Suit Opposes Transfer of Impaired Suspects
The Board of Supervisors Tuesday decided to sue the state to delay the transfer of 75 forensic patients to Lanterman Developmental Center in Pomona.
The plan has drawn cries of protest from neighbors, who fear that the patients--mentally disabled people who have been charged with crimes but deemed incompetent to stand trial--pose a safety threat. The cities of Diamond Bar, Pomona and Walnut already have sued the state to force public hearings, which they allege are required under environmental law.
On a motion by Supervisors Don Knabe and Mike Antonovich, the board Tuesday decided to join in the litigation. The board unanimously ordered county lawyers to draw up a lawsuit.
“It is not fair that the residents have not had a say in this process,” Knabe said in a statement.
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