September 2020
September 24, 2020
- County Proclaims ‘Rev. James M. Lawson, Jr. Day’ (LA Sentinel)
- Lula Washington Dance Theatre Creates Outdoor Class and Performance Space (LA Sentinel)
- LeBron James Rebuts Sheriff Alex Villanueva’s Claim That Sports Figures Fan ‘Flames of Hatred’ (OC Register)
- Commentary: LA Sheriff Villanueva is the People’s Lawman. (KABC 790)
September 23, 2020
- 7 Reasons Gavin Newsom Has the Worst Job in Politics (Yahoo News)
- Villanueva Says He Won’t Resign, Calls Critics ‘Downright Un-American’ (NBC 4)
September 22, 2020
- Supes Approve Funding to Address Digital Divide in County Schools (SCV News)
- Supreme Court Declines to Take Up Case of Homeless Sleeping on Sidewalks (KNX)
- LA County Board of Supervisors Approves $1.22 Billion Spending Plan in Coronavirus Relief Funds (KNX)
- Both LASD Deputies Shot in Compton Ambush Released From Hospital: Manhunt Continues for Suspect (Fox 6)
- LA County Board of Supervisors Approve Motion to Ensure Independent Investigation into Fatal Shooting of Andres Guardado (KNX)
- Program to House Homeless People in Hotels is Ending After Falling Short of Goal (Los Angeles Times)
September 21, 2020
- Sheriff Closes Critical Youth Center in West Adams (Spectrum)
- Civilian Watchdogs, 2 LA County Supervisors Call on Sheriff Alex Villanueva to Resign (Los Angeles Daily News)
- LA County Sheriff Ignores Oversight Panel Demand to Resign (SCV News)
- Villanueva Responds to Call for Resignation (Santa Clarita Valley Signal)
- Opinion: Navid Afkari? Dear Mayor, What About Alex Villanueva? (WEHOville)
- Los Angeles County Sheriff Hits Back at Leaders Calling for His Resignation (Fox News)
- Southland Leaders Eulogize Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (Spectrum)
- LA County Supervisors, Oversight Commission Members Call for Sheriff Villanueva’s Resignation (KHTS)
- LA Civilian Oversight Commission Members Denounce County Sheriff, Demand Resignation (The People’s Vanguard)
September 18, 2020
- Growing Calls for LA Sheriff Villanueva to Resign are ‘Unprecedented’ (KCRW)
- Two County Supes Join Civilian Oversight Panel Member’s Call for Sheriff Villanueva to Resign (LAist)
- 2 Los Angeles County Supervisors Call on Sheriff Alex Villanueva to Resign (My News LA)
- Several LA County, City Officials Calling for Sheriff Villanueva to Resign (ABC 7)
- Supervisors Join Civilian Oversight Commission Members in Calling On Sheriff Villanueva to Resign (KCAL)
- Police Watchdog Group Demands LA County Sheriff Resign (Courthouse News)
- Reward Soars for Information Leading to Gunman Who Shot Deputies (My News LA)
- Supervisor Ridley-Thomas Fights to Ensure Community Investment and Violence Intervention (HyperFresh)
September 17, 2020
- LA County to Establish Ordinance to Crack Down On Trafficking (AV Press)
- Council Expresses Support for LASD Deputies Shot in Compton (Malibu Times)
- Supes Vote to Create New Human Trafficking Ordinance Targeting Venues (SCV News)
- Debunking Sheriff Villanueva’s False or Misleading Claims About the Arrest of KPCC/LAist’s Josie Huang (LAist)
- Supes OK Motion to Back Prop. 17, to Restore Voting Rights to Parolees (SCV News)
- 1 of 2 LASD Deputies Shot in Compton Ambush Released From Hospital; Manhunt Continues For Suspect (FOX 10 News Phoenix)
- As LA’s COVID-Reduced Jail Population Once Again Surpasses Capacity, the LA County Supes Vote to Create a Jail Population Review Council (Witness LA)
- Sheriff Villanueva Needs to Resign, Some Oversight Board Members Say (LA Times)
- LA Sheriff’s Dept. Offers $100K Reward in Search for Man Who Shot 2 Deputies in Ambush-Style Attack (1060 AM)
- Column: For Decades, Activists Got Free Rent From a Leftist Landlord. His Son is Putting a Stop to It (LA Times)
- LA County Sheriff Disputes Claims of Lynwood Carjacking Suspect’s Connection to Compton Deputies Shooting (ABC 7)
- LA County Board of Supervisors Launch STAY HOUSED LA COUNTY (LA Sentinel)
September 15, 2020
- Reward Offered for Deputies’ Shooter (AV Press)
- Pasadena City College President Takes Sheriff’s Dept. to Task for Arresting Reporter (Pasadena Now)
- UPDATE: Go Fund Me Page Launched for 2 Deputies Shot in Ambush-Style Attack Caught on Video (KNX)
- Did Josie Huang Identify Herself as Press While Being Arrested? (Truth or Fiction)
- Barger Announces $100K Reward for Compton Shooting Suspect (Santa Clarita Valley Signal)
- Supes Launch ‘Stay Housed LA County’ Legal Aid Program for Tenants (SCV News)
- Deputies Arrest KPCC Reporter Covering Demonstration in Lynwood (KCET)
