On Tuesday, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously in favor of creating a...
Archive - May 2018
LA County Probation Wins Award for Its Trauma-Informed LA Model
The National Association of Counties (NACo) has awarded Los Angeles County Probation an Achievement...
Ambitious New Report Says It’s Time to Rethink the Nation’s Juvenile Probation Systems
For more than a decade, the nation’s juvenile justice systems have steadily cut back on...
The Problems With California’s Broken Bail System are Vividly Illustrated as a 26-Year-Old Pregnant Mother is Bailed Out of an LA Jail For Mother’s Day
On Tuesday, 26-year-old Deshay Murphy, received an early Mother’s Day gift when her $30,000 bail...
Prop. H Is the SF Police Union’s “Unprecedented Power Grab” to Undermine SFPD’s Taser Policy, Opponents Say
The San Francisco Police Officers Association is campaigning on behalf of a proposed ballot...
The Three Final Candidates for LAPD’s Next Chief Are… Mike Moore, Bill Scott & Robert Arcos
Okay, we did our best to give you helpful hints, without actually revealing the names of the three...
To Fend off Family First Act, L.A. Hires Lobbyist Who Helped Write It
In mid-April, former Senate Finance staffer-turned-lobbyist Becky Shipp sent an e-blast to dozens...
CA Lawmaker, Partners Introduce Budget Request for $100 Million “Down Payment” on Juvenile Diversion
On Monday, California Assemblymember Reggie Jones-Sawyer (D-South Los Angeles) officially requested...
Choosing a New Chief for the LAPD: It’s Down to 3 Finalists
On Monday, the five-member LA Police Commission announced that they have forwarded their list of...
Federal Bureau of Prisons Dumps Controversial Policy Restricting Books, Emails, and Letters for Inmates
On Thursday, the U.S. Bureau of Prisons rolled back a policy deemed by many to be “a...