L.A. County Arts Commission announces grants addressing homelessness through the arts

 

 

Contacts:

Linda Chiavaroli, Director of Communications, 213 202-5935, lchiavaroli@arts.lacounty.gov

Laura Zucker, Executive Director, 213 202-5858

 

 

For Release August 5, 2008

 

Arts Commission Announces Inaugural Grants

Addressing Homelessness through Arts Programs

Five arts organizations will partner with agencies serving the homeless

Program will examine how arts can impact homelessness

 

The Los Angeles County Arts Commission has awarded five pilot grants of $18,000 each to arts programs designed for and serving the homeless community. The new program - Artful Solutions: Pathways from Homelessness - is the nation’s first arts and culture initiative that addresses the critical needs of the homeless population.

 

Artful Solutions responds to regional homelessness through arts-based strategies. Each of the five grantees is partnering with a housing, shelter or social service agency in order to provide homeless individuals or families with quality arts programming. The collaboration is central to the civic objective of the initiative, which aims to stabilize the lives of participants and improve their access to permanent housing. Grantees and partners are:

 

Armory Center for the Arts in partnership with Union Station

California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) in partnership with My Friend’s Place

Imagination Workshop in partnership with New Directions

Los Angeles Poverty Department (LAPD) in partnership with Lamp Community

Venice Arts: In Neighborhoods in partnership with Ocean Park Community Center (OPCC)

 

Artful Solutions projects will take place over the next twelve months. (Detailed descriptions of the grantee projects can be found at the end of this release.)

 

Artful Solutions reflects a wider effort by Los Angeles County to alleviate homelessness in the region. In April 2006, the County Board of Supervisors’ made an unprecedented and compassionate investment toward ending and preventing homelessness by approving the $100 million Homelessness Prevention Initiative, which funds a diverse range of projects aimed at increasing capacity Countywide to better serve our homeless neighbors and to develop much needed supportive housing.

 

“Incorporating the arts into social service can help reach clients who have endured such hardship that traditional approaches, such as talk therapy, are overwhelming, “said Garrison Smith, Homeless Coordinator for L.A. County. “The projects funded through Artful Solutions will provide a safe, creative way to open to a door to healing. The innovative nature of the program is very much in line with the County’s ethos of doing things differently when it comes to homelessness. We’re very excited to further the work of these arts organizations and their social agency partners. They have been tireless leaders and providers in serving the homeless.”

 

A critical evaluation component is built into the grants. There is anecdotal evidence that creative expression help the homeless achieve greater personal meaning and focus in their lives. Yet, the concrete effect that the arts have has never been formally documented. Each grantee and partner will work with consultant Mollie Lowery - founder of Lamp Community, a social service agency on skid row, and Lamp Art Project for the mentally ill - to develop methods to measure the quantitative and qualitative impact of these arts-based services. Artful Solutions projects will take place over the next twelve months. This data will result in a national study, scheduled to be released in the fall of 2009, informing future strategies for resolving homelessness.

 

The program is supported on both the county and national levels: the Los Angeles County’s Productivity Investment Fund matched a $60,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts for a total of $120,000.

 

Projects were selected to service the geographic diversity of the county as well as the diversity of homeless subpopulations, including transitional aged youth, veterans and the mentally ill.

 

Artful Solutions grant projects:

 

Armory Center for the Arts in partnership with Union Station

The Armory will provide a series of sequential art workshops, including courses on painting, drawing, ceramics and video stories, for families in transition at Union Station. The project will culminate in an exhibition of participant artwork in November 2009, National Homelessness Awareness Month.

 

California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) in partnership with My Friend’s Place

At My Friend’s Place in Hollywood, CalArts will implement a twice-weekly creative writing program for homeless and runaway youth between 16 and 25 years old. CalArts graduate student instructors, who serve as role models and mentors, will foster a supportive peer environment and help participants create literary works. As the capstone of the program, an anthology of their written material, drawings and photographs will be published.

 

Imagination Workshop in partnership with New Directions

Professional theatre artists will collaborate with homeless veterans at New Directions to create characters, scenes and plays in a program with a weekly format. Through metaphor and performance, Imagination Workshop seeks to cultivate hope, healing and empowerment in participants.

