Despite hours of public opposition testimony calling the action racist and a failure to demand accountability, the county Board of Supervisors proclaimed a local emergency Tuesday over the troubled Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in Downey.

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The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is expected to proclaim a local emergency at the beleaguered Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall on Tuesday. According to the board, the emergency proclamation will activate the county’s “emergency powers” to increase staffing and address problems that are at the root of the Board of State and Community Corrections’ recent directive to close the facility by Dec. 12.   
	
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Officials expected to declare local emergency at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall

More than 260 young people remain housed at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in Downey — despite a deadline that some say should have moved them out as of Dec. 12.  Roshell Amezcua from the Juvenile Justice Clinic at Loyola Law School represents several young people at Los Padrinos.  “They are violating the law currently,” Amezcua said of the County and the Probation Department.  
			  
					
						
															
																		    
							
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New proposal for LA County juvenile hall following deadline to transfer youth

County officials hope to add 200 to 300 more staff to the Downey detention facility by pressing "disaster service workers" and retirees into service.

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LA County enacts emergency powers to save failing Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall

The juvenile hall has been plagued with operational issues since it was hastily reopened last year to house detainees relocated from Central Juvenile Hall in Boyle Heights and Barry J. Nidorf Juvenile Hall in Sylmar.

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LA County to proclaim local emergency over Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is expected to proclaim a local emergency today over the troubled Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in Downey, which has been ordered closed by state regulators but is continuing to operate…

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Supervisors poised to proclaim emergency over juvenile hall

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is expected to proclaim a local emergency Tuesday over the troubled Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in Downey, which has been ordered closed by state regulators but is continuing to operate due to a lack of any alternate facility to hold the youth detained there. The juvenile hall has been plagued with operational issues since it was hastily reopened last year to house detainees relocated from Central Juven…

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Letter: County to activate employees as Disaster Service Workers to help staff embattled juvenile hall

December 17, 2024 (KTLA) The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Tuesday is expected to proclaim a local emergency over the troubled Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in Downey, which has been ordered closed by state regulators but is continuing to operate due to a lack of any alternate facility to hold the youth detained there. The juvenile hall has been plagued with operational issues since it was hastily reopened last year to house detainees rel…

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