In the past two weeks, two new reports have described critically unsafe conditions at the Barry...
Brown Signs Law to Ease Licensing Path for Relatives, Vetoes Foster Care Mobile Response Plan
As California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) prepares to leave office at the end of the year, the last round...
LA County Supes Vote To Forgive Millions in Old Debts Against Parents Whose Kids Were Locked-Up
On October 11, 2017, a year ago next Thursday, California Governor Jerry Brown signed Senate Bill...
Members of Deputy “Gang” Reportedly Put Other LA County Sheriff’s Deputies in Hospital After Off-Duty Brawl
In the wee hours of last Thursday night, September 27—or technically September 28, as it...
California and Four Other States Point the Way for States to Downgrade Drug Offenses and Reduce Prison Populations
In fives states over the last five years, voters and lawmakers have downgraded felony drug...
Gov. Brown Decides the Fate of a Pile of Criminal Justice Bills Just Before the Final Legislative Deadline
Over the weekend, Governor Brown took his signing (and vetoing) pen to the last chunk of more than...
Gov. Brown Signs Two Life-Changing “Raise the Age” Bills, Plus Other Essential Juvenile Justice Reforms
“A Difficult Bill” on the Road to a “More Just System” for Juveniles In...
With SB 1437, Gov. Brown Unravels California’s Long-Standing Felony Murder
Under California’s current felony murder rule, individuals involved in serious crimes that result...
CA Police Agencies Will Have to Release Police Misconduct Records & Video of Officer-Involved Shootings Thanks to Two Brown-Approved Historic Bills
Behind the Blue Wall of Silence On Sunday night, hours before the final deadline to transform bills...
LA County Sheriffs Must Improve Treatment Of Families Who Lose Loved Ones in Deputy-Involved Shootings & Other LASD-Related Deaths, Says New Report
In the last five years, 207 people have died while in the custody of the Los Angeles County...
Gov. Brown Shoots Down Bill to Increase Accountability Around Police Acquisition of Military Gear
On Thursday, California Governor Jerry Brown vetoed AB 3131, a bill to increase transparency around...
New CA Law Closes Legal Loophole SDPD Used to Collect DNA From Kids
In 2004, California voter-approved Proposition 69 loosened state restrictions on when law...
CDCR Will Have to Send Annual Reports on Suicide Prevention to CA Legislature Under New Law
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) has long struggled to prevent...
Los Angeles Looks to End Cycle of Violence By Addressing Trauma
By Claudia Boyd-Barrett, California Health Report As a young man growing up in the Westmont...
Black Kids Far More Likely to Be Tried As Adults & Sentenced to Adult Prisons, According to New Report
Arrest rates for youth have fallen nearly 75 percent since a high in 1994, but despite the stats...
California Weighs Cap on How Long Mentally Incompetent Youth Can Be Held in Juvenile Halls
A California bill would offer mentally incompetent juveniles held in detention the same legal...
Sheriff Jim McDonnell and Election Challenger Alex Villanueva Get More Endorsements
On Thursday, the Association of Deputy District Attorneys announced that its board of directors had...
Governor Brown Shoots Down Bill to Create a “Trauma Informed Schools Initiative”
On Thursday, Governor Jerry Brown vetoed a bill that would have created a “Trauma-Informed...