While the county has made important progress over the last decade to increase data collection and...
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Budget Breakdown: Money for Diversion, Probation Reform, and More
On Friday, California Governor Gavin Newsom unveiled his plans for the 2020-2021 budget, a $222.2...
Op-Ed: DA Lacey Continues to Praise Diversion Over Jail for the Mentally Ill, But Her Prosecutors’ Actions Tell a Different Story
Jackie Lacey’s talk about treatment not cells for the mentally ill is meaningless until she and...
Nearing His Legislative Deadline, Governor Newsom Signs 2 Dozen Crucial Criminal and Juvenile Justice Bills
On Tuesday evening, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced that he had taken his signing pen to...
LA County Supes Expand Innovative Program Proven to Break the Wash, Rinse, Repeat Pattern of Mental Illness, Incarceration, and Homelessness
On Tuesday, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors directed the county’s Office of Diversion...
LA County to Expand Popular Pre-Arrest Diversion Program
On Tuesday, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted to expand the county’s Law...
LA County Board of Supervisors Votes to Launch “Historic” Youth Diversion Plan
A little past midday on Tuesday, November 7, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted...
THE CRUCIAL ART OF REENTRY: 2 County Supes Determined to Jump Start Long-Needed LA Reentry Programs
Jump-starting Reentry in Los Angeles County A new motion by Los Angeles County Supervisors Mark...
WItnessLA is on KCRW 89.9 FM with Warren Olney & LA County Probation Chief Terri McDonald Talking About Probation’s Crazy Caches of $$….and More
On Thursday evening, I was on KCRW’s weekly news segment called Olney in LA, which...
FOLLOW THE MONEY: Why is LA County Probation Spending $400K Yearly on a Youth Diversion Program Serving Zero Kids?
Number of “At Risk” Kids of LA County Served For $397,071? Zero In January of 2015, the...