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The County of Los Angeles, in partnership with the Vera Institute of Justice, has published an online decarceration dashboard which provides a visual breakdown and analysis of the County’s jail population on a daily basis. The goal of this dashboard is to help policymakers, advocates, and academics better understand the makeup and changes in the population of people in LA County jails in order to craft public policy to safely reduce the jail population.

By Bill Beverly “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? — Matthew 7:3-5 I lived for…

Efforts to help homeless people get out of the criminal justice system and into more social services might get a boost Tuesday night. That’s when the City Council will vote on a proposed $254,000 grant to run a pilot Homeless Court program. - ADVERTISEMENT - The money, which comes from a Community Development Block Grant, would run the new Homeless Court through June 30, 2022, and would include the hiring of an additional full-time Homeless Court Coordinator in the City Prosecutor’s office, according to a report to the City Council from Health and Human Services Director Kelly Colopy. The...

  Bruce’s Beach Update: Supervisor Hahn Takes First Steps in Returning Beach Front Land to Descendants of Original Owners By Betti Halsell, Contributing Writer Published April 15, 2021 L.A. County Supervisor Janice Hahn (Photo Credit: Janice Hahn Twitter) On April 8, Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn announced the preliminary steps towards returning the rightfully owned Manhattan Beach waterfront landscape known as Bruce’s Beach back to the decedents of Charles and Willa Bruce. The original owners of Bruce’s beach were harassed for owning their land for years, until it was fin...

CBS News Manhattan Beach property seized from Black family more than a century ago may be returned Manhattan Beach is a favorite for seeking a spot on the sand or a stroll on the strand - where homes can sell for upwards of $20 million. But it looked a lot more vacant in 1912 when Willa and Charles Bruce bought an ocean-view lot for around $1,200. They were among the city's first Black landowners. Duane Shepard, a family historian for the Bruces, said a Los Angeles County lifeguard headquarters now stands where Willa built "Bruce's Lodge." It became a popular destination for the Black commu...