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		<title>Judge&#8217;s Allows LA Times Reporters a Rare Visit Inside Children&#8217;s Courts</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:05:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Celeste Fremon</dc:creator>
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LA Times reporters Garrett Therolf and John Hoeffel experience their first visit inside LA County&#8217;s main children&#8217;s court, a territory previously forbidden to reporters&#8212;until, after much deliberation and controversy, Children&#8217;s Court Presiding Judge Michael Nash ordered the courtsto be open to the media, except in cases when a judge finds that it would be harmful [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Cut the Education Program Helping Foster Kids&#8230;.&amp; Other Must Reads</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:27:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Celeste Fremon</dc:creator>
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A lot of necessary budget cutting is going on in the state right now. Many of the cuts are difficult.  But in a few cases, the cuts are poorly thought out&#8212;- penny wise and pound foolish (as my mother would have put it). 
The cut to Foster Youth Services is one of those cuts. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Judge Nash Issues Order to Open Juvenile Dependency Court&#8230;and More</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:01:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Celeste Fremon</dc:creator>
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Juvenile Court Presiding Judge Michael Nash did a brave and important thing on Friday&#8212;and then again on Monday.  On Friday he issued a draft order to open the Juvenile dependency courts to the press, allowing fresh air into a system in Los Angeles County that has long been disastrously closed.  Then on Monday, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A New Study Shows Why AB 12&#8212;Set to Begin Jan 2012&#8212; is So Urgently Needed</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 08:20:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Celeste Fremon</dc:creator>
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Last year, California legislature passed AB 12, the bill that gives another three years of  aid  to the young men and women who &#8220;mature out&#8221; of foster care.
The measure hopes to fix one of the largest problems in California’s foster care system—namely the fact that foster care kids are cut off from nearly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LAT DCFS Sequel, The Kids for Cash Case, Rights for Freed Felons&#8230;.and More</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2011 07:01:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Celeste Fremon</dc:creator>
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A SECOND SMART LA TIMES EDITORIAL ABOUT THE LA COUNTY FOSTER CARE SYSTEM AND THE POLITICAL WINDS THAT DRIVE IT
In the second LA Times editorial this week about DCFS and the LA County Board of Supervisors who are micromanaging it, the Times notes that the Sups have fired one head of DCFS this year and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Monday Must Reads</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 10:30:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Celeste Fremon</dc:creator>
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Raging Against the LA Times Book Section cuts, an upbeat story about helping Foster Car kids get to college,  a seemingly unnecessary court decision, a weird move by the City Attorney&#8230;.and more.

RAGING AGAINST THE CUTS: TOM LUTZ CALLS THE LA TIMES BOOK REVIEW &#8220;FREELANCER&#8221; LAYOFFS FOR WHAT THEY ARE
It literature is important to you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LA Times Editorial Slams Supervisors and Own Coverage Re: DCFS</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 10:29:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Celeste Fremon</dc:creator>
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Over the Weekend the LA Times editorial board ran a stellar essay that righteously slams the LA County Supervisors  for their refusal to turn over reports to a state auditor examining the reasons behind  the deaths of children in various counties who died while being overseen by the Department of Children and Family [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Board of Sups Refuses to Fork Over DCFS Child Death Records to Investigators</title>
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		<comments>http://witnessla.com/foster-care/2011/admin/board-of-sups-refuses-to-fork-over-dcfs-child-death-records-to-investigators/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 08:40:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Celeste Fremon</dc:creator>
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NOTE TO SUPERVISORS:  This just doesn&#8217;t look good:  
Here&#8217;s the deal:  It seems that the LA County Board of Supervisors have thumbed their collective noses at a subpoena  demanding records pertaining to kids who died while under the supervision of LA&#8217;s long-troubled  Department of Children and Family Services.  Moreover, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Examining the Causes of  10 Years of Child Deaths in LA County</title>
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		<comments>http://witnessla.com/death-penalty/2011/admin/examining-the-causes-of-10-years-of-child-deaths-in-la-county/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 11:07:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Celeste Fremon</dc:creator>
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On Wednesday, LA County’s Chief Executive Office (CEO), Bill Fujioka released a report reviewing the deaths of children in LA county whose families were under the supervision of or had been investigated by the Department of Children and Family Services&#8212;DCFS.  Fujioka compliled the report in response to a motion authored by Supervisors Mark Ridley [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Supremes Hear A Crucial Case About 4th Amendment Rights and Kids</title>
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		<comments>http://witnessla.com/supreme-court/2011/admin/the-supremes-hear-a-crucial-case-about-4th-amendment-rights-and-kids/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 11:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Celeste Fremon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Civil Rights]]></category>
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On Tuesday, the Supreme Court will hear a case that basically asks whether fourth amendment requirements apply   to social workers who wish to interview children about being possible victims of sexual abuse.  
If the lower court ruling (made by the 9th Circuit) is upheld, the case, Greene v. Camreta,  will set [...]]]></description>
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