1. LA District Attorney Nathan Hochman has lost all credibility. For months, he said he was waiting for #LAPD to finish its investigation before considering charges against ICE agent Brian Palacios for shooting Keith Porter Jr.

Morally bankrupt decision by District Attorney Nathan Hochman to protect racists inside the #LAPD

The #Homeboy5K is Sept. 19! Every step we take and every dollar we raise supports Homeboy Industries—the world’s largest gang rehabilitation and re-entry program. They provide job training, education & healing for formerly incarcerated & gang-involved individuals. raceroster.com/events/2026/...

🎉 Congratulations to @bklyndefender.bsky.social Union on reaching a tentative agreement! Public defenders deserve the pay, benefits, and working conditions they need to keep fighting for their clients every day. This is a reminder that when we organize, we win. #1u #Solidarity

A grand jury says the Sheriff's watchdog needs independent legal counsel because county attorneys are representing both the watchdog AND the Sheriff's Department. That's not oversight. That's an unmistakable conflict of interest. www.latimes.com/california/s...

Law enforcement has quietly expanded the use of controversial jailhouse "Perkins" stings, using deception, undercover operatives, and psychological pressure to extract “confessions” from people in custody. Accountability shouldn't end at the jailhouse door. calmatters.org/justice/2026...

Freedom shouldn't depend on the size of your bank account. Cash bail punishes poverty, keeps legally innocent people in jail & pressures people to plead guilty just to go home. The fight to end wealth-based detention is a fight for justice & due process. inthesetimes.com/article/bail...

Good news! CA's homicide rate hit a record low in 2025, alongside historic declines in violent & property crime. Let’s keep this going by investing in communities, protecting your rights, and fully funding the public defenders who make due process possible. www.sfchronicle.com/crime/articl...

Underfunding public defense puts Americans’ constitutional rights in peril. WA's public defense system is stretched to the breaking point, with overwhelming caseloads and attorney shortages. Justice can't exist when clients don’t have legal representation. davisvanguard.org/2026/07/wash...

People in LA County custody shouldn't have to wait weeks or months for medication to treat addiction. Overdoses made up about 25% of in-custody deaths in 2025. Timely access to treatment can save lives. www.latimes.com/california/s...

Families have spent years fighting for the right to visit their incarcerated loved ones with dignity. AB 2434 would help end arbitrary visitation denials and protect families from needless harm. We'll keep fighting until these protections are guaranteed. calmatters.org/commentary/2...

Over $1 BILLION has been spent on litigation tied to the LA County Sheriff's & Probation Departments since 2013, including cases involving excessive force & dangerous jail conditions. Imagine if those dollars had been invested in care instead. lapublicpress.org/2026/06/sher...

A year later, we're still seeing the lasting harm caused by ICE raids and carceral systems. Family separation is cruel. Communities deserve safety, stability, and dignity, not fear and detention. Our strength comes from community, not cages. lapublicpress.org/2026/06/la-i...

California can afford endless prison overtime, but education and rehabilitation are on the chopping block? That's a choice. Real public safety means investing in people, not pouring more money into incarceration. calmatters.org/justice/2026...

1. This past Saturday, Local 148 was proud to sponsor the Black Public Defender Association Annual Juneteenth Scholarship Reception! 🎓 High tuition shouldn't stand in the way of justice!

If this is how police treat their own colleagues, how do you think they treat regular Angelenos? You won’t believe the stories of police abuse we’ve heard from our clients over the years. www.latimes.com/california/s...

1. #Juneteenth is often called America’s Second Independence Day—the day freedom finally reached the last enslaved Black people in Galveston, Texas. As public defenders, we know that the fight for true liberation didn’t end in 1865.

1. We are incredibly proud to see groundbreaking civil rights attorney and former public defender Mia Yamamoto named as a Grand Marshal for this year’s LA Pride Parade! Born in a Japanese-American internment camp during WWII and later serving as a decorated Vietnam War veteran.

HAPPY PRIDE MONTH LOS ANGELES! Our union will always stand up for the rights and power of the LGBTQ+ community.

THIS! Solano County #publicdefenders have refused to accept new cases until a contract is signed. We stand in solidarity with our colleagues at Teamsters Local 150. They are demanding that Solano County address low pay and high caseloads. fox40.com/video/public...

1. “Public defenders are the last line of defense for the poor. The only ones standing between the state and the cage. They’re underfunded, overworked, and underappreciated. They fight a system designed to process people, not seek truth. And they do it anyway." (continued...)

Public Defenders See You When the System Doesn't - Davis Vanguard

Public defenders constitute a fundamental component of legal representation for indigent defendants, operating within a criminal justice framework frequently criticized for prioritizing case processin...

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LA! Make sure you vote by Tuesday! Vote by mail this weekend, or find your polling place at this link: sos.ca.gov/elections/po... We’re proud to endorse Marissa Roy, Eunisses Hernandez, Hugo Soto-Martinez, @faizahforla.bsky.social, @johnericksonwh.bsky.social, Estuardo Mazariegos, and Jane Kim

1. @johnericksonwh.bsky.social has the bold vision California needs in the State Senate. We’re especially impressed by his thoughtful approach to public safety, which recognizes that sending armed police to every crisis is not how we create truly safe communities.

1. Jane Kim is our choice for California Insurance Commissioner. She’s committed to taking on the exploitative cash bail industry and fighting for an insurance system that actually works for people—not big corporations.

1. We endorse Estuardo Mazariegos for City Council! He is a community leader with nearly two decades of experience fighting for working-class communities.

1. Faizah is the best choice to make LA safer & healthier! She has a comprehensive vision for addressing crime & violence: bolstering LA's response with upstream harm prevention, community violence intervention, unarmed care-based crisis response and survivor support.

1. Proud to endorse Hugo for City Council. He has been a consistent voice for investing in what actually makes communities safer & healthier: mental health care, affordable housing, community-led youth programs, unarmed traffic enforcement, unarmed mental health crisis response & universal childcare

1. We’re proud to endorse Eunisses for LA City Council! Eunisses understands something many politicians still don’t: LA cannot arrest its way out homelessness, addiction, or poverty.

1. #MarissaRoy brings a commonsense, evidence-based approach to public safety that will make Angelenos safer. The Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office is the second largest prosecutorial agency in the US, and its policies have a direct impact on tens of thousands of people every year.

Why does the #LAPD keep turning off body cameras? This is a department with a long, well-documented history of excessive force and misconduct. Angelenos deserve transparency, accountability, and far better from those sworn to protect them. www.latimes.com/california/s...