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New California Laws Part 1: Governor Signs Bills Focused on …
Oct 28, 2024 · In the weeks leading up to a September 30 deadline, California Governor Gavin Newsom made final decisions on more than 1,000 bills. As in previous years, we have put together a series of updates on some of the justice-related bills WitnessLA has been tracking this year, starting with bills addressing domestic violence and support for survivors.
Op-ed: Why school police officers may not be the most effective …
Nov 25, 2024 · Why school police officers may not be the most effective way to prevent violence. By Monic Behnken, The Conversation. In 1975, only 1% of public schools had their own police officers.Today, 44% do.A large reason for the increase is the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, which led to the creation of the federal Community Oriented Policing Services to oversee funds for the ...
Upcoming Stories and Giving Newsday
Dec 3, 2024 · Good morning, WitnessLA readers, For much of the world, today is Giving Tuesday. In the world of non-profit journalism, however, Dec. 3 is Giving Newsday — a once-a-year opportunity to support nonprofit news organizations like WitnessLA, that help to preserve our shared democracy. In recent weeks we have been reminded that, in the year ahead, the need for independent news organizations is ...
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"Yesterday, on Sept. 16, 2023, Palmdale Station lost one of our own,” begins Sunday's posting on...
Community Groups Withdraw Support for Bill After Amendment …
Sep 3, 2024 · Passed by both the California Assembly and Senate, AB 2527, the “Dignified Care of Incarcerated Pregnancy Act,” will soon face a final decision from Governor Gavin Newsom.One significant amendment in the final hours cost the bill the support of more than 60 community groups and advocacy organizations.
New Journalism 2025
On December 5, 2024, attorney/journalist Harry Litman explained in his newly launched Substack ...
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As we race through the last of our various 2024 holidays, and toward 2025, WitnessLA has begun to...
Waking up on November 6, 2024….after the night of November 5, …
Jan 5, 2024 · For those Americans who had long been fearing the possibility of the re-election of former president Donald J. Trump, the events of the night of November 5, 2024, meant waking up to a new reality on the morning of November 6, 2024, that was, for many, more lacerating than that of the night before.
LA County Probation puts 66 officers on leave pending disciplinary ...
May 14, 2024 · LA County Probation Chief Guillermo Viera Rosa announced Monday that the department he leads has put 66 sworn probation officers on administrative leave since the beginning of 2024, pending internal affairs investigations into allegations of official misconduct, including at the county’s youth facilities.