Thousands of communities across the country have passed laws that encourage landlords to evict or exclude tenants who have had some level of interaction with law enforcement. In California, the programs disproportionately affect Black and Latino residents.
Neo-Nazis and skinhead groups have been a constant threat, and for years L.A. County officials in collusion with sheriff's deputies have discriminated against Black people in Section 8 housing.
Citing a LAist/ProPublica report that sheriff’s deputies disproportionately stopped and cited Black students, LA County’s Inspector General said he will look into allegations of racial discrimination in California’s Antelope Valley high schools.
L.A. County’s Inspector General is looking into allegations of racial discrimination raised by a joint LAist-ProPublica investigation on high school campuses in the Antelope Valley.