Cities Tried to Drive Away Section 8 Recipients, Lawsuit Alleges
The NAACP has filed a lawsuit accusing two cities in northern Los Angeles County of trying to drive out people -- most of them black -- who moved to the Antelope Valley with the help of the federally subsidized housing program Section 8. Palmdale settled with the plaintiffs last week, but Lancaster's mayor is taking a defiant stance.
Last 1,100 Youth Inmates Housed by State Most Violent
Last year, Governor Jerry Brown proposed closing down all state-run youth prisons and eliminating the state's Division of Juvenile Justice. Counties have taken responsibility for the better part of roughly 10,000 offenders under the age of 26. But the last 1,100 young inmates still in state hands require a lot of careful attention.