Supes Vote to Improve Treatment Of Families Who Lose Loved Ones In...
On Tuesday, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a motion to create a trauma-informed system to support families whose loved ones were killed by members of the Los Angeles...
View ArticleLA County to Expand Popular Pre-Arrest Diversion Program
On Tuesday, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted to expand the county’s Law Enforcement-Assisted Diversion (LEAD) program into new areas of LA County. Through LEAD officers send people...
View ArticleAhead by 57,810 Votes, Villanueva, Declares Victory Over Incumbent McDonnell...
After the newest batch of vote results was posted by the L.A. County Registrar indicating that retired lieutenant Alex Villanueva now leads by nearly 57,800 votes over sitting Los Angeles County...
View ArticleWitnessLA on KPFK’s DeadlineLA Talking About the LA Sheriff’s Race, Right &...
On Monday evening, November 19, I was on KPFK’s DeadlineLA with host Howard Blume. (Co-host Gale Holland was off.) During the 30-minute show, we discussed a list of justice related topics including the...
View ArticleVillanueva Now 86,920 votes ahead In His Remarkable Dark Horse Race Against...
With just under 261,000 ballots that still need to be counted, retired LA County Sheriff’s lieutenant and political dark horse Alex Villanueva continues to do what was once thought impossible. When...
View ArticleAlex Villanueva is 105,036 Votes ahead of LA County Sheriff Jim McDonnell...
Well, technically, Los Angeles County still has one more round of vote tallying left, which will take place from 1 to 4 p.m. on Monday, November 26, after which time presumably all the county’s ballots...
View ArticleThe Expanding Legal Battle Over CA’s New Police Transparency Law
On January 1, a new state law, SB 1421, returned to the public long-withheld access to law enforcement personnel records. Supported by the fresh police transparency law, media groups and civil rights...
View ArticleNow that Noah Quatro’s Parents Have Been Charged For Their 4-Year-Old Son’s...
UPDATED: On September 30, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced that Jose Cuatro and Ursula Juarez have each been charged with one count of murder and torture in the death of...
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Why the LA County Supes Responded to Sheriff’s “Ballooning” Budget Deficit by...
On Tuesday, October 1, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to hold LA County Sheriff Alex Villanueva accountable for a “ballooning” $63.4 million budget deficit. They did so...
View ArticleGrieving Families Report Harassment From LASD Deputies, Civilian Oversight...
On Tuesday, the Los Angeles County Civilian Oversight Commission responsible for overseeing the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department unanimously voted to launch an inquiry into reports of harassment...
View ArticleNearly 3,400 People With Mental Illness Could Be Safely Diverted From LA...
Approximately 61 percent of the mental health population locked inside Los Angeles County’s jails could safely be released into community-based care, according to a newly released study from the...
View ArticleIn a Devastating Accident, Off-Duty LA County Sheriff’s Detective Was Struck...
Members of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department along with the West Hollywood community are grieving the death of Detective Amber Leist who had stopped her car at around 11:05 a.m. on Sunday...
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Harassment of Grieving Families Is More a Problem of LASD Management and...
In an update to the Los Angeles County Civilian Oversight Commission (COC) about his review of allegations that deputies had harassed families whose loved ones died during encounters with the Los...
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LA County Pays $81.5 Million for LASD Litigation Costs and Payouts
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department cost county taxpayers $81.5 million in litigation expenses during the last fiscal year, 2018-2019 — a considerable increase over the previous year’s $62.1...
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Measure R: Codifies Subpoena Power for LASD Civilian Oversight Commission,...
On March 3, and during the preceding early voting days, Los Angeles voters will decide whether to pass Measure R, a historic grassroots-led ballot initiative to empower civilian oversight of the LA...
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Historic County-Community Partnership Takes the Vote Behind Bars in LA County
At a joint press conference on Sunday, Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder Dean Logan, and Sheriff Alex Villanueva announced the launch of a “We All Count” campaign to educate and assist eligible...
View ArticleAs Coronavirus Spreads Outside LA’s Jails, LASD Says Program Providers Must...
Over the past few days, LA County Sheriff Alex Villanueva has eliminated public visiting, reduced arrests, and quarantined dozens of inmates in an effort to prevent the spread of coronavirus through...
View ArticleLA County Supes May Unlock Some of the LASD’s Frozen Spending Power to Help...
In October 2019, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted to freeze $143.7 million in LA County Sheriff’s Department funding and pause the department’s ability to hire certain non-sworn...
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LA County Supes Release $82.7 Million in Frozen Funding to Sheriff, While...
Last October, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors paused the LA County Sheriff’s Department’s ability to hire certain non-sworn personnel, while also freezing $143.7 million in sheriff’s...
View ArticleLA County Supes Unanimously Call for Independent Oversight of Investigation...
At the start of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors meeting on Tuesday, Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas read in — and the rest of the board unanimously approved — an emergency motion meant to...
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