June 2020
June 29, 2020
- LA County Leaders Answer Demands For A Reimagined 911 And Other Systemic Changes (Witness LA)
- Body Cameras Expected For Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputies By July (KHTS)
June 27, 2020
- L.A. Nursing Homes Still in Great Danger (LA Progressive)
- How Nick Gabaldon Surfed Against Southern California’s Tide of Segregation (Surfer)
June 25, 2020
- Judge approves housing for 7,000 Los Angeles homeless people living near freeways (JD Supra)
- BOS greenlights pilot program to serve homeless people with mental illness (Signal)
- Mayor Eric Garcetti Addresses Homeless Crisis During L.A. Family Housing Virtual Gala: “This Has Been a Season of Great Loss” (Hollywood Reporter)
- Sheriff Announces Multi-Agency Task Force To Investigate Deadly Use of Force (My News LA)
June 24, 2020
- L.A. County Supervisors, Sheriff Argue Over Crisis Response, Delays (SCV News)
- LA County Supes Unanimously Call For Independent Oversight Of Investigation Into LASD Shooting Andres Guardado (Witness LA)
June 23, 2020
- IN DEPTH: Understanding Racism and Civil Rights with Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas (Fox 11)
- Questions Swirl As Family And Friends Demand Justice For 18-Year-Old Killed By LA Sheriff’s Deputy (NY Times)
- Andres Guardado’s death is the latest evidence of the extent of police violence in the country (Al Dia)
- Family of 18-year-old fatally shot by LA deputy calls for outside investigation (Revolt TV)
June 21, 2020
- Gail Mitchell, Stevie Wonder’s KJLH and Dick Griffey Honored by Black Business Association (Eur Web)
- LASD Says Teen Fatally Shot in Back by Deputy Had Illegal Gun (My News LA)
- Man Shot to Death by Sheriff’s Deputy Carried Illegal Handgun (KFI)
- So Sad: Los Angeles Police Killed 18-Year-Old Andres Guardado; Family Seeks Independent Investigation (Bossip)
- Family of security guard, 18, fatally shot six times by police while he was on duty after cops say he ‘produced a gun and ran away’ call for independent investigation amid claims of a ‘cover-up’ (Daily Mail)
June 19, 2020
- Marches, Parades, Discussions Mark Juneteenth in L.A. County (KCET)
- On LA County’s Juneteenth, marchers ramp up the message: ‘Black lives, they matter here!’ (Los Angeles Daily News)
- ‘Pandemic within a pandemic:’ What’s fueling LA County’s coronavirus death toll in nursing homes? (Los Angeles Daily News)
June 16, 2020
- Gardena shooting: Local leaders call for independent investigation as authorities examine security cameras at scene of 18-year-old’s death (ABC 7)
- Gardena shooting: Local leaders call for independent investigation as authorities examine security cameras at scene of 18-year-old’s death (NBC 4)
June 13, 2020
- Homelessness Deepens in Los Angeles County, Jumps 13% (NY Times)
- The Results of This Year’s Homeless Count Are Grim—and They Don’t Take the Pandemic’s Impact into Account (LA Magazine)
- 2020 Homeless Count Results (NBC)
- 2020 Homeless Count Results (KTLA)
June 12, 2020
- Renewed call to abolish law enforcement ‘chokehold’ (Our Weekly)
- Exclusive; Governor ‘Reimagines Policing’ withCriminal Justice and Policing Reforms; Gov. Gavin Newsom outlines his plan to ignite positive change in the law enforcement arena (LA Watts Times)
- Supervisors Aim to Retain Lower Jail Population Post COVID-19 Crisis (LA Sentinel)
- Sentinel Exclusive: Governor ‘Reimagines Policing’ with Criminal Justice and Policing Reforms (LA Sentinel)
- Whittier police chief defends use-of-force policy (Whittier Daily News)
June 11, 2020
- $10,000 Reward Renewed in Fatal Hawthorne Shooting (My News LA)
- Rep. Karen Bass saw police reforms fizzle after Rodney King. She doesn’t plan to let that happen again (LA Times)
- L.A. County Backs Bill Expanding Tax Fraud Penalties (My News LA)
- Park to Playa Bridge Work Set To Shut Down La Cienega This Weekend (My News LA)
- LA Supervisors Delay Vote on Sheriff Use-Of-Force Policies (My News LA)
- LA County wants to give $3,000 each to small businesses coming back from coronavirus (LA Daily News)
- L.A. County Approves Grants, Other Support for Businesses Reopening (KFI)
- LAPD Issues Immediate Moratorium of Carotid Restraint Control Hold (My News LA)
- AG Becerra and Assemblymember Stone Gain Support from the LA County Board of Supervisors to Strengthen the False Claims Act (YubaNet)
- L.A. County Leaders Want To Keep Juvenile Incarceration Numbers Low After Pandemic (The Chronicle for Social Change)
June 7, 2020
- ‘Don’t Say Something, Do Something’: Gov. Newsom Meets With Community Members In South LA Amid Ongoing Unrest (CBS)
- Newsom Meets With Community, Business Leaders in South LA (My News LA)
- Newsom says California would ‘reject’ Trump’s attempts to send military into major cities (Hasting Tribune)
- Governor Newsom met with community leaders, business owners in South LA (Fox 11)
- In Visiting LA, Newsom Calls Out Police And Schools For Reform (Patch)
- Gobernador Newsom se reúne con líderes comunitarios y empresariales (Telemundo)
June 5, 2020
- George Floyd death: Voices of the community (ABC 7)
- Gov. Newsom Meets With Community, Business Leaders in South LA (NBC 4)
- Newsom says California would ‘reject’ Trump’s attempts to send military into major cities (LA Times)
- Newsom lands in LA as protests continue in wake of George Floyd death (Daily News)
- Charles R. Drew University’s COVID-19 Testing Site Offers Timely Community Services (LA Sentinel)
- LA County Supervisors Demand All Local Police Agencies Adopt 8 Use-Of-Force Policies (KCAL)
- California governor highlights previous moves on inequality (Napa Valley Register)
- Hahn and Ridley-Thomas Want LA County Sheriff and All 46 Local Police Departments to Adopt Use of Force Restriction Policies (Los Angeles Post)
- The Time is Now for a Public Reckoning on the Killing of Un-armed Black Men in America (LA Sentinel)
June 4, 2020
- In Los Angeles, the Ghosts of Rodney King and Watts Rise (New York Times)
- LA County Looking to Data, Texts to Ensure Court Appearances (Tech Wire)
- Los Angeles Protests (ABC World News Now)
June 3, 2020
- Metro bus, train shutdown slammed by riders, officials (LA Times)
- More Scrutiny for Nursing Homes Hit by Coronavirus (Boulevard Sentinel)
- Global cases top 6.1 million; China says U.S. ‘addicted to quitting’ after WHO withdrawal (CNBC)
- Glendora Hair Salons, Barbershops, In-Person Dining To Reopen Immediately With Safeguards In Place (Patch)
- State OK’s L.A. County In-Person Dining, Opening of Hair Salons, Barbershops (SCV News)
- George Floyd protests could increase US coronavirus cases (MEAWW)
June 1, 2020
- Death of George Floyd and LA’s R esponse (Spectrum News 1)
- Death of George Floyd and LA’s R esponse (Spectrum News 1)
- Death of George Floyd and LA’s Response (ABC-7)
