Robert Garrova

The action came just a few weeks away from a hearing in which a federal judge is slated to decide whether the county is in contempt of court for failing to improve conditions at the jail complex downtown.

The Board of State and Community Corrections voted to give the county 60 days to shut down Barry J. Nidorf Juvenile Hall in Sylmar and Central Juvenile Hall in Boyle Heights after continued failure to comply with safety, staffing and several other requirements.

The budget earmarks more than $15 million for unarmed crisis response programs, plus roughly $5 million for a forthcoming pilot project.

The Farm Aid hotline now offers mental health resources through its first Spanish-language operator.

According to the motion, the designation of the space for mental health treatment beds is crucial to the county coming into compliance with two provisions laid out in a federal settlement agreement.

The long-awaited report — still a draft — makes multiple recommendations on how to reduce bad outcomes during traffic stops.

Callers dealing with a psychiatric emergency say they sometimes have to wait hours or even an entire day to get help.

Edward Bronstein died in March 2020 while officers were forcibly taking a blood sample after his detention.

County supervisors agreed Tuesday to find more funding for the Office of Diversion and Reentry.

The site of the former Rockhaven Sanitarium was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2016 “as one of the best extant examples of an early twentieth century woman-owned, women-serving private sanitarium in the State.”

Recommendations include reconsidering pretext stops and reevaluating the whether its necessary to handcuff severely injured people.

The continued pressure stems from an emergency filing by the ACLU that alleged “abhorrent” conditions at downtown L.A.'s Inmate Reception Center.