On Thursday, California Governor Jerry Brown vetoed AB 3131, a bill to increase transparency around...
Archive - September 2018
New CA Law Closes Legal Loophole SDPD Used to Collect DNA From Kids
In 2004, California voter-approved Proposition 69 loosened state restrictions on when law...
CDCR Will Have to Send Annual Reports on Suicide Prevention to CA Legislature Under New Law
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) has long struggled to prevent...
Los Angeles Looks to End Cycle of Violence By Addressing Trauma
By Claudia Boyd-Barrett, California Health Report As a young man growing up in the Westmont...
Black Kids Far More Likely to Be Tried As Adults & Sentenced to Adult Prisons, According to New Report
Arrest rates for youth have fallen nearly 75 percent since a high in 1994, but despite the stats...
California Weighs Cap on How Long Mentally Incompetent Youth Can Be Held in Juvenile Halls
A California bill would offer mentally incompetent juveniles held in detention the same legal...
Sheriff Jim McDonnell and Election Challenger Alex Villanueva Get More Endorsements
On Thursday, the Association of Deputy District Attorneys announced that its board of directors had...
Governor Brown Shoots Down Bill to Create a “Trauma Informed Schools Initiative”
On Thursday, Governor Jerry Brown vetoed a bill that would have created a “Trauma-Informed...
Gov. Brown Vetoes Bill to Address Sheriff-Coroner Controversy
On Tuesday, California Governor Jerry Brown vetoed SB 1303, a bill introduced in response to...
“Freeing the Vote” in LA County by Empowering Justice System-Involved Eligible Voters
In July, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved a motion by Supes Mark Ridley-Thomas...