LOS ANGELES—A proposal to declare a humanitarian crisis in Los Angeles County’s overcrowded jail system and begin efforts to dramatically pare down the inmate population was pulled April 3 from this week’s Board of Supervisors agenda amid opposition from some board members and law enforcement groups.
The motion to “depopulate and decarcerate” the jails—introduced by Supervisors Hilda Solis and Lindsey Horvath, and originally scheduled for a vote Tuesday—was met with backlash from law enforcement organizations when it was published late last week. Among those opposing the plan was the Los Angeles County Association of Deputy District Attorneys, which bashed it as “dangerous and reckless.”
