Orange County Sheriff Don Barnes is challenging a recent court order to cut in half the inmate population in Orange County Jails. He asked for support from cities and civic groups.
In a special meeting called for the purpose, the Cypress City Council considered a proposal to join an
amicus curiae brief organized by the City of Newport Beach in support of the Sheriff’s challenge. After due consideration, including public comment and discussion among Council members, the Council voted unanimously to join with Newport Beach and other cities in supporting Sheriff Barnes.
In a separate special meeting called by the Los Alamitos City Council, the proposal was a
With street fentanyl surging in the western U.S. and causing thousands of deaths, Senator Patricia Bates (R-Laguna Niguel) has reintroduced legislation to create a task force to improve Southern California’s response.
Authored in partnership with Orange County Sheriff Don Barnes, Senate Bill 75would require the California Attorney General to establish and chair the “Southern California Fentanyl Task Force.” The task force would enhance coordination of existing law enforcement efforts and assist local agencies in their work to reduce fentanyl-related deaths.
“As a former social worker who once worked in communities ravaged by drugs, California must do more to save people from fentanyl-related tragedies,” said Senator Bates. “That is why I am partnering with Orange County Sheriff Don Barnes and legislators from both parties to help increase law enforcement coordination. A task force would help maximize existing resources and improve communication among various agencies.
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Regarding a restaurant’s email declaring its plans to reopen outside dining, citing “freedom of choice”:
Is it OK if I smoke amid the people there? Or, maybe yell “fire!” just for the fun of it?
Freedom of choice and all that.
Your current application of freedom of choice against COVID-19 restrictions alarms me. It is specifically contrary to the efforts of the state of California to keep us alive and not in the hospital. I believe restaurants are the highest locations of contagion, right up there with places of worship.
I was alarmed enough when your outside dining seemed full on Thanksgiving as my expectation was that it would be at reduced capacity relative to the guidelines in place at the time. Seems to me that the compliance you offer shouldn’t mean with just
1st Inmate Petitions for Release From Orange County Jail After Judge’s Order
A man charged with aggravated kidnapping for ransom was the first inmate to petition for his release following a judge’s order to reduce the Orange County, California, jail population by half due to safety concerns over the spread of COVID-19, according to Orange County District AttorneyTodd Spitzer.
Superior Court Judge Peter J. Wilson ordered Orange County Sheriff Don Barnes to reduce the inmate population in Orange County jails by 50 percent by Dec. 18 because of a COVID outbreak in the system, following a lawsuit filed by the ACLU on behalf of high-risk inmates.
A California court has ordered the Orange County Jail to reduce the inmate population by 50% out of concern for COVID-19 safety. The court unfortunately seems to have no concern for the public s safety however, because we re not talking about people who have been arrested for unpaid parking tickets. We re talking about violent criminals.
KNOE.com reports Orange County Sheriff Don Barnes says that due Civil Court Judge Peter Wilson siding with the American Civil Liberties Union over concerns of inmates spreading coronavirus in congregated living areas, more than 1,800 violent inmates will be released.
Sheriff Barnes says The public should be in a panic, and they should be concerned about this release. These aren’t low-lying offenders, these are people in for very serious offenses: murder, attempted murder, domestic violence.