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9th Circuit Slaps Down Government’s Attempt to Avoid Judge’s Temporary Restraining Order

August 5, 2025
#JusticeBriefs2025 • ACLU

Federal Judge demonstrates the power of temporary restraining orders when the U.S. Constitution is violated

July 20, 2025
#JusticeBriefs2025

Three Members of the LA County Sheriff’s Department Killed Friday Described as The Best of the Best.

July 18, 2025
#Documented/Undocumented • #ProtectingDueProcess

Mayor Bass & a list of mayors of So Cal cities join in federal civil rights lawsuit against Trump’s militarization of immigration

July 9, 2025
Civil Liberties

May your 4th of July weekend be a safe one, and may you find joy in these strange times.

July 4, 2025
#JusticeBriefs

Three judges from the 9th Circuit weigh in on the Trump v. Newsom battle over CA’s National Guard

June 20, 2025
ACLU • Jail • Sheriff Lee Baca

Budgets, Jail Closings and the ACLU Sues

July 13, 2009
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LA County, like the state (and the city of LA) has big budget problems. So to help shrink his...

Antonio Villaraigosa • Civil Liberties • Gangs • Public Health • Social Justice Shorts • Torture

Monday Social Justice Shorts

July 13, 2009
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MAYOR’S OFFICE RE-PROMISES THAT $500K TO HOMEBOY…BY SEPTEMBER After reading...

Bears and Alligators • Environment

Minds in the Water – UPDATED

July 13, 2009
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Last October, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to wade into the battle over whether then president...

City Government • Gangs

The City’s Gang Report – Part 1

July 10, 2009
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Yesterday I complained that the city has not given funds to Homeboy Industries despite the fact ...

Life and Life Only

Having Coffee and Contemplating. Check Back

July 10, 2009
9 Comments

I’ll be posting in a little while (before noon). But for the moment I’m enjoying...

Gangs • LAUSD

Homeboy’s Virtual Carwash……and the Mayor’s Office

July 9, 2009
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name="allowFullScreen" value="true"> Homeboy Industries wants you to get your car...

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A Tale of Greenpeace Climbers, Obama & Mount Rushmore

July 8, 2009
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name="allowFullScreen" value="true"> Okay, just a reminder that there are one or two things in the...

Children and Adolescents • Public Assistance • Public Health

Motivating Foster Care Kids to College

July 8, 2009
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Every year around 5,000 kids are emancipated from California’s foster care system. ...

American Artists • American Voices

Music and Grace

July 7, 2009
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name="allowFullScreen" value="true"> If you listen to nothing else from the Michael Jackson...

California Budget • State Government • State Politics

LA Townhall Meeting to Push for a Constitutional Convention

July 7, 2009
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Although there have been certain thoughtful people warning against the idea, the push for a...

Criminal Justice • LASD

Conflicting Stories in OIS Case in Compton

July 7, 2009
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A sixteen-year-old was shot and killed in Compton on Sunday by a Los Angeles sheriff’s...

Economy • Prison • Prison Policy

Bernie Shops For Prisons

July 7, 2009
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I tried to ignore this story yesterday, I really did. But find that I can’t do it. According...

Social Justice • Social Justice Shorts

Monday’s Social Justice Shorts

July 6, 2009
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THE INCARCERATION GENERATION According to federal data, on any given day 1.5 million American...

American Artists • American Voices • Free Speech • Freedom of Information • Life and Life Only

Happy Independence Day!

July 4, 2009
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name="allowFullScreen" value="true"> Me we each renew our commitment to our best aspirations...

City Attorney • City Government • LAPD

Could the City Attorney Keep an Eye On the LAPD?

July 3, 2009
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When newly elected City Attorney Carmen Trutanich was sworn in on Wednesday, one of the more...

California Budget • Economy • Environment

Closing the CA State Parks: 3 Reasons Why It Won’t Happen

July 2, 2009
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The now familiar tango continues in the California state capitol in which the governor threatens...

Arresting Alex Sanchez • Crime and Punishment • Criminal Justice • FBI • Gangs • LAPD

The Arrest of Alex Sanchez: Part 3 – The Bail Hearing

July 1, 2009
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Yesterday, Los Angeles gang intervention leader Alex Sanchez had his bail hearing at the US...

Children and Adolescents • Juvenile Justice • Psychology

1 in 7 American Teenagers Think They’ll Die Young

June 30, 2009
12 Comments

In a brand new study published in the July issue of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota pediatrics...

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