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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
#JusticeBriefs2026

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
Charlie Beck • Death Penalty • Edmund G. Brown, Jr. (Jerry) • Innocence • LAPD • LASD • Law Enforcement • Prison • Realignment

Realignment Revisited, CA Bill to Conceal Child Abuse Death Cases, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, and Crowdfunding Lawsuits Against Law Enforcement

May 21, 2015
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CALIFORNIA PRISONER REALIGNMENT AND ITS SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION, WILL BE PART OF GOV...

Edmund G. Brown, Jr. (Jerry) • Foster Care • Juvenile Justice • LA County Board of Supervisors • LAPD • Solitary • Violence Prevention

Community Policing, Drugging Foster Kids, Banning Solitary for Kids, and Combatting Sex Trafficking

May 20, 2015
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LAPD ANNOUNCES A COMMUNITY POLICING PILOT PROGRAM THAT WILL ADD 16 NEW FOOT PATROL COPS TO EASTSIDE...

ACEs • Restorative Justice • School to Prison Pipeline • Trauma • Zero Tolerance and School Discipline

Landmark Lawsuit Filed Against Compton School District for Failing to Help Severely Traumatized Kids Struggling With Learning

May 19, 2015
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On Monday, a one-of-a-kind, and potentially important lawsuit was filed by the public interest law...

Inspector General • Jim McDonnell • LA County Board of Supervisors • LASD

Special Committee to Recommend Subpoena Power & More to Give Teeth to LA Sheriff’s Dept. Civilian Oversight Commission

May 18, 2015
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SUBPOENA POWER, YES, LASD MEMBERS ON THE COMMISSION, NO After nearly five months of work and nine...

FBI • Jail • Jim McDonnell • LA County Jail • LASD • Paul Tanaka • Sheriff Lee Baca • The Downfall of Paul Tanaka • U.S. Attorney

OPERATION PANDORA’S BOX FINALLY GOES UP THE LADDER: The Day That Paul Tanaka and Tom Carey of the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department Were Federally Indicted

May 16, 2015
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“The allegations in the indictment include cover-ups, diversionary tactics, retribution and a...

DCFS • Department of Justice • Foster Care • Juvenile Justice • LA County Board of Supervisors • Law Enforcement • Prosecutors

Protecting Trafficked Foster Kids…Without Legal Representation…Splitting Detained Immigrant Moms from Kids…Sonoma Explores Law Enforcement Oversight

May 14, 2015
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LA SUPERVISORS APPROVE PLANNING HIGH-SECURITY RESIDENCE FOR TRAFFICKED FOSTER KIDS On Tuesday, the...

FBI • LASD • Paul Tanaka • Sheriff Lee Baca • U.S. Attorney

Indictments of Former Top LASD Officials Paul Tanaka & Tom Carey to be Announced Thursday Morning

May 14, 2015
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The indictment of Paul Tanaka, the former undersheriff of the Los Angeles Sheriff’s...

Crossover Youth • DCFS • Foster Care • Juvenile Probation • LA County Board of Supervisors

LA’s Crossover Kids Desperately Need Our Help, Says a New Report. So Here’s What One Non-Profit is Doing About It – by Christie Renick

May 13, 2015
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EDITOR’S NOTE:   Earlier this month, the Los Angeles County supervisors received a new...

Education • LA County Board of Supervisors • LA County Jail • LAPD • LASD • School to Prison Pipeline • Willful Defiance • Zero Tolerance and School Discipline

Oakland School Board May Vote Wed. to End “Willful Defiance”…. LA County Supes Toss ICE Agents Out of Jail (Mostly)…More Reasons to Like Body Cameras

May 13, 2015
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On Wednesday afternoon, May 13, the Oakland Unified School District board is planning to vote on...

Foster Care • Immigration & Justice • Jim McDonnell • LA County Board of Supervisors • LA County Jail • LASD

Public Access to LA County Files, Hiring Former Offenders, Trauma’s Effect on Infants, Ending ICE Contract in LA Jails

May 12, 2015
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LA COUNTY’S NEW, EASY-TO-USE OPEN DATA WEBSITE Late last week, LA County launched an...

Eric Garcetti • Foster Care • Homelessness • LAPD • LASD • Los Angeles Mayor • Paul Tanaka • Sheriff Lee Baca

More Pandora’s Box Indictments? …”Electronic Backpacks” for Dual-Status Foster Kids…LA Mayor and LAPD Chief Missed Important Opportunity…Two Mississippi Officers Murdered…and More

May 11, 2015
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RECORDINGS AND DOCUMENTS SUGGEST RESPONSIBILITY FOR OBSTRUCTING PANDORA’S BOX MAY LIE WITH...

DCFS • Foster Care • LA County Board of Supervisors

DCFS Likely Never Distributed $571,000 in MTA Passes Needed by LA’s Foster Kids Says Report

May 8, 2015
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THE VANISHING MTA PASSES In an audit released Friday afternoon, the LA County...

District Attorney • Law Enforcement • Race & Justice

SF District Attorney Reviewing 3,000 Cases for Racial Bias

May 8, 2015
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UNDER REVIEW: A WHOPPING 3,000 CASES INVOLVING SFPD COPS WHO ALLEDGEDLY ENGAGED IN DISCRIMINATORY...

District Attorney • Edmund G. Brown, Jr. (Jerry) • Education • Innocence • LA County Board of Supervisors • LAPD • LASD • Mental Health • Race & Justice

CA Counties “Step Up” for Mental Health Diversion…Jazz Therapy in Jail…and Preschool Savings

May 8, 2015
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LA, OC, OTHER COUNTIES JOIN UNIQUE MENTAL HEALTH DIVERSION INITIATIVE A new national initiative to...

Charlie Beck • Juvenile Justice • Kamala Harris • LAPD

The “Masonic Fraternal Police Department”… “Smart on Juvenile Justice” Initiative…Preventing Forensic Failures…LAPD Chief “Concerned” About Venice Shooting…and More

May 7, 2015
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CA ATTORNEY GENERAL KAMALA HARRIS’ AIDE AND OTHERS ACCUSED OF OPERATING BOGUS POLICE...

Prosecutors • Race • Race & Class • Race & Justice • Sentencing

Can a Lone Milwaukee Prosecutor Point the Way Out of Mass Incarceration? … Lawmakers Screech to Halt on Changing Prop. 47 …$450K Settlement on 2-Yr-Old’s Beating Death

May 6, 2015
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ONE UNUSUAL MILWAUKEE PROSECUTOR TAKES ON THE MASS INCARCERATION PROBLEM As a nation, we...

ACLU • Free Speech • Freedom of Information • LAPD • Trauma

40,000 Californians Download ACLU App…..Ferguson’s High Priced “Negotiation” With Justice….Chief Charlie Beck Thanks the Troops

May 5, 2015
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APPROXIMATELY 40,000 CALIFORNIANS DOWNLOAD THE NEW ACLU MOBILE JUSTICE APP IN 5 DAYS Last month a...

American Artists • American Voices • Art and Culture • Civil Rights • Criminal Justice • Foster Care • Juvenile Justice • Prison • Public Defender • Race & Justice • School to Prison Pipeline

Manifesting Justice This Week in Los Angeles

May 4, 2015
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CURTAIN RAISED FOR POP-UP ART EXHIBIT AND CIVIL RIGHTS CONVERSATION SPACE, MANIFEST JUSTICE As...

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