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Black Caucus members are bringing back several bills that did not pass and introducing new reform legislation.
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The number of Mental Evaluation Unit teams has gone down over the last five years, from 17 to just 12. -
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The family of Isaias Cervantes says he was unarmed and its lawyer says Cervantes was 'completely compliant' when a deputy allegedly shot him in the back. The Sheriff's Department says Cervantes was assaulting a deputy and trying to take his gun when he was shot.
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The proposal calls for diverting 4,500 people with mental health issues out of jail and greatly expanding mental health and substance use treatment.
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A California Supreme Court ruling that says its unconstitutional to keep someone behind bars merely because they can't make bail.
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Getting out of jail just got a whole lot easier, and affordable, thanks to the California Supreme.
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A String Of LAPD Shootings Raises QuestionsStarting on March 16, there was an unusual cluster of six LAPD shootings over the course of a week. Does it signify anything?
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What To Make Of The Past Week's Spike in LAPD Shootings?Critics see more proof of officers too willing to use deadly force; a use of force expert doesn't think the cluster is significant.
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L.A. City Councilman Mitch O'Farrell said the city 'has started the process of closing Echo Park, beginning with numerous intersections and freeway ramps around the facility. They are now closed to vehicular and pedestrian traffic to protect public safety while crews begin the installation of the fence around the park.'
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The funds will allow nearly twice as many people found incompetent to stand trial to participate in community-based restoration instead of languishing in county jail.
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The money will mean 200 additional beds for a county program that diverts people facing felony charges out of jail and into 'community based settings.'
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Dozens of L.A. County Sheriff’s officials were added Monday as named defendants in a lawsuit alleging the existence of a 'criminal gang' of deputies called the Banditos at the department’s East L.A. Station.
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The DA says in his first three months on the job, his prosecutors have sought so many fewer sentencing enhancements that defendants who are convicted will spend at least a combined 8,000 fewer years behind bars.
