Posts in September, 2020

The Crisis of Mental Health in California Prisons During the Time of Covid-19 Sep 10

In 2019 nearly a third of the 72,000 people in California jails had an open mental health case. Take the case of Kaiana Aldrich, ...

What it Means to Defund the Police Sep 04

Defunding police does not mean eliminating all police. It means putting funds into other services better suited to handle the ...

Bernie Sanders endorses Gascón! Sep 03

Bernie Sanders endorses Gascón! Police unions endorse Lacey. Maybe that’s all you need to know. I encourage all of my LA County ...

California Attorneys for Criminal Justice Pass Bill AB 3070 Sep 02

California Attorneys for Criminal Justice (CACJ)-sponsored bill, AB 3070, authored by Shirley Weber (D), passed through the ...