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Archive - April 2018
Policing and Homelessness Are Focal Points in LA Mayor Eric Garcetti’s State of the City Address
At City Hall on Tuesday, after returning from a visit to Iowa, a key early presidential primary...
Juvenile Justice Division Likely to Be Slashed by Massive Cutbacks in Reform-Phobic Justice Department
Editor’s Note: In the story below, reporter John Kelly writes that sources inside the U.S...
Fed Judge Says DOJ Can’t Tie Grants to Local Police’s Participation in Immigration Enforcement
On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Manuel Real issued a ruling that blocked the U.S. Department of...
Why There Are So Many Bad Sheriffs
By Alan Greenblatt No matter how tight the food budget, you can always find ways to cut corners...
A New Independent Oversight Commission for LA County Probation?
Will Los Angeles County soon get a new oversight commission to monitor the LA County Probation...
LA County CEO Delivers New Budget Proposal, Plus Report Detailing LASD Overspending
On Tuesday, Los Angeles County CEO Sachi Hamai presented the LA County Board of Supervisors with a...
Felony Voting Laws Are Confusing; Activists Would Ditch Them Altogether
EDITOR’S NOTE: In California, the non-profit Initiate Justice is gathering signatures for a...
LA’s New Public Defender MUST Have “Significant Criminal Defense Experience” More than 40 High Profile Attorneys Tell LA County Supes
Los Angeles County’s public defender’s office has been without a permanent leader since the...
Bills Seek to Reduce Deadly Uses-of-Force and Increase Police Transparency After Stephon Clark Shooting
This week, California lawmakers announced two new bills in response to public outrage over the...