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Families protest the level of services the state provides to disabled people at a demonstration outside the Regional Center of Orange County in Costa Mesa on Sept. 29, 2022. (Christina House / Los ...
Despite the growing diagnosis of autism, which has been estimated to affect more than 2 million children and teens across the country, experts and advocates have bemoaned glaring gaps in services ...
The Superior Court of Los Angeles County is the California Superior Court located in Los Angeles County. It is the largest single unified trial court in the United States. The Superior Court operates 36 courthouses throughout the county. Currently, the Presiding Judge is Sergio C. Tapia II and David W. Slayton is the Executive Officer/Clerk of ...
From 1997 to 2014, she was a Deputy District Attorney in the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. From 2015 to 2025, she served as a judge of the Los Angeles County Superior Court . From 2018 to 2019, she was an associate justice pro tem on the California Court of Appeal after being appointed by then Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye .
In 2018, SB 1045 was signed into California law, establishing a pilot program in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and San Diego counties, if the counties approve. It would allow for the creation of a conservatorship for a person who is unable to care for his or her own health and well-being due to serious mental illness and substance use disorder.
An autistic child. The struggle for services. The 911 calls. This is the harrowing story of how one mom scrambled to get help for her son and keep her head above water.
Median spending for a judicial office of the Los Angeles County Superior Court has risen from $3,177 in 1970 to $70,000 in 1994. [45] Fresno County public defenders have protested excessive case loads, carrying about 1,000 felony cases a year giving them an average of only about two hours and five minutes per case. [46]
The building houses attorneys from Los Angeles County Counsel, Los Angeles Dependency Lawyers, and Children's Law Center. In 2012, the media gained unprecedented access to the court. [ 1 ] At that time, about 25,000 cases annually went before the combined 21 judges, commissioners and referees who oversee the cases.