County supervisor withdraws controversial proposal that sought to lower population of Los Angeles County jails
The proposal by supervisors Hilda Solis and Lindsey Horvath called for declaring a "humanitarian crisis" in the jails.
It proposed to have agencies evaluate and expand programs to keep people out of jail even after they are convicted of misdemeanors or some felonies. That would include the expanded use of electronic monitoring instead of jail time, encouraging courts to grant $0 bail for pretrial detainees facing misdemeanor and low-level felony charges, and transferring more convicted inmates to the state prison system.
"Since the motion was published, my office has received concerns from a variety of stakeholders - those who feel the motion is not doing enough and those who feel it is doing too much," Solis said in a statement released Monday. "To that end, I will be referring the motion back to my office so that I can continue to gather input from all stakeholders. We must help balance the needs of public safety while also getting into compliance with our federal obligations.
"Any plan to reduce the population of our jails needs to be decided in partnership with law enforcement, our deputy district attorneys, and our courts. I understand that my colleague plans to pull this item from the agenda and I think that is the right decision."
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