Criminal Justice

A “Yes” vote on Proposition 25 means replacing a money bail system that criminalizes poverty with a fair system that assesses each individual’s public safety risk.

It almost sounds like kindergarten: Sit down and talk about what you did wrong. But these neighborhood courts are for adults — and aim to reduce incarceration and reimagine criminal justice.

If this state is the nation’s laboratory for progressive laws, why has it been unable to keep the police from policing themselves?

In early March, before the pandemic closed the state Capitol to visitors, Esteban Núñez led former prisoners through the regal building where his father was once one of California’s most powerful politicians.   He exuded know-how, his shiny loafers clicking across marble floors as they moved toward an elevator. Down a hallway. Into the office of […]

Newsom unveils action plan to address police brutality. Most of California's economy on verge of reopening. Small business face tough times.

California's last juvenile fire camp could close due to state budget cuts. Though critics question putting young inmates in danger for as little as $1 an hour, supporters say it's one of the few proven models for rehabilitation.

Lee este artículo en español. Gov. Gavin Newsom announced today that he has directed California’s police training agency to stop teaching the carotid hold as part of an effort to create statewide standards to guide police use of force. The move comes after a Minneapolis police officer killed George Floyd by pressing on his neck with […]

Nathaniel Johnson walked past a CVS pharmacy in Hollywood with his phone camera trained on men running out of the looted store with armfuls of stolen goods. After a Minneapolis police officer killed George Floyd, Johnson had protested police brutality for two days while dressed in civilian clothes. But that afternoon, he decided to change […]

Superintendents say budget cuts could delay start of school year. Cuts to adult day programs could force more seniors into nursing homes.

Jose Amendariz was on one of his frequent trips to the nurse’s station in Orange County’s largest jail when deputies hauled in a man in a mask.  Of all the inmates inside the jail, the 29-year-old Armendariz needs the most care: insulin shots for Type I diabetes, pills for hypertension, asthma inhaler puffs for his […]