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Pressure Mounts on LA County Sheriff Alex Villanueva to Resign As More Groups Join Resignation Effort

June 9, 2021 2:58 pm

The Los Angeles County Democratic Party (LACDP) became the latest group calling for the resignation of Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva on Tuesday, formally adopting a resolution that specifically notes the shooting of Andres Guardado as the main reason...

Black Lives Matters-Los Angeles Calls For Police Unions To Be Decertified, Dissolved

February 26, 2021 7:40 amMarch 4, 2021 11:51 am

On Wednesday, Black Lives Matter-Los Angeles (BLMLA) announced a new campaign to decertify the two largest law enforcement unions in Southern California as labor unions and to disband them. According to BLMLA, they want both the Police Protective League, the...

Gov. Newsom Signs ‘Kobe Bryant Law’

September 29, 2020 2:38 pmSeptember 29, 2020 2:39 pm

On Monday, Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law a bill that will fine first responders who share photos of accident scenes. Assembly Bill 2655, authored by Assemblyman Mike Gipson (D-Carson), will make sharing a photo of a body from a...

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Clears Protest Camp Outside LA City Hall

September 15, 2020 11:30 am

On Sunday, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) cleared Grand Park, a large park across from Los Angeles City Hall, of all protesters and demonstrators, ending a four-month-long encampment in the area. The end of a four-month old protest...

Christy Smith Indicates Support for Defunding LAPD, LA Sheriff in Tweet

July 9, 2020 5:18 pmJuly 10, 2020 3:43 pm

Wednesday, Democrat Assemblywoman Christy Smith (CA-25) Tweeted indicating support of the Los Angeles City Council and Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors’ decision to slash LAPD and Los Angeles County Sheriff’s budgets, blaming the cuts on an economic crisis created...

First Responders Face Jail Time for Sharing Accident Photos in New Bill

May 8, 2020 6:50 pmMay 12, 2020 9:10 am

This week, a bill that would jail and fine first responders who share photographs of accident scenes was moved up to the Assembly Public Safety Committee. Assembly Bill 2655, written by Assemblyman Mike Gipson (D-Carson), specifically notes that sharing a...