 

Los Angeles Poverty Department (LAPD) in partnership with Lamp Community

LAPD will conduct a series of theatre workshops at Lamp Community, which provides services to those with mental illness living on skid row, leading up to a final performance. LAPD hopes to provide a foundation for these individuals, and to serve as springboard from which they can move toward recovery, housing and stability.

 

Venice Arts: In Neighborhoods in partnership with Ocean Park Community Center (OPCC)

Venice Arts will pilot a photography project for homeless, mentally ill women. Emphasizing the documentary method and visual storytelling, the workshops will offer an outlet for creativity and self-expression. A culminating exhibit featuring their work may also help challenge misconceptions about people living with the dual stigma of mental illness and homelessness. 

 

 

The Los Angeles County Arts Commission, Laura Zucker, Executive Director, provides leadership in cultural services of all disciplines for the largest county in the United States, encompassing 88 municipalities. In addition to the Artful Solutions grant program, the Arts Commission administers the Organizational Grant Program program that funds more than 300 nonprofit arts organizations annually. The Commission also provides leadership and staffing to support the regional blueprint for arts education, Arts for All; oversees the County’s Civic Art Program for capital projects, funds the largest arts internship program in the country in conjunction with the Getty Foundation, programs the John Anson Ford Theatres; produces free community programs, including the L.A. Holiday Celebration broadcast nationally; a year-round music program that funds more than 50 free concerts each year in public sites; and supports the Los Angeles County Cultural Calendar on ExperienceLA.com. The 2008-09 President of the Arts Commission is Betty Haagen.

 

 

COUNTY CELEBRATES NATIONAL FARMERS MARKET WEEK

Agricultural Commissioner/Weights and Measures
County of Los Angeles

DATE: August 5, 2008
CONTACT: Ken Pellman
Public Information Officer
(626) 226-6085 (cell)

LOS ANGELES COUNTY CELEBRATES NATIONAL FARMERS MARKET WEEK
August 3-9

ARCADIA, CA (August 5) - With over 100 certified farmers' markets
(CFMs), Los Angeles County has more reasons to celebrate National
Farmers Market Week than any other California county. Today, County
Supervisor Mike Antonovich presented a scroll during the Board of
Supervisors meeting recognizing the significance and success of the
local CFM program.

Certified farmers' markets provide an opportunity for citizens in
urban communities to sample a wide array of fresh produce, herbs, cut
flowers, living plants, honey, and other agricultural products straight
from the farm and deal directly with the growers. Your local CFM is a
great place to improve your nutrition, meet farmers face to face, and
support local and statewide agriculture.

The Los Angeles County Department of Agricultural Commissioner/Weights
& Measures (ACWM) certifies both local producers and the CFMs themselves
to ensure that only California produce grown by the sellers is offered
to customers. The term "certified" used in the phrase "Certified
Farmers' Markets" means that the produce is brought to the market
straight from the farm, either by the farmer personally or by an
employee. ACWM agricultural inspectors visit and certify participating
farms growing crops locally. They inspect the markets and review all
farmer papers for accuracy, thereby certifying that the farmers are only
selling what they, themselves, have grown.

For the locations and hours of a CFM near you, visit
http://acwm.co.la.ca.us/scripts/cfm.htm or call (562) 622-0426.

Established in 1881, ACWM protects consumers and the environment
through early detection and exclusion of dangerous, invasive insect and
plant pests; enforcement of laws and regulations regarding safe
pesticide use; operation of an environmental toxicology laboratory;
clearance of weeds, brush, and debris from vacant land to reduce fire
hazards; inspection and verification of accuracy of scales, meters,
price scanners, and quantity labeling on packaged goods.
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Final Actions: Agenda Highlights, Board of Supervisors

 

                                                                    Final Actions: Aug. 5 Agenda Highlights

(Unless otherwise indicated, vote was unanimous.)

