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Ben Crump, a prominent civil rights attorney, said Thursday he was gathering evidence for a federal discrimination lawsuit against Los Angeles County to investigate whether discrimination played a role in the Eaton fire response.
Eric Batman, a 24-year veteran of the Department of Public Works, sued L.A. County on Tuesday after his bosses refused to let him work remotely in June, when the Pride flag hangs in front of many L.A. County buildings.
A co-founder and former partner at Downtown LA Law Group — a personal injury firm that has recently filed thousands of claims alleging sexual abuse in government facilities — is charged by the California State Bar with taking on clients in states where he was not properly licensed.
L.A. County’s supervisors called on the Sheriff’s Department to implement new health and safety measures after 10 inmate deaths in the first two months of this year.
A California State Bar probe into Downtown LA Law Group, the firm at the center of the scandal that has engulfed Los Angeles County’s $4-billion sex abuse settlement, is in limbo as the firm fights to keep thousands of legal filings out of the hands of investigators.
The mother of Tilly Servin is suing L.A. County’s child protection agency for placing the toddler, who prosecutors believe was tortured to death, with her father.
State legislators are considering changes to a law that extended the statute of limitations for lawsuits over sexual abuse, triggering a tidal wave of decades-old claims that local leaders warn has pushed budgets to the brink of bankruptcy.
County supervisors say it’s the only way to keep the health system from collapse. Cities have their doubts.
County supervisors are crafting a proposal for a November ballot measure that would shift final say in public safety labor contracts to an arbitration panel.
L.A. County supervisors and healthcare advocates are pushing for a half-cent sales tax to cover services that are expected to be lost due to cutbacks in federal funding.
