A controversial proposal by Los Angeles County Board members to “decarcerate” jails was withdrawn from Tuesday’s agenda after opposition from the public and law enforcement.
The agenda item was titled “Los Angeles County to take Actionable Next Steps to Depopulate and Decarcerate the Los Angeles County Jails.”
Introduced by Supervisors Lindsey Horvath and Hilda Solis, the proposal outlined that 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.”
The board was set to discuss the proposal during Tuesday’s meeting. But Solis said she withdrew the proposal after hearing concerns raised by the public, law enforcement, and other board members.
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“[S]ince 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, “To that end, I will be referring the motion back to my office so that I can continue to gather input from all stakeholders.”
Fox News Digital has reached out to Horvath’s office for additional comment.
Had the proposal been passed, the local sheriff would have been instructed to review its bail thresholds and to cite and release “individuals with aggregate bail amounts set at $50,000 or below.”
The Los Angeles Superior Court would also be directed to “implement the Emergency Bail Schedule that was in place at the height of the COVID pandemic” to “prioritize increased opportunities for pre-trial release.”
Last week, prison reform activists protested near the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, calling for the closure of the Men’s Central Jail in the downtown area of the city.
They…
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