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L.A. County supervisor outlines a new jail proposal
Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky wants the board to consider tearing down part of the troubled Men's Central Jail and building a facility to house mentally ill and drug addicted inmates, which he says would offer all prisoners a better chance...
Tags: Prisons, Substance Abuse, Lee Baca, Behavioral Conditions, Mental Illness
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L.A. Philharmonic concerned about potential subway noise
Nothing in the Los Angeles Philharmonic's repertoire calls for 135-ton trains. The orchestra aims to keep it that way when Metro light rail cars start rumbling through a subway tunnel near Walt Disney Concert Hall. Experts who know the hall's...
Tags: Subway Transportation Industry, Music, Arts, Transportation, Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
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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: Juvenile Delinquency, Business Enterprises, Theft, Crime, Law and Justice, Mark Ridley-Thomas
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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: Juvenile Delinquency, Theft, Child Abuse, Local Government, Mark Ridley-Thomas
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L.A. worries about immigration reform's cost to taxpayers
As Congress takes up immigration reform, Los Angeles County officials are voicing concerns that local taxpayers will be "left holding the bag" to pay for the brunt of healthcare and other services for the multitudes of immigrants who apply for...
Tags: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Politics, Immigration, Jeff Sessions, Local Government
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L.A. County officials worried about costs of immigration overhaul
WASHINGTON — Few regions will absorb the impact of future immigration reforms more than Los Angeles County, home to an estimated 1.1 million people in the country illegally, one-tenth of the nation's total. As the Senate Judiciary Committee...
Tags: Politics, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Barack Obama, Labor Legislation, Jeff Sessions
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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: Starbucks Corp., Mark Ridley-Thomas, Abusive Behavior, Gloria Molina
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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: Juvenile Delinquency, Mark Ridley-Thomas, Accounting and Auditing, Abusive Behavior, Gloria Molina
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L.A. County supervisors to consider cutting Grand Park filming fees
Los Angeles County supervisors are scheduled to vote Tuesday on whether to eliminate or reduce filming fees at their newly opened downtown Grand Park to entice Hollywood to use the site more. Movie productions currently have to spend $20,000 per block...
Tags: Michael Antonovich , Mark Ridley-Thomas, Don Knabe
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LAPD's 'magic number' of 10,000 officers losing some luster
In 1989, then-Los Angeles Councilman Zev Yaroslavsky unveiled an audacious plan to boost the city police force by more than 25% to 10,000 officers. He couldn't have imagined that city leaders would chase that goal for nearly a quarter of a century...
Tags: Wendy Greuel, Politics, Antonio Villaraigosa, Crime, Law and Justice, Eric Garcetti
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County supervisors to vote on NBCUniversal park expansion
Los Angeles County Supervisors are scheduled to vote Tuesday on zoning regulations that would allow NBCUniversal to expand its Hollywood theme park and add more movie and television production facilities. The company has proposed spending nearly $1.6...Tags: Tom LaBonge, Travel, Amusement and Theme Parks, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Theme Park Vacations
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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: Juvenile Delinquency, Laws, Child Abuse, Crime, Law and Justice, Trials
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