 

Report to be given on the pros/cons of enabling the County’s healthcare system to accept Medicare Part D prescription drug coverage.  (Item S-1, 11 a.m.) APPROVED BURKE MOTION TO IMPLEMENT DUAL ENTRY SYSTEM IN INTERIM UNTIL OUTPATIENT PHARMACY SYSTEM IS INSTALLED

 

Board asked to approve environmental impact report, site acquisition, and allocation of $7.4 million in funding for construction of a 60-unit affordable multi-family rental housing development in East Los Angeles.   (Item 1-D, cont. from 7/29)  APPROVED

 

Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich requests support for countywide initiative that would require future sales tax increases imposed by MTA to be spent on both regional and subregional transportation projects.   (Item 3, cont. from 7/22) REFERRED BACK

 

Supervisor Gloria Molina proposes $25,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of person(s) responsible for the murder in East Los Angeles of Luis Sandoval in  2007.   (Item 6)   APPROVED

 

Supervisor Yvonne B. Burke requests extension of $10,000 reward for information leading to arrest and conviction of person(s) responsible for the shooting death of Hae Sook Roh during robbery in Gardena on May 12.   (Item 12)   APPROVED

 

$351,650 proposal would fund program to conduct onsite observations and administrative reviews of child care centers/homes as part of the STEP child care rating system project being piloted in nine communities in the County.  (Item 15) APPROVED

 

Board asked to declare countywide water supply and conservation alert urging residents, businesses, and cities to intensify conservation efforts and directing County departments to reduce water usage by 15-20 percent.   (Item 17) APPROVED WITH YAROSLAVSKY AMENDMENT FOR MONTHLY REPORTS

 

$244,000 proposal would fund renovation of space in the Malibu Civic Center for use by the Superior Court.   (Item 21)   APPROVED

 

Chief Executive Office recommends return to his office a proposal to spend additional $9 million to upgrade electronic accounting system for financial and human resources, including  payroll and timecards, which would bring total cost to $160 million.  (Item 24) REFERRED BACK

 

$349,185 proposal would upgrade Department of Public Health’s web-based electronic disease reporting system, upping budget to $3.6 million.  (Item 30) APPROVED

 

Supervisors asked to declare 25^th Street East Bridge in Palmdale to be no longer a part of the County Systems of Highways to enable the bridge to be seismically retrofitted.   (Item 32) APPROVED

 

Adoption of the Upper Santa Clara River Integrated Regional Water Management Plan would encourage regional approach to water issues.  (Item 34, cont. from 7/29) APPROVED

 

$103,000 proposal would fund runway lighting/signage upgrade project at Brackett Field Airport in La Verne.   (Item 38) APPROVED

 

Sheriff asks approval to provide law enforcement services to Foothill Transit at estimated cost of $400,000, and increase of two deputy sheriff positions.  (Item 47, cont. from 6/24, 7/1) REFERRED BACK

 

Reduction of high tech and identify theft crimes targeted with two grants totaling $2.3 million.   (Items 48, 50) APPROVED

 

Acceptance of $1.7 million grant would allow County law enforcement agencies to better track sex offenders.  (Item 49) APPROVED

 

$775,000 settlement proposed for lawsuit concerning allegations that an employee of the Department of Health Services was subjected to harassment and retaliation.   (Item 51) COUNTY COUNSEL CONT. TO 8/12

 

Board asked to put measure on the Nov. 4 ballot to increase sales tax by half a cent for Metropolitan Transit Authority projects.  (Item 52) FAILED 2-2-1, WITH ANTONOVICH AND KNABE OPPOSING AND MOLINA ABSTAINING

 

Ordinance would establish a hearing examiner procedure to provide for holding public hearings in the locale or community affected by a proposed major land use project.  (Items 64, 67) APPROVED AMENDMENT BY YAROSLAVSY, WITH REVISED ORDINANCE TO COME BACK TO BOARD  8/12

 

Board asked to approve revisions to the Regional Housing Needs Assessment for the County, updated analyses and new programs to meet the County’s housing development goals.  (Item 68) APPROVED

 

Board in closed session discusses lawsuit seeking to require the United States Environmental Protection Agency to conduct studies and adopt criteria for water quality standards at beaches.   (Item CS-1)

