Editorial: L.A. County's juvenile hall catastrophe is a quarter-century in the making
Los Angeles County juvenile halls have been cited for unconstitutionally poor conditions for decades. It's too late to save them.
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Los Angeles County juvenile halls have been cited for unconstitutionally poor conditions for decades. It's too late to save them.
Alex Villanueva’s combative approach has antagonized many officials and spurred an extraordinary ballot measure that would allow county leaders to oust him.
Sheriff Alex Villanueva is fighting battles on multiple fronts and, with a couple of weeks before election day, is fighting for his political survival.
Subscribe A one-time confidant of L.A. Sheriff Alex Villanueva has decided to challenge him in next year’s election. Eliezer Vera, who was promoted by Villanueva to the position of chief, said his boss’s failure to get along with people has damaged the department. “Unfortunately, at the present time, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department has developed a reputation for contributing to contention during trying times,” Vera said in a statement. Vera said he wants to “restore confidence in the Office of the Sheriff” by partnering with the Board of Supervisors and colla...
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