Overview

• Supervisors voted 4-1 to ban chemical agents in juvenile facilities and directed the chief probation officer to return within 60 days with a plan to complete the phaseout within two years.
• The motion renews the county’s contract with the Council of Juvenile Justice Administrators and requires the council to share findings and reports with the Board and a new juvenile justice subcommittee.
• The package also de-emphasizes room and solitary confinement in youth centers and mandates trauma-informed de-escalation training for all probation officers working with youth.
• A separate proposal to expand the Citizens’ Law Enforcement Review Board’s authority over jail medical and mental-health staff was continued to next month after Sheriff Kelly Martinez sought a delay and promoted a third-party clinical model.
• Martinez’s office acknowledged an error in a memo that cited a nonexistent Los Angeles County oversight unit, as public testimony highlighted safety concerns, union calls to reduce rather than eliminate pepper spray, and an ongoing state civil-rights investigation.