MAYOR VILLARAIGOSA HIRES BURKE SENIOR FOSTER CARE POLICY DEPUTY AS DEPUTY MAYOR

  

August 5, 2008                                                                                                              Contact:   James Bolden , Supervisor Yvonne B. Burke 

                                            213.200.5314

 

MAYOR VILLARAIGOSA HIRES BURKE SENIOR

FOSTER CARE POLICY DEPUTY AS DEPUTY MAYOR

 

With almost 30 years of policy experience in County, City and private sector,

Miriam Long will oversee Mayor’s work in education and youth services

 

LOS ANGELES COUNTY – Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has announced the appointment of Supervisor Yvonne B. Burke’s deputy handling foster care, homelessness and early development policy, Miriam Long, as his new Deputy Mayor for Education, Youth and Families.

 

For 12 years, Long has served as a key policy advisor to Los Angeles County Supervisor Yvonne on all issues related to foster care, seniors, homelessness, early childhood development and child care, LAUP, the First 5 Commission and the County Department of Public Social Services.

 

As Supervisor Burke’s lead deputy for reforming Los Angeles’ overwhelmed foster care system, Long was a major force behind a nationally-acclaimed “Point of Engagement” program in the County that emphasizes early, upfront assessment and family services for children at risk of entering foster care.

 

“The County of Los Angeles will certainly miss Miriam for her dedicated service and the many innovative programs and policies she has spearheaded for over a decade,” Burke said today, adding that during Long’s tenure, foster care placements in the County dropped from 70,000 children in 1997 to under 20,000 in 2008.

 

 “Miriam is an inspired addition to our team who brings years of know-how and a thorough understanding of the issues that matter most to families in Los Angeles,” said Mayor Villaraigosa.

 

In addition to launching the POE pilot project that was replicated County-wide, Long shepherded a similar program through the County’s First 5 Commission, bringing $50 million into County services for children at risk of abuse and neglect.

 

Before joining Supervisor Burke’s office, Long served for five years as the Manager of Government and Public Affairs for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, where she managed a $16 million Hollywood Construction Impact Program, served as the City Council liaison for the Executive Director, and supervised a team of consultants of transportation projects in the Western side of Los Angeles County.

 

Long has also served as a legislative analyst for the City of Los Angeles for three years and a ratings specialist for Standard & Poor’s. She graduated from the University of Southern California and has a Masters in Public Policy from Princeton University.

 

In her new role, Long will oversee the Mayor’s education policy, as well as serving as a top-level liaison with the City’s departments of Recreation and Parks, Disability and Cultural Affairs, the Los Angeles Public Library, El Pueblo and the Commission on Children Youth & Their Families.

 

She succeeds former Deputy Mayor Ray Cortines, who joined the Los Angeles Unified School District as a Senior Deputy Superintendent in April.

 

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Patt Morrison Tues, 8/5

PATT MORRISON SCHEDULE

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

1-3 p.m.

 

1:00 – 1:20

OPEN

 

 

 

1:20 – 1:40

LAX to Raise Landing Fees: Can the Airlines Take it?

With airlines dealing with sky-high fuel costs, can they take a hike in landing fees? They'll have to, according to an announcement from LAX. There's a danger this will encourage airlines to reduce flights to LA. Airlines are already cutting back; what will this do to Los Angeles World Airports' overall plans? It's unclear if goals for rebuilding LAX and distributing flights to regional airports remain relevant.

 

Guests:

Gina Marie Lindsey, Executive Director, Los Angeles World Airports

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Terry Maxon: Airline reporter for the Dallas Morning News

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1:40 – 2:00

OPEN

 

 

[NPR NEWS]

 

 

2:00 – 2:20

Veepstakes ’08: The Case for Governor Tom Ridge

A Christian conservative?  Someone with experience in U.S. foreign policy?  A woman?  Even with the contenders for the top spot in the White House already set, the guessing game and fuss over the potential vice presidential candidates seem just as intense.  After all, the stakes are high for the VP pick for both Senators McCain and Obama.  The selection could help a candidate win over a swing state or even attract a whole subset of voters.  We continue an on-going series taking a look at each of the potential VP picks for both candidates – and handicap how they could help (or hurt) their party’s ticket.  Next, former Pennsylvania Governor and Homeland Security head Tom Ridge.

