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		<title>The 5-Day, No Water DEA Detention, GA Gets Sensible, and Foster Kids Get New Apartment Keys</title>
		<link>http://witnessla.com/sentencing/2012/admin/the-5-day-no-water-dea-detention-ga-gets-sensible-and-foster-kids-get-new-apartment-keys/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 07:57:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Celeste Fremon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Taylor Walker



THE 5-DAY NON-ARREST, NO WATER LOCK-UP
 Some of you may already have seen short versions of this flabbergasting story of Daniel Chong, the 24-year-old engineering student and UC San Diego senior who said he was swept up in a Drug Enforcement Administration raid near campus and was taken to a DEA facility where, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MISSING SCHOOL:  LAUSD&#8217;s Chronic Student Absences &amp; What to Do About Them&#8230;Plus Child Dependency Court &amp; Reax to Dizzying Health Care Arguments</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 12:33:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Celeste Fremon</dc:creator>
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Chronic truancy is a daunting problem in districts all over California, but it&#8217;s far worse in the Los Angeles Unified School District where nearly one fourth of the district&#8217;s middle-school students are chronically absent from school. 
What is even more alarming is that an identical number of  LA&#8217;s kindergartners&#8212; 22.7 percent&#8212;are also chronically absent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LAUSD Cuts, What KCET Found Inside Children&#8217;s Court, How the CDCR is Changing Methods&#8230;and More</title>
		<link>http://witnessla.com/education/2012/admin/lausd-cuts-what-kcet-found-inside-childrens-court-how-the-cdcr-is-changing-methods-and-more/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 10:26:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Celeste Fremon</dc:creator>
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LAUSD BOARD GRITS TEETH&#8230;.THEN SLASHES AND BURNS:  VOTES TO CUT ALL ADULT SCHOOLS&#8230;.AND A LOT MORE, HOPES THAT A PARCEL TAX &#38; UNION CONCESSIONS WILL SAVE ALL
The LA Times Stephen Ceasar reports:
The Los Angeles Board of Education approved a preliminary, worst-case $6-billion budget Tuesday, a plan that would eliminate thousands of jobs, close all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Appeals Court Says Child Dependency Court Stays Open</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 10:42:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Celeste Fremon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[DCFS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Foster Care]]></category>

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Those wishing to slam shut the Children&#8217;s dependency court where foster care and family reunification cases are heard, were dealt a setback on Wednesday when two petitions were denied that sought to overturn a new order by Los Angeles County Children&#8217;s Court Presiding Judge Michael Nash allowing reporters to observe hearings unless it can be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More on Opening LA&#8217;s Child Dependency Courts&#8211;&amp; the Push to Close Them</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Celeste Fremon</dc:creator>
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There is a strong movement afoot to slam closed the door that Judge Michael Nash unlocked last week with his order to open LA&#8217;s Child Dependency Courts to the press.  
Two LA Times reporters and one LA Times columnist actually observed hearings last week.  (I linked to the resulting article by reporters, Garrett [...]]]></description>
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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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		<comments>http://witnessla.com/foster-care/2012/admin/dont-cut-the-education-program-helping-foster-kids-other-must-reads/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:27:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Celeste Fremon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Foster Care]]></category>
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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>
		<link>http://witnessla.com/bears-and-alligators/2012/admin/judge-michael-nash-issues-order-to-open-juvenile-dependency-court-and-more/</link>
		<comments>http://witnessla.com/bears-and-alligators/2012/admin/judge-michael-nash-issues-order-to-open-juvenile-dependency-court-and-more/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:01:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Celeste Fremon</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Edmund G. Brown, Jr. (Jerry)]]></category>
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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>
		<link>http://witnessla.com/courts/2011/admin/study-of-las-foster-care-crossover-kids-brings-grim-news-a-sliver-of-hope/</link>
		<comments>http://witnessla.com/courts/2011/admin/study-of-las-foster-care-crossover-kids-brings-grim-news-a-sliver-of-hope/#comments</comments>
		<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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		<comments>http://witnessla.com/crime-and-punishment/2011/admin/more-on-dcfs-the-kids-for-cash-case-rights-for-freed-felons-and-more/#comments</comments>
		<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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