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  • A large group of people is seated in an open, rectangular room, and at the front of the group a woman is standing at a podium speaking into a microphone. In the foreground, there is a white projector sitting on a table.

    High Desert Residents Sound the Alarm on Potential Data Centers in Adelanto

    Rosalind Jones
    A public hearing turned feisty as residents and commissioners traded sharp remarks over a proposed Municipal Code amendment.
  • Breaking Down Political Narratives Surrounding Homelessness in Los Angeles

    Angela Mariya Alejandro

    Prominent narratives framing LA homelessness shifts poverty into a policing problem that normalizes encampment displacements and avoids genuine conversations on affordable housing and care investments.
  • Second Annual Night Out for Safety and Liberation Highlights Westside Community Care and Organizing

    Rosalind Jones
    Mar Vista Voice and Palms Unhoused Mutual Aid spoke with Knock LA about the importance of collectivism and solidarity during this community-focused event.
  • Gender-Based Violence and Anti-Black Racism Alleged at Culver City’s Project Homekey

    Rosalind Jones
    Additional program participants have come forward with allegations of racial harassment, sexual assault, and other harms after city officials announced policy changes at the facility.
  • How LA Landlords Are Using Flock Safety to Build a Private Surveillance Network

    Tracy Miller
    Reflections after the end of LAPD’s Flock Safety contract
  • LAPD Suspends Contract with Flock Safety For Now

    Rosalind Jones
    The suspension comes after years of community pressure namely from Stop LAPD Spying Coalition.

LASD Records

Databases of Known Associates of Deputy Gangs in the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department and Deputy Shootings 1984-Current


Part of Cerise Castle’s A Tradition of Violence and Life Under the Gun: An Analysis of Shootings by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department

Life Under The Gun

An Analysis of Shootings by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department

A Tradition of Violence

The History of Deputy Gangs in the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department

a red and black graphic representation of a tear gas canister breaking through a glass window with the logo of the east la sheriff's department superimposed in the background

The Protected Class

Cerise Castle
An examination of the first documented gangs in the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.
a red and black graphic representation of a tear gas canister breaking through a glass window with the logo of the east la sheriff's department superimposed in the background

La clase protegida

Cerise Castle
Una examinación de las primeras pandillas documentadas en el departamento del sheriff del condado de Los Ángeles
  • ‘Crushing Wheelchairs’ Brings Stories of Homelessness and the Unhoused to Light

  • “It’s a nightmare in there for us.” Additional Residents of Project Homekey Culver City Decry Carceral, Dehumanizing Conditions

  • “I’m not interested in patriotism. I’m interested in justice.”

  • Inside LA’s Endless Queues for Housing, Care, and Survival

  • Part Three: Who Deserves Grace? Reclaiming the Lives of Dogs and Men

  • “My people and my homeland are still under attack.”

  • Farmworkers Betrayed: Chicana Activists Reflect on Cesar Chavez’s Legacy

  • Does Flock Safety Keep Women Safe?

  • Los Angeles is Losing Third Spaces

  • Photo of a large, white apartment building covered in windows and with a wider base that gradually narrows toward the top. The bottom half appears to have landscaping spilling out of every balcony. The building is surrounded by a green lawn and a row of low trees in the foreground.

    Putting the Public Back in Housing — Part 2

  • LA City Attorney Pursues $1 Contract with Flock Safety

  • Culver City Project Homekey Resident Alleges Dehumanization and Neglect by Staff

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