 

Guests:

Tom Fitzgerald, political writer for the Philadelphia Inquirer, was in the Harrisburg Bureau when Ridge was governor.

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John Feerey, founder of the Feehery Group advocacy firm; former communications director for Majority Leader Dennis Hastert & Majority Whip Tom DeLay. Also maintains a blog, www.thefeeherytheory.com.

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2:20 – 2:30

The VP Pick: Does it Matter?

We've been doing a series on the different vice presidential contenders...which beckons the question: how much does it actually matter?  Some pundits say VP picks help make up for a candidate's failings. Others say it has the opposite effect, by highlighting weak points.  Many political analysts say the best thing a candidate can do is pick a VP with a clean record--so the choice won't get a Presidential contender into trouble. But with the oldest potential president running against the first African-American candidate, a few analysts are saying the play book has gone out the window; the VP choice will decide everything. Who's right?

 

Guests:

Carla Marinucci, Senior Political Writer, San Francisco Chronicle

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2:40 – 3:00

OPEN

 

Hearings on Foster Care Reform -- Friday, Aug. 8

		County of Los Angeles DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES   425 Shatto Place, Los Angeles, California  90020 (213) 351-5602
Board of Supervisors GLORIA MOLINA First District YVONNE B. BURKE Second District ZEV YAROSLAVSKY Third District DON KNABE Fourth District MICHAEL D. ANTONOVICH Fifth District   PATRICIA S. PLOEHN, LCSW Director

 

     FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                          

AUGUST 4, 2008

 

Contact:  Louise Grasmehr or Stu Riskin

                 DCFS Office of Public Affairs

                 (213) 351-5886

 

PRESS RELEASE

 

DCFS Innovations in Child Welfare to be Highlighted during Testimony at Speaker Bass and Assemblymember Beall Hearing

on Foster Care Reform on Friday, August 8^th

 

DCFS Director and Staff to Testify about Best Practices in L.A. County

 

The Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) Director Patricia S. Ploehn and DCFS staff will testify about best practices and cutting-edge innovations in Los Angeles County’s child welfare system at an Assembly Select Committee on Foster Care hearing being convened by Speaker Karen Bass (D-Los Angeles) and Assemblymember Jim Beall, Jr. (D-San Jose), Chair, on Friday, August 8, 2008, from 10 a.m. to 12 noon at the California Science Center Muses Room, 700 Exposition Park Drive in Los Angeles. 

 

The hearing will highlight best practices that improve outcomes for foster children and families throughout the state.  Attendees will hear testimonies from foster youth, community organizations, social workers and advocates on challenges and solutions to strengthening California’s foster care system.

 

Ms. Ploehn will speak on the DCFS three key outcomes of improved permanence, improved safety and a reduced reliance on out-of-home care, and how innovations and best practices reinforce the department’s pathway of reform. She will also discuss recent DCFS improvements including an increase in the number of children adopted and safely reunified with their families, as well as the challenges facing the system, specifically in this tight budget year.  Los Angeles County DCFS is one of the largest child welfare agencies in the country.  As of the end of June, there were 17,834 children in temporary out-of-home care in Los Angeles County, down from an all-time high of approximately 50,000 in the late 1990s.

 

DCFS staff will specifically discuss the innovations and best practices currently underway in Los Angeles County’s child welfare system.  Testimony topics will include:

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·        The County’s Prevention Initiative Demonstration Project (PIDP), a year-long child abuse and neglect project intended to create a comprehensive, strength-based, prevention system extending beyond County government – and beyond the jurisdiction of any one County department – by enhancing existing community-based networking systems.  The goal of the PIDP is to keep children safe from harm and prevent families from entering, re-entering, and/or experiencing extended stays in the County’s health and human services system by addressing root causes that weaken families and communities such as poverty, poor education, crime, lack of health/dental health and substance abuse.

 

·        Team Decision-Making (TDM) used to make an immediate decision regