California’s new law, Senate Bill 10, signed by Gov. Jerry Brown last week, abolishes money bail but actually undermines genuine criminal justice reform. Because it depends on risk assessment tools that use opaque…
California Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law this week a plan, years in the making, to end the use of cash bail in the state’s criminal justice system. But what once promised to…
The day the fence arrived, Gabe was sitting next to his tent, right at the heart of Los Angeles’ Skid Row. It was a chain link fence – about six feet tall –…
In Venice there is a widespread consensus about “the homeless problem” among longtime residents, more recent transplants, community leaders and even the homeless themselves: Yes, there is a problem here, and that problem…
THE BUZZ: Underfinanced and trailing in the polls, state Sen. Kevin de León ratcheted up the pressure Monday on Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein, demanding that she “come home to California” and participate in a…
Reporting from Sacramento — A landmark bill to end money bail in California passed out of the state Assembly on Monday, clearing a major legislative hurdle despite mounting opposition to last-minute changes that gave…
SB10 Co-Sponsors pull support from deceptive bail reform bill What: Group, Bill 10. Los Angeles: Local community organizations join former co-sponsors Essie Justice Silicon Valley DeBug and other community groups to urge state…
Title: President and CEO, Northridge Beautification Foundation Organization: Clean Streets, Clean Starts Website: https://cleanstreetscleanstarts.org/resources “Don has contributed countless months and years to help the homeless regain their confidence and value. This leads to their regaining employment,…
At a heated meeting at City Hall, Los Angeles lawmakers pressed forward Friday with a plan to set up emergency shelters for homeless people across the city, voting unanimously to start assessing possible…
Last May, in Los Angeles’ coastal Venice neighborhood, Adam Smith noticed a series of planter boxes in the middle of a familiar sidewalk. Affixed near the intersection of Third and Sunset avenues, mere…
The reasons someone may end up on Skid Row are as varied as the people who inhabit the community. In a city where rents are skyrocketing and major income disparity, it’s easier than…
Will Measure HHH—the ballot initiative approved overwhelmingly two years ago to build 10,000 units of housing for homeless residents—achieve the goals promised to voters? Money raised through the ballot measure could subsidize fewer than…