Over the past several years, probation departments across California, from Orange County to Sacramento, have significantly overhauled the process used to determine when and if the agency should contact immigration authorities if a juvenile in custody is suspected of being undocumented.
Yearly Archives: 2015
Posted inCountywide, Government, Top Stories
A Mother’s Hard Lessons Learned
A mother says that if she’d had a better understanding of her son’s juvenile justice proceedings, the information would have guided her decisions in court in the spring of 2012 when he was found delinquent for carrying a weapon – a pocket knife – on school grounds.
Posted inGovernment, Top Stories
Supervisors Slated to Delay Plans to Ax OIR Director
The Orange County Board of Supervisors was planning to show Office of Independent Review head Steve Connolly the door by the end of this month. But the board is now scheduled to give him another four months.
Posted inCountywide, Top Stories
An OC Teen Teeters on the Edge of Deportation
Alex had landed in Orange County’s juvenile hall after bringing a pocket knife to school in 2012. Since, he’s lived on a slippery slope toward deportation.
Posted inCountywide, Investigative, Top Stories
Lost Boys: Undocumented Youth Face Perilous Journey Through Justice System
For years, legal scholars and immigrant youth advocates have clashed with probation departments regarding the disclosure of confidential information about undocumented juveniles to federal immigration authorities without a court order. Part one of a four-part series.
Posted inCommunity Opinion, Countywide, Health & Wellness
Goldstein: Legalized marijuana benefits, not hurts, society
A veteran law enforcement argues that benefits of legalizing marijuana outweigh opponents’ fears — increased cost, crime and drug use — by being more cost efficient and offering competition for illegal sales.
Posted inCountywide, Investigative, Norberto Santana Jr.
Santana: OC Supervisors Trash Auditors, Accountability
Voice of OC Publisher Norberto Santana, Jr. warns taxpayers about a looming accountability crisis in county government with the County’s Performance Auditor fired, the Office of Independent Review battered, the Internal Audit Department transferred and the abrupt retirement of the county’s Human Resources Director in protest.
Posted inAnaheim, Countywide, Health & Wellness, Top Stories
Controversial Tennis Center Renovation Back in Anaheim Budget
The planned renovation of the tennis center was pulled from the budget in 2013 after it sparked outrage among Latino activists and Mayor Tom Tait. Now it’s back and with a higher price tag.
Posted inCommunity Opinion, Countywide, Health & Wellness, Housing & Homelessness
Johnson: Homelessness in Laguna Beach – Tragedy and Hope
The ACLU Foundation of Southern California sued the City of Laguna Beach over its handling of homeless people recently. Attorney Plaitniffs’ Heather Maria Johnson explains what advocates want and why they think they’ll win.
Posted inPress Releases
ACLU Sues Laguna Beach Over Treatment of Homeless People
For the second time in a decade, the organization has sued the city for failing to provide adequate facilities for homeless people with mental and physical disabilities.
