Meanwhile, another motion proposed by the two supervisors would invest more in mental health to accommodate the released prisoners. and establish state-funded and managed alternative custody arrangements for individuals who are in custody based on the state's decision to revoke their parole.'Īnd, the motion called for a 'zero-bail schedule for individuals accused of low-level offenses, infractions, misdemeanors and some felony offenses, similar to the schedule that was put in place at the height of the COVID pandemic permanently,' as well as subsidizing a suspect's transportation to and from court.
Gavin Newsom's office to 'expedite release of individuals being held in custody on behalf of the state including granting the sheriff delegated authority to calculate credits, and release individuals directly from local custody. The public defenders' office would also be asked to 'develop recommendations, including staffing and budget needs, that will enable each office to help people resolve Failure to Appear warrants as a means of avoiding incarceration.'Īn early version of the proposal specified that the sheriff's office would release 'individuals with aggregate bail amounts set as $50,000 or below,' however, that provision does not appear in a revised version of the motion. Under their proposal, the the Los Angeles Superior Court would be directed to 'implement the Emergency Bail Schedule that was in place at the height of the COVID pandemic.' The sheriff's office would then be instructed to 'release individuals committed and/or sentenced to the County jails for misdemeanors and/or felonies who can be safely released back into the community' - though an earlier version of the proposal said it would apply to criminals with less than a $50,000 bond.Ĭritics, though, say the proposal could allow for the release of suspects accused of domestic violence, robbery and assault with a firearm - potentially including a driver who plowed into a Los Angeles street carnival in November and injured six people, but was only held on a $50,000 bond.
It would 'declare the state of mental health services and overcrowding in the Los Angeles County jails a humanitarian crisis, requiring the county to move with all deliberate speed on meaningful solutions and prioritize decreasing the number of individuals entering the Los Angeles County jails.' Woke Los Angeles County supervisors have quietly proposed a plan to depopulate jails by releasing incarcerated suspects.ĭemocrats Lindsey Horvath and Hilda Solis added a motion to Tuesday's public meeting entitled Los Angeles County to Take Actionable Steps to Depopulate and Decarcerate the Los Angeles County Jails.
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