The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department cost county taxpayers $81.5 million in litigation...
Archive - January 2020
Under CA Bill, 18- and 19-year-olds Accused of Crimes Would Stay in Juvenile Court
A new bill announced Tuesday seeks to raise the age of juvenile court jurisdiction in California...
Subpoena Power for Oversight of LA County Sheriff & LA County Probation Is a Done Deal: So What Does That Mean?
"Using subpoena power doesn't necessitate a divisive standoff," Loyola Law Professor and COC...
Youth Empowerment Act Seeks to Give CA’s Young People a Voice in the Laws and Policies That Affect Them
A California bill soon to land before its first legislative committee seeks to engage the...
Los Angeles Grieves for Kobe & His Daughter: He Was Ours & We Were His
At first, we only knew there’d been a crash, but not what it meant. Eight passengers and the...
Bill Seeks Important Health Care Protections for Pregnant Incarcerated Women
On Thursday, the California Assembly Appropriations Committee unanimously approved AB 732, a bill...
LA County Supes Take “Urgent” Steps to Combat Homelessness
The LA County supes look at expanding the LA County Sheriff's Department's ability to reach more...
After Rancor & Accusations Supervisors Vote For Subpoena Power to Compel LA County Sheriff Villanueva to Share Information
At just around 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, January 21, 2020, the LA County Supervisors voted to give...
Honor the Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by Going to a Movie
This year, one of the best ways to celebrate the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. might be going...
Harassment of Grieving Families Is More a Problem of LASD Management and Policy Than Individual Deputies, Says Inspector General
"I hope that the Sheriff's policy goes into effect soon, I hope that it is enthusiastically...