Judge’s Temporary Restraining Order

August 5, 2025
12 Comments

Okay, here’s the deal. Late last Friday, August 1, 2025, a panel of three judges from the...

#JusticeBriefs2025 • ACLU

Federal Judge demonstrates the power of temporary restraining orders when the U.S. Constitution is violated

July 20, 2025
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Approximately a week ago, on Monday, July 13, the Trump administration asked the Ninth Circuit...

#JusticeBriefs2025

Three Members of the LA County Sheriff’s Department Killed Friday Described as The Best of the Best.

July 18, 2025
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As many Los Angeles residents and other WLA readers already know, three members of the Los Angeles...

#Documented/Undocumented • #ProtectingDueProcess

Mayor Bass & a list of mayors of So Cal cities join in federal civil rights lawsuit against Trump’s militarization of immigration

July 9, 2025
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On Tuesday,  July 8, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, along with the LA County Board of Supervisors...

Civil Liberties

May your 4th of July weekend be a safe one, and may you find joy in these strange times.

July 4, 2025
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It’s already been an unusual July 4 weekend as LA County Parks and Recreation cancelled a...

#JusticeBriefs

Three judges from the 9th Circuit weigh in on the Trump v. Newsom battle over CA’s National Guard

June 20, 2025
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On Thursday, June 19th, a three judge panel from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals put out a...

#NoSafePlace

LA County Pays $2.7 million to teenager who was the victim of “Gladiator” fights at youth hall

June 5, 2025
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A new high-ticket legal settlement has added still more painful details to the ongoing catastrophe...

Journalism Awards & Prizes

WitnessLA is a finalist for SoCal Journalism Award!

June 1, 2025
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At WitnessLA, we were very happy to learn that one of our ongoing investigative series made it into...

#JusticeBriefs • #QuickTakes

The Case of the Vanishing Editor

May 30, 2025
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While Assistant Editor Taylor Walker has been once more looking into the painful and ongoing issue...

#YouthJusticeReimagined • LA County Probation • LA Probation Oversight Commission • Probation • Unsuitable 4 Youth

Probation Moving Incarcerated Kids Out of “Unsuitable” Juvenile Hall After Court Approval, But Oversight Commission Says Simply Relocating Kids Won’t Solve Root Problems

May 29, 2025
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The Los Angeles County Probation Department began moving kids between youth lockups this week, as...

#Documented/Undocumented

Undocumented: The Price of the Promised Land

April 30, 2025
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This past Saturday, April 26, when the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books opened its doors at the...

Books & Justice

WLA Editor leading writers panel Saturday at LA Times Festival Books

April 20, 2025
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On Saturday and Sunday this coming weekend, April 26 and 27, 2025, the Los Angeles Times is holding...

#LACountyJusticeReimagined

A controversial prosecution, a series of threats, & the struggle to provide genuine oversight for the nations largest sheriff’s department – Part 2

April 9, 2025
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The case of Diana Teran As described in Part 1 of this series, it was a controversial set of...

Juvenile Probation • LA County Probation • Probation

LA County Supes Order “Transparency in Planning During Probation’s Ongoing Crisis”

April 5, 2025
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On Tuesday, April 1, four of the five Los Angeles County Supervisors expressed their displeasure...

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