The former L.A. City Council member this week asked a federal judge to discard the jury’s guilty verdicts and grant him a new trial in the high-profile corruption case.
California is facing an unprecedented mental health crisis that has been decades in the making. KCRW takes a look at how we got here and whether there’s a remedy.
Federal prosecutors finished presenting evidence in their corruption case Friday against suspended Los Angeles City Councilmember Mark Ridley-Thomas, clearing the way for the powerful lawmaker’s defense to share its side of the case next week.
Three people who were apparently experiencing mental health crises have been killed by the LAPD this year. Many question where de-escalation teams were.
Dr. Jonathan Sherin railed against the red tape and underfunding plaguing the county department of mental health when he stepped down. His successor will face similar problems.