- Deputies Likely to Survive; $100,000 Reward to Identify Shooter (The Grunion)
September 14, 2020
- Supes Set $100K Reward for Info on Shooter of LASD Deputies (SCV News)
- Reporter Arrest Account, Backed by Video, Goes Against LA County Sheriff’s Department Version (NBC 4)
- Deputies Arrest KPCC Reporter Covering Demonstration in Lynwood (My News LA)
- $100,000 Reward Offered to Help Find, Convict Man Who Shot LA Deputies (Times-Herald)
- Josie Huang: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know (Heavy)
- WitnessLA on KCRW with Steve Chiotakis Talking About Shooting Deaths of Dijon Kizzee and Andres Guardado and the Problems with LASD Oversight (Witness LA)
- LAist Reporter Josie Huang Arrested While Covering Protest (LAist)
September 11, 2020
- City Panel Advises Against Ending Pact With Sheriff’s Dept. (Outlook Newspapers)
- Due to Popular Demand: Drive-In At the Park Movie Series Extended for California Residents (New Kerala)
September 10, 2020
- Dodgers Foundation Awarded $100,000 Grant From the MLB-MLBPA Youth Development Foundation for Dodgers Dreamfields at Gonzales Park in Compton (MLB)
- Amid the Epidemic of Police Shootings and Racialized Violence Supervisor Ridley-Thomas Hosts Leadership Dialogue (LA Sentinel)
- 500 Foster Families and South LA Residents Receive Care Packages From Operation Love Giveaway at Los Angeles Southwest College (LA Sentinel)
September 9, 2020
- LA County Voters Urged to Join Citizens Redistricting Commission (Mother Jones)
- LA City and County COVID-19 Weekly Update (JD Supra)
September 8, 2020
- ‘A Forgotten City’: An LA Community Beset by Police Violence and Crime Hopes for Change (LA Times)
- LA County Voters Urged to Join Citizens Redistricting Commission (LA Sentinel)
September 4, 2020
- LA County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas Says More Police Transparency Needed After 2 Fatal Shootings (KCRW)
- Dijon Kizzee Killing by Sheriff’s Deputies Is a Reminder That Biking While Black Is a Real Hazard in Racist America (Mother Jones)
- Sheriff’s Top Watchdog Says Department Blocked Him From Kizzee Autopsy (LAist)
- SCV Schools Awarded Share of $811K in LA County Arts Grants (SCV News)
September 3, 2020
- Reform of LA’s Homelessness Agency Seems Likely (LAist)
- LA County Board Funds Body-Worn Cameras for Sheriff’s Deputies (LA Sentinel)
- New Video Shows Fatal Police Shooting of Black Man in LA (Star Tribune)
- El Departamento del Alguacil Recibe el Primer Envío de Cámaras Corporales (Telemundo)
- Ofrecen Recompensa de $10,000 para Dar con Responsables del Asesinato de un Niño de 14 Años (Telemundo)
- Amid the Epidemic of Police Shootings and Racialized Violence Supervisor Ridley-Thomas Hosts Leadership Dialogue to Discuss Issues of Racism, Policing, the Pandemic and Beyond (LA Post)
- Due to Popular Demand: Drive-In At the Park Movie Series Extended for California Residents (The Press Net)
September 2, 2020
- LA County Prosecutors Probing Possible Officer Misconduct During Protests (SCV News)
- LA County Challenges Hatred: Let the Battle Begin (Los Angeles Blade)
- Board of Supervisors Green-Light Innovative Solution in Fight Against Coronavirus (Los Cerritos News)
- County Mulls Suing Sheriff Over Investigation of Deputy Shooting (The Patch)
- LA County Moves to Expand Worker Protections (My News LA)
- LA County Board Votes to Consider Restructuring Homeless Services Agency (My News LA)
- LA County Supervisors Ask Staff to Review Accountability, Governance Options for Lead Homeless Agency (Los Angeles Daily News)
- LA County Supervisors Approve $25.5 Million to Get Sheriff’s Body Cameras (Whittier Daily News)
- Supes Move to Tighten Oversight, Control of LAHSA Homeless Agency (SCV News)
- LA County Supervisors Seek Coroner’s Inquest Into Deputy’s Fatal Shooting of 18-Year-Old Near Gardena (Long Beach Telegram)
- LA County Board Funds Body-Worn Cameras for Sheriff’s Deputies (NBC 4)
- $10,000 Reward Offered in Fatal Florence-Firestone Shooting of 14-Year-Old Boy (My News LA)
September 1, 2020
- Small Businesses, Nonprofits Get Boost from County’s $100M COVID-19 Recovery Fund (SCV News)
- At Freedom Schools, Empowering Black and Latino Students Is Part of the Lesson Plan (LA Times)
- Small Businesses In LA County Can Now Apply for Grants From $98M Regional COVID Fund (KCAL)
- Local Pizza Hut, Original Tommy’s Settle Charges of Minimum Wage Violations (My News LA)
- LA County Board May Reconsider Structure of Homeless Services Agency (Spectrum News 1)
