Stephen Salazar Ceasar

justice program director, LA County Justice Care and Opportunities Department

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Measure J requires LA County to allocate funds to incarceration alternatives and community/youth programs, instead of police.

Measure J was meant to divert funds away from police. Activists say it’s slow going

Measure J requires LA County to allocate funds to incarceration alternatives and community/youth programs, instead of police.

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The City of Commerce has some of the worst air pollution in Los Angeles County and is lacking in a resource many of us take for granted: shade.

TreePeople provides free fruit trees to the concrete expanse of Commerce

The City of Commerce has some of the worst air pollution in Los Angeles County and is lacking in a resource many of us take for granted: shade.

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