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LA city, county must house Skid Row
A tent encampment in the Skid Row district of Los Angeles on Aug. 7, 2019. Photo by Anne Wernikoff, CalMatters
In another massive Tuesday ruling, a federal judge ordered the city and county of Los Angeles to offer shelter and support services to the entire homeless population of Skid Row by Oct. 18, with earlier deadlines for single women, unaccompanied children and families. The move comes about a year after the Los Angeles Alliance for Human Rights sued the city and county to force them to provide beds and services to the homeless population a concept endorsed, at least in the abstract, by Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti. It also came a day after Garcetti unveiled plans to spend nearly $1 billion on homelessness next fiscal year, the largest one-year sum in city history. Judge David O. Carter ordered the city and county to provide repor
As Law Enforcement Laud Derek Chauvin Conviction, Others Warn Against Complacency, Urge Police Reform
Wednesday, April 21, 2021 | Sacramento, CA
California Highway Patrol officers stand outside the California state Capitol in downtown Sacramento during a protest on June 3, 2020.
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Before Tuesday s verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial, where a jury found the former Minneapolis police officer guilty on all counts in the murder of George Floyd, it was unclear if there would be a conviction.
As NPR reported, Chauvin is believed to be just the second officer to be convicted in an on-duty death case in Minnesota s history. By contrast, charges were never filed against the two Sacramento officers who shot and killed Stephon Clark in 2018.
Assembly Bill 118 is another bill returning from 2020 but this one was vetoed by Gov. Gavin Newsom. The CRISES Act would create pilot programs to allow community-based organizations to respond to 911 calls rather than police. Author Sen. Sydney Kamlager (D-Los Angeles) says 70% of 911 calls are for nonviolent, noncriminal issues and could be handled by social workers or mental health professionals.
Kamlager said the governor returned the bill last year over concerns about housing the program in the Department of Emergency Services. This time, she hopes to house it in the state’s social services department.
Assembly Bill 89
Assembly Bill 89, sponsored by Asm. Reggie Jones-Sawyer (D-Los Angeles), would require new police officers to either have a bachelor’s degree or be at least 25 years old the age many scientists believe the brain reaches full maturity. “We don’t allow 18-year-olds to drink,” the South L.A. Democrat said, but younger police are given a gun “and lit
/ California Highway Patrol officers stand outside the California state Capitol in downtown Sacramento during a protest on June 3, 2020.
While many California law enforcement agencies have publicly supported the jury’s decision, some are unsure how it may affect policing going forward.
Before Tuesday s verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial, where a jury found the former Minneapolis police officer guilty on all counts in the murder of George Floyd, it was unclear if there would be a conviction.
As NPR reported, Chauvin is believed to be just the second officer to be convicted in an on-duty death case in Minnesota s history. By contrast, charges were never filed against the two Sacramento officers who shot and killed Stephon Clark in 2018.
/ In this Jan. 15, 2021, file photo, California State Sen. Steven Bradford, D-Gardena, addresses a press conference at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.
The chairman of the California Legislative Black Caucus says he wants ‘no more kneeling and social media posts. We’ve had enough of the performative acts.’
Hours before a jury found former Minnesota police officer Derek Chauvin guilty of George Floyd’s murder, California’s Black state lawmakers turned up the pressure on their colleagues to support stronger police accountability measures in 2021.
“No more kneeling and social media posts. We’ve had enough of the performative acts,” said Sen. Steven Bradford (D-Gardena), chairperson of the California Legislative Black Caucus, during an event on Tuesday. “Real police reform is needed now.”