Los Angeles County supervisors voted to declare a local emergency to prevent the closure of Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall, citing a critical staffing shortage. The emergency declaration grants temporary authority to the probation chief to reassign staff from other county departments to assist the agency. This comes after the state ordered the closure due to safety concerns.
L.A. County agreed to bestow new powers on its beleaguered probation chief, giving him temporary authority to redirect some of the county's workforce as the agency defies a state order to shut down Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in Downey over lack of staffing.
The union representing deputy probation officers did not directly respond to supervisors' allegations that some in their ranks were improperly on medical leave, but said they supported the emergency order and believed Los Padrinos needed to be kept open. Advocates for the closure of Los Padrinos argue that the county is severely downplaying the findings of the state oversight board and fearmongering over the danger of what could happen if the youths inside are released.
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