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How the 9th circuit told the U.S. President NO regarding POTUS’s plan to keep CA from counting 20,000 of our state’s votes.

October 26, 2026
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Op-Ed: The Conviction of Mark Ridley-Thomas Is Not a Joke: Representative Democracy Is at Stake

October 9, 2026
#Justice • #The California Justice Report

WitnessLA Comes to Substack

October 7, 2026
#NoKings

A quick look at how SCOTUS ruled in favor of Democracy, then our nation went to war, and the president threatened the Supremes

March 18, 2026
#NoKings

Judge first knocked down CA’s “No Secret Police Act,” but gave the go-ahead to the “No Vigilantes Act.” Then things changed

February 10, 2026
#DangerousJails

Dying In LA County’s Jails: Now there are 7 deaths in 2026

January 31, 2026
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Exploring What’s Next on the Criminal Justice Reform Agenda

November 9, 2015
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CALIFORNIA’S JUSTICE REFORM LEADERS GET TOGETHER AT THE “SMART ON SAFETY” SUMMIT TO...

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“Fake” Classes Lawsuit Settled, Training Campus Cops to Work With Kids, & LASD Excessive Force Allegations

November 6, 2015
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SETTLING MAJOR LAWSUIT, CALIFORNIA WILL HAVE TO PROTECT STUDENTS FROM FAKE AND FILLER CLASSES On...

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Stanford Report Looks at Prop 47 Data, LA Sheriff Records Videos About Prop 47, SF Has a New Sheriff…and More

November 5, 2015
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A STANFORD REPORT SAYS THERE’S NOT A CONNECTION BETWEEN PROP. 47 AND CRIME...

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New Child Welfare Czar, Teen’s Transformation in Juvie Probation Camp, and Oprah Interviews Bryan Stevenson

November 4, 2015
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LA COUNTY SUPES OFFICIALLY APPROVE JUDGE MICHAEL NASH AS LA’S NEW CHILD WELFARE CZAR On...

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Federal Judge Sends a Message With 8-Year Prison Sentence for LA Sheriff’s Sergeant in Jail Visitor Abuse Case

November 3, 2015
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A MESSAGE OF DETERRENCE On Monday morning, federal Judge George H. King sentenced former Los...

Child Sex Trafficking & Abuse • Child Sexual Abuse • Sex Trafficking

Why It’s Important That LA County Sheriff Jim McDonnell and the LASD Are Making Child Sex-trafficking a Priority

November 2, 2015
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THE LOS ANGELES SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT AND SEX TRAFFICKED KIDS A few days ago, I spoke with Los...

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Prop. 47 and Diversion Courts, Judge Michael Nash Interview, and Solitary in CA Jails

October 30, 2015
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OP-ED: WHAT WILL BECOME OF DRUG COURTS, POST-PROP. 47? Before Prop. 47 reduced certain low-level...

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Judge Michael Nash Tapped for LA Child Welfare Czar, Prop. 47 Arrests, and the OC Jailhouse Snitch Scandal

October 29, 2015
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LA SUPES EXPECTED TO APPOINT UNIQUELY QUALIFIED JUDGE MICHAEL NASH TO BE LA’S CHILD WELFARE...

LASD • Reentry

More on the LASD Deputy Who Vanished….. Heroin Use and the Rise in Numbers of Foster Kids…The Need for Civil Attorneys…& Prop 47

October 28, 2015
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THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTY WHO DISAPPEARED, & THE MEN WHO WOULDN’T...

Probation

LA County Probation Chief Jerry Powers to Answer Board’s Questions as Rumors of a Problematic Relationship Swirl

October 27, 2015
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UPDATE: Although the closed-door meeting referenced in the story below resulted in “nothing...

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Solitary Statistics, Opposing Prop. 47 Views, and Miranda Rights

October 27, 2015
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SURPRISING DATA SHOWS 20% OF INMATES IN THE US WERE PUT IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT Nearly one-fifth of...

Sentencing

Did California Voters Go Wrong With Prop 47?

October 26, 2015
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When Proposition 47 passed nearly a year ago, last November, it did so by a healthy 17-percent...

LASD

The Troubling Case of the Vanishing LA County Sheriff’s Deputy

October 23, 2015
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WHAT REALLY HAPPENED TO LOS ANGELES COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTY JON AUJAY? In 1998, LA County...

Child Sex Trafficking & Abuse • Child Sexual Abuse

LA County Sheriff Jim McDonnell Says There’s No Such Thing as a Child Prostitute

October 23, 2015
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On Wednesday morning, it was standing room only on the 8th floor of the downtown LA Hall of Justice...

Juvenile Justice

A New Bill to Stop Locking Kids Up for Dumb, Non-Criminal Stuff

October 23, 2015
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CONGRESSMAN TONY CARDENAS SAYS STOP LOCKING KIDS UP FOR RUNNING AWAY, SKIPPING SCHOOL, TRYING A...

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Cops for Reform, Calls and Visits in State Prison (Plus New FCC Rules), Mentally Ill & Warehoused in Jails

October 22, 2015
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MEET THE “LAW ENFORCEMENT LEADERS TO REDUCE CRIME AND INCARCERATION” A group of 130...

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LA Youth Ambassador Shot in GA, Social Worker Calls New Group Home Law Counter-Intuitive, and More

October 21, 2015
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SEMAJ CLARK SHOT AND PARALYZED ON TRIP TO GA TO SPEAK AT A COMMUNITY SAFETY FORUM On October 10...

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LAPD Chases and Bystander Injuries, Child Support Responsibilities Behind Bars, and Kinship Care in South LA

October 20, 2015
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LAPD PURSUITS RESULT IN BYSTANDER INJURIES MORE OFTEN THAN ANY OTHER CALIFORNIA CITY Los Angeles...

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