LA County should keep homeless funding options open: Guest commentary
|
|
May 16, 2016
| Los Angeles Daily News
|
|
|
"According to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Supplemental Poverty Measure, California has the nation’s highest poverty rate (23.4 percent) and the highest child poverty rate. One-fourth of children in the state live in poverty..."
[...]
|
|
|
|
California: La salud está ligada al éxito académico
|
|
|
|
"Si queremos ayudar a nuestros estudiantes a sobresalir en la escuela, debemos enfocarnos en algo un poco inesperado: el seguro médico."
[...]
|
|
|
|
L.A. Board of Supes Votes to End Use of Solitary Confinement for Youth
|
|
May 3, 2015
| The Chroncle of Social Change
|
|
|
"The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted today to approve a measure that would curb the use of solitary confinement for youth in the county’s system of juvenile halls and camps."
[...]
|
|
|
|
California Juvenile Justice Advocates Push Ballot Measure
|
|
Apr 28, 2016
| The Chronicle of Social Change
|
|
|
"Juvenile-justice advocates in California are making a concerted push to gather signatures for a ballot measure that could decrease the number of juveniles tried in adult courts. In January, Governor Jerry Brown introduced..."
[...]
|
|
|
|
County considers overhauling juvenile justice system
|
|
Apr 16, 2016
| Los Angeles Wave
|
|
|
"LOS ANGELES — The county Board of Supervisors has voted to consider an overhaul of the public defender system that serves indigent criminal defendants, with a focus on making sure juveniles accused of crimes get justice."
[...]
|
|
|
|
Proposal Seeks Healthcare Coverage for Undocumented Immigrants in California
|
|
|
|
"California would be the first state in the nation to ask the federal government to allow immigrants in the country illegally to purchase health insurance through a state exchange under new proposed legislation."
[...]
|
|
|
|
Leveling the Playing Field with the Children’s Defense Fund
|
|
Apr 13, 2016
| Los Angeles Sentinel
|
|
|
"The Children’s Defense Fund gathered a panel of five women from different age groups and ethnicities at the California African American Museum to have an open conversation about what children need on Thursday, March 31."
[...]
|
|
|
|
The Power of Art to Build Strong Youth and Heal Trauma
|
|
Apr 11, 2016
| Huffington Post
|
|
|
"Recently, I joined hundreds of arts advocates at Los Angeles City Hall as a guest speaker for ArtsDay, part of an annual celebration of Arts Week 2016 focused on continuing and expanding investment in the arts."
[...]
|
|
|
|
|
|