CHASTENED SUPES RESCHEDULE VOTE FOR LA’S MUCH DISCUSSED (AND OFTEN VOTED ON) BIG BUCKS JAIL...
Archive - August 2015
Does CA Have to Send So Many Foster Kids “Out-of-County?” by Daniel Heimpel
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story by Daniel Heimpel about a former foster child named Heather...
LA Jail Plan to be Reconsidered….Rebuilding Jordan Downs….and Bail
LAST WEEK’S LA COUNTY JAIL PLAN VOTE APPEARS TO BE IN VIOLATION OF THE BROWN ACT The LA...
The Commish: How a Former Gangster Became an LA County Probation Commissioner…and a Savvy Advocate for Locked-Up Kids.
When Sal Martinez, whose full name is Azael “Sal” Martinez Sonoquí, was sworn in on August 9...
Paul Tanaka’s Attorneys Ask Feds to Give Former Sheriff Lee Baca Immunity to Testify….& Execs Charged with Skimming $$ From Group Home for LA Foster Kids
As the ongoing drama of the obstruction of Justice indictments against former members of the Los...
Brawl at LA Foster Care’s Controversial Youth Welcome Center is Caught on Video, Supervisor Wants Action
A “TRAGEDY WATING TO HAPPEN?” Staff members say that LA County’s Department of...
Watts Riots 50th Anniversary News Roundup….Are Crime Rates Really Rising?….and Coroner’s Inquests
JOURNALISTS, AUTHORS, ACTIVISTS, AND RESIDENTS REMEMBER THE WATTS RIOTS As America marks the 50th...
Former LA Sheriff’s Dept. Captain Tom Carey Takes Plea Deal—Which Means Cooperation, Testimony….(And Maybe a Baca Indictment?) in the Future
William “Tom” Carey, a former captain of the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department and...
Gov. Brown Signing Bills, Hearing on Overmedication of Foster Kids, Defining Solitary, and the Folsom Riot
IT’S BILL-SIGNING SEASON IN SACRAMENTO: GRAND JURIES BLOCKED FROM USE-OF-FORCE CASES...
LA County Supervisors Choose a New Jail Plan & Vote Serious $$ to Fund Mental Health Diversion Strategy
The LA County Board of Supervisors made two significant decisions on Tuesday regarding LA’s...