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Bill Watch

Survivors Call on CA Legislators to Expand Access to Victim Compensation to Include Families Impacted by Violent Police Encounters

August 8, 2022
#JusticeBriefs

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis fires elected state prosecutor for signing a document in opposition to arresting women seeking abortions

August 4, 2022
#JusticeBriefs • Justice & the Law

How do grand juries work? What is their role in criminal justice, & how & why prosecutors are using them to investigate efforts to overturn the 2020 election?

August 1, 2022
Zero Tolerance and School Discipline

Incomplete data reporting at the start of the pandemic masked a troubling trend in California school suspensions

July 30, 2022
Police

New police accountability laws up demands on state agencies

July 26, 2022
Gangsters With Badges • Sheriff Alex Villanueva

Sheriff Villanueva was coming to Monday’s hearing on deputy gangs. Now (predictably) he’s not

July 24, 2022
Bill Watch

Survivors Call on CA Legislators to Expand Access to Victim Compensation to Include Families Impacted by Violent Police Encounters

Taylor Walker
August 8, 2022
Written by Taylor Walker
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Victims and advocates are urging California legislators to pass a bill meant to ensure that the families of people killed by law enforcement, as well as individuals whom police seriously injure, are eligible for state-level aid...

#JusticeBriefs

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis fires elected state prosecutor for signing a document in opposition to arresting women seeking abortions

August 4, 2022
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Thursday morning, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced he had removed State Attorney Andrew...

#JusticeBriefs • Justice & the Law

How do grand juries work? What is their role in criminal justice, & how & why prosecutors are using them to investigate efforts to overturn the 2020 election?

August 1, 2022
15 Comments

When former Los Angeles County sheriff Lee Baca, former undersheriff Paul Tanaka, and other members...

Zero Tolerance and School Discipline

Incomplete data reporting at the start of the pandemic masked a troubling trend in California school suspensions

July 30, 2022
1 Comment

Over the past decade, California has been making incremental progress toward reducing suspensions...

Police

New police accountability laws up demands on state agencies

July 26, 2022
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New state laws on police accountability are testing the limits of several agencies, including the...

Gangsters With Badges • Sheriff Alex Villanueva

Sheriff Villanueva was coming to Monday’s hearing on deputy gangs. Now (predictably) he’s not

July 24, 2022
61 Comments

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s subpoena saga continues. Here’s the newest chapter...

Youth Diversion

Youth Diversion Programs in LA and SF Offer Kids Accused of Serious Crimes a Chance to Make Things Right

July 23, 2022
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For a little over six months, kids accused of some serious crimes in Los Angeles County have the...

Columns, Op-Eds, & Interviews • Sheriff Alex Villanueva

She Fought the Law and She Won: WeHo versus the LASD

July 21, 2022
14 Comments

Over the past month, there have been two competing headlines about West Hollywood’s fight with...

Bill Watch

Racial Justice & Pedestrian Safety Fuel Jaywalking Debate, while CA has new bill to decriminalize low risk jaywalking

July 18, 2022
3 Comments

by Jenni Bergal of Stateline, an initiative of The Pew Charitable Trusts. For nearly a...

Community Health & Safety

When ‘slow violence’ becomes ‘fast violence’ in an LA community besieged by industry and pollution

July 16, 2022
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The Los Angeles community of Wilmington is home to the largest concentration of oil refineries in...

2022 Race for LA County Sheriff • Sheriff Alex Villanueva

LA Dem’s endorse Luna over Villanueva, while Supes vote 4 to 1 to ask county voters to give the board authority to remove the sheriff

July 14, 2022
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This past Tuesday, July 12, was not the greatest of days for Sheriff Alex Villanueva. First, the...

Courts • Drugs & Drug Treatment

Drug courts face choice: Close or expand access after Prop. 47 fallout

July 11, 2022
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Proposition 47 removed the threat of jail time for simple drug possession. Now participation in...

Bill Watch • LGBTQ • Race • Race & Justice • Women and Justice • Women's Issues

Governor Signs Bill to Eliminate Sex Work Loitering Law for Which Police Disproportionately Arrest Black People

July 10, 2022
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Under a newly signed bill, police in California will no longer be able to enforce a section of the...

Domestic & Relationship Violence - the nation's internal war zone

When Disability Intersects with Domestic Violence, Here’s How to Better Help Survivors

July 7, 2022
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by Angela Kim I discovered I had a disability before I realized I was in an abusive...

#ThePowerOf Prosecutors • Innocence

The troubling relationship between prosecutorial misconduct & death penalty exonerations

July 6, 2022
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[W]hile [a pros­e­cu­tor] may strike hard blows, he is not at lib­er­ty to strike foul ones...

Civil Liberties • Civil Rights

Listening to Frederick Douglass on the 4th of July

July 4, 2022
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On this painful Fourth of July 2022, where the hope and delight of our nation’s yearly...

Diversion

LA County Supervisors Pass Diluted Motion to Expand ODR With No Set Deadline

June 30, 2022
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On Tuesday, June 28, the LA County Board of Supervisors voted in favor of a motion meant to expand...

Prizes

WitnessLA wins two 1st prize trophies at this year’s Los Angeles Press Club Awards!

June 27, 2022
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On Saturday night, June 25, the LA Press Club announced the winners of its Southern California...

Community & Justice • Juvenile Justice • Juvenile Probation

$2.1 Million Grant Will Expand First AmeriCorps Program for Formerly Incarcerated People

June 24, 2022
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Now in its third year, California Justice Leaders has recruited and sent dozens of formerly...

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