Today, Los Angeles County’s Board of Supervisors will consider a motion aimed at speeding the...
Charging Youth as Adults is Ineffective, Bias-Fraught & Harmful Says New Report
When California’s controversial ballot proposition Prop. 57 passed this past November, the...
D.A.’s Investigator Assaulted & Unlawfully Detained by LA County Sheriff’s Deputies According to New Lawsuit
DA’S INVESTIGATOR FILES CIVIL RIGHTS LAWSUIT Maurice Lallemand is a retired member of the Los...
Teacher Tells of Repeated Calls to DCFS Prior Death of Gabriel Fernandez
An elementary school teacher, Jennifer Garcia, testified that she contacted an LA County social...
Computer Glitches Trouble LA’s Foster Care System and Alameda’s Court System
DCFS MISSES PAYMENTS TO FOSTER YOUTH, PARENTS, CAREGIVERS WITH DISASTROUS RESULTS The LA County...
Therapeutic Youth Lock-up Included in CA Budget Proposal
California Governor Jerry Brown’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2017-2018 includes money for a...
LA City and County to Crack Down on Enforcing Human Trafficking Hotline Law
California’s SB 1193 requires certain businesses—like airports, bus stations, hospitals...
Is Trump’s Refugee Order Legal? How Lawyers & Judges Across the Nation—Including the Now-Fired Acting Attorney General—Answer the Question
YES, BUT IS IT LEGAL? After a weekend of many thousands of demonstrators mobbing the nation’s...
Mapping America’s “Active Hate Groups”
The Southern Poverty Law Center’s most recent “hate map” pinpoints the location of 892...
LA Officials Campaign for Measure H, a Quarter-Cent Tax to Fund Homeless Services
On Monday, Los Angeles County Supervisors, along with LA Mayor Eric Garcetti and other local...
‘Rooms Infested With Spiders’: California Youth Urge Changes in Conditions at Juvenile Facilities
SPIDERS, TORN CLOTHING & GROUP PUNISHMENT: HOW MUCH HAVE CONDITIONS CHANGED IN...
Fears Surface About Immigration & Drones at Historic First Meeting of Civilian Oversight Commission for LA County Sheriff’s Dept.
AFTER YEARS OF SCANDAL, OVERSIGHT AT LAST After months of anticipation, on Thursday, January 26...
Trump Targets Sanctuary Cities (and California)
On Wednesday, President Donald Trump signed two executive orders. The first seeks to deny federal...
Number of Homeless Children in LA County Rises, Many Kids Unable to Take Advantage of Much-needed Services
There were 63,000 homeless students during the 2015-2016 school year in Los Angeles County’s...
LA County Supes Vote to Improve Feminine Hygiene Care for Locked-up Girls
During their Tuesday meeting, Los Angeles County Supervisors unanimously approved a motion to...
Supes Seek to Divert Youth at the “Earliest Point of Contact” with the Juvenile Justice System
On Tuesday, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted to explore ways to...
Youth Incarceration Linked with Poor Health Outcomes Later in Life
Youth incarceration is associated with poor physical and mental health during adulthood, according...
Lee Baca’s Defense Team Claims Double Jeopardy as Prosecutors Move to Nix the Mini Sheriff’s Badge
WITH BACA’S TRIAL A MONTH AWAY, WE HAVE DUELING MOTIONS Dueling motions make up the latest...