A recent legal case out of Fontana should as a warning shot to local governments tempted to go overboard with their marijuana regulations.
The Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office has agreed to drop criminal charges against a Cal State L.A. professor and Black Lives Matter leader accused of disrupting L.A. Police Commission hearings and assaulting members of the LAPD.
A shot across the bow.
In the span of just two months, the City of Santa Ana has parted ways with its city manager, deputy city manager, city clerk, and a top city manager’s aide. The city manager’s departure alone will cost $400,000.
A new state law that has opened up years of police misconduct records to public disclosure is pitting law enforcement unions, local jurisdictions, and transparency advocates against one another in courtrooms across the state.
Federal investigators are looking at more than a dozen people, including two councilmen and members of Mayor Garcetti’s team.
“We inherited a mess with these pending lawsuits from the prior administration.”