Posted By Thadeus Greenson@ThadeusGreenson on Thu, Jan 7, 2021 at 1:18 PM click to enlarge Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters California Attorney General Xavier Bacerra Four local tribes have announced they are "vigorously supporting" an effort by California Attorney General Xavier Becerra to extend third-party monitoring and other provisions of a 2018 court ruling that found the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office and Department of Health and Human Services were not in compliance with the California Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act. In a joint press release, the tribes pushed back strongly against the county's statement late last month that Becerra's request to continue third-party monitoring of its agencies reflected "the state's desire to waste taxpayer money on unnecessary consultants and monitors."