NEWS RELEASES

Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced today the exonerations and release of Jofama Coleman and Abel Soto, each of whom spent two decades in prison for a murder they did not commit in May 2003.

After years living in tents or RVs in unincorporated Lennox, Walnut Park and Firestone Park, and in the City of Hawthorne, all 27 people recently moved into a new apartment complex called The Dalton, thanks in part to a newly expanded effort to increase the affordable housing stock countywide through master leasing.

On February 20, the City of Rancho Palos Verdes City Council requested the Governor consider proclaiming a State of Emergency to suspend and waive state permitting requirements to allow the City to immediately begin work on landslide stabilization measures. The City Council’s request included requesting the President declare a federal disaster to deploy FEMA resources.

Recently, the Department of Public Health (DPH) received a Proposition 65 Notice from the California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) regarding the threatened illegal discharge of hazardous waste from the Chiquita Canyon Landfill.

The Los Angeles County Department of Animal Care and Control (DACC) wishes to provide clarifying information regarding the fatal dog attack in Compton, California, on February 16.