Los Angeles County Centralizing Its Criminal Justice Programs

Los Angeles County, California, is creating a new department to house the county’s criminal justice programs - the Justice, Care and Opportunities department. The department will oversee three programs and initiatives that were previously separate: the Alternatives to Incarceration (ATI) Initiative fell under a separate ATI office, jail closure implementation fell under a separate Jail Closure Implementation Team, and the Office of Adult Programs was its own entity.

The motion to create the new department was introduced on February 15, 2022, by County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl, and was approved on March 2, 2022. The goal of the Justice, Care and . . .