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L.A. County keeps troubled foster care contractor
Los Angeles County Supervisors Michael D. Antonovich and Gloria Molina were unable to win majority support for their push to sever all ties to a foster care contractor with a history of substantiated child abuse and financial malfeasance. Under the...
Tags: Theft, Abusive Behavior, Child Abuse, Juvenile Delinquency, Mark Ridley-Thomas
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Little attention paid to race in huge community college district
An incumbent who styles herself as an outsider and a reform-minded community activist and political aide will face each other in a runoff election Tuesday for the final seat on the Los Angeles Community College District Board of Trustees. Unlike the...
Tags: Politics, Political Fundraising, Teaching and Learning, Roger Hernandez, Colleges and Universities
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2 leaders in L.A.'s 6th council district race are women
The two apparent front-runners to replace Los Angeles City Councilman Tony Cardenas are veteran public officials with strong connections to the east San Fernando Valley Democratic machine that has sent candidates to City Hall since the mid-1990s. Both...
Tags: Politics, Government, Local Elections, Richard Riordan, Los Angeles Unified School District
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L.A. County might cut ties with troubled foster care agency
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors will decide Tuesday whether to cut all ties to a foster care contractor with a history of substantiated misspending and child abuse. Supervisors Gloria Molina and Michael D. Antonovich have proposed...
Tags: Theft, Abusive Behavior, Juvenile Delinquency
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Judge says L.A. should end contract with private foster agency
The presiding judge of L.A. County's Juvenile Court and the head of a court-appointed law firm representing foster children have called on Los Angeles county supervisors to sever the county’s contract with Teens Happy Homes. Starr Heimov, who...
Tags: Theft, Judges, Abusive Behavior, Don Knabe, Crime, Law and Justice
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L.A. County officials to stop sending children to foster agency
Responding to new allegations of financial malfeasance and abuse, Los Angeles County officials have decided to stop sending children to a private foster care agency that has been responsible for more than 1,100 youths in recent years. The action was...
Tags: Theft, Child Abuse, Accounting and Auditing, Zev Yaroslavsky, Mark Ridley-Thomas
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Despite economic woes, 9th District a hot spot for contributions
L.A.'s 9th City Council District is among the poorest in the city, taking in a stretch of South Los Angeles where the median household income is less than $30,000 per year. Yet despite persistent economic woes, the district has become a hot spot for...
Tags: Politics, Jan Perry, Government, Local Elections, Wendy Greuel
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L.A. mayor's race: Wendy Greuel uses Web chat to target women
As the Los Angeles mayor’s race heads into the final three-week stretch, City Controller Wendy Greuel is stepping up her efforts to engage female voters — seeking a turnout advantage against her general election rival, City Councilman Eric...
Tags: Holly J. Mitchell, Politics, Local Elections, Wendy Greuel, Barbara Boxer
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L.A. County supervisors weigh dropping foster-care contractor
Los Angeles County supervisors reported no action after a closed-door meeting to consider terminating the county's decades-long relationship with Teens Happy Homes, a private foster care provider that officials say repeatedly misused funds and placed...
Tags: Abusive Behavior, Starbucks Corp., Zev Yaroslavsky, Mark Ridley-Thomas
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L.A. County supervisors discuss troubled foster care contractor
Los Angeles County supervisors met behind closed doors Tuesday to consider terminating their decades-long relationship with Teens Happy Homes, a private foster care provider found by officials to have repeatedly misused funds and placed children in...
Tags: Abusive Behavior, Zev Yaroslavsky, Juvenile Delinquency, Accounting and Auditing, Mark Ridley-Thomas
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Problems keep proliferating at discredited private foster care agency
A decade ago, a team of Los Angeles County auditors delivered a damning assessment of Teens Happy Homes, a private foster care agency responsible for hundreds of children. Agency workers bought beer and cigarettes with public funds intended for...
Tags: Corporate Officers, Child Abuse, Crime, Law and Justice, Trials, Accounting and Auditing
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Former Sen. Sheila Kuehl announces run for L.A. County supervisor
SACRAMENTO -- Former state Sen. Sheila Kuehl (D-Santa Monica) made it official Thursday. She will be a candidate for the seat being vacated by Zev Yaroslavsky on the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. Kuehl, who served as chair of the Senate...
Tags: Hilda Solis, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Sheila Kuehl, Politics, Local Elections
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