Summary:
In the first four months of 2021, the District Attorney’s Office declined to file charges on 537 Santa Clarita Valley criminal cases already 156% of the total number of declined cases for the entire previous year. If the trend holds for the rest of the year, it will represent a 369% increase in rejected cases. Of those rejected cases, 60% are the result of new policy directives by L.A. County District Attorney George Gascón, fueling concerns among some government leaders that Gascón’s plan to reform the system is threatening public safety.
Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies had already arrested 25-year-old Alfredo Alvarez, of Newhall, 11 times in the previous 12 months, before he was accused of helping someone he’d just met outside of jail with another allegation. According to witnesses, Alvarez was a lookout as his alleged accomplice pulled a knife on two diners and demanded their cellphones in front of the county’s oldest restaurant, the Saugus Cafe
Tucsonans residents express gratitude for eviction relief
Local families describe the harsh reality of almost losing their homes in the midst of a pandemic
Tucsonans residents express gratitude for eviction relief By Bailey O Carroll | March 16, 2021 at 7:20 PM MST - Updated March 16 at 7:20 PM
TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD News 13) - Today, the Pima County Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 to use up to $2 million of Cares Act Funding to help people facing eviction stay in their homes.
The county says most of the money will go to providing those facing eviction with legal representation.
“You don’t even go to sleep, you kind of just sit up thinking, ‘what do I do next,’ you know?” said Victor Preciado, a Tucson resident.