As the Los Angeles Police Department strives to improve tenuous relations with the city’s...
Archive - February 2017
LA’s Failure to Implement Foster Care Mandates Could Cost California $1.8 Billion in Federal Education Funds
Today, Los Angeles County’s Board of Supervisors will consider a motion aimed at speeding the...
Charging Youth as Adults is Ineffective, Bias-Fraught & Harmful Says New Report
When California’s controversial ballot proposition Prop. 57 passed this past November, the...
D.A.’s Investigator Assaulted & Unlawfully Detained by LA County Sheriff’s Deputies According to New Lawsuit
DA’S INVESTIGATOR FILES CIVIL RIGHTS LAWSUIT Maurice Lallemand is a retired member of the Los...
Teacher Tells of Repeated Calls to DCFS Prior Death of Gabriel Fernandez
An elementary school teacher, Jennifer Garcia, testified that she contacted an LA County social...
Computer Glitches Trouble LA’s Foster Care System and Alameda’s Court System
DCFS MISSES PAYMENTS TO FOSTER YOUTH, PARENTS, CAREGIVERS WITH DISASTROUS RESULTS The LA County...
Therapeutic Youth Lock-up Included in CA Budget Proposal
California Governor Jerry Brown’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2017-2018 includes money for a...
LA City and County to Crack Down on Enforcing Human Trafficking Hotline Law
California’s SB 1193 requires certain businesses—like airports, bus stations, hospitals...