Which Way, L.A.?
Can LA's Child Protection System Be Fixed?
Would a "child welfare czar" make a difference in LA? And what does Tribune's dividend payout mean for the LA Times?
By Warren Olney • • 24m ListenNeglected children are abused and dying in alarming numbers while supposedly under the supervision of LA County. Infants are left sitting on desks for hours waiting for foster homes; kids caught up in juvenile justice can’t contact their social workers and don’t trust them anyway. After 8 months and hundreds of hours of testimony, the latest blue-ribbon commission says not a single person defended the current system. Would a new, “child welfare czar” make a difference?
Later, on To The Point, the developing crisis in Ukraine could produce a war over natural gas between Russia and Western Europe. We’ll look at what that could mean for the worldwide supply of energy, as the US is on the verge of a possible oil and gas “boom.”
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2 storiesChild Protection: "A State of Emergency"
For decades, there have been horror stories about kids under the supervision of LA County. In 1996, 2008 and 2012, child protection services have been criticized and supposedly upgraded, but many of the 36,000 kids under County jurisdiction are still “unseen, unheard and unsafe.”
Read the story18 minWhat Does Tribune's Dividend Payout Mean for the LA Times?
Democratic Congressman Henry Waxman says the Tribune Company’s plan to spin off its newspapers threatens the future of the LA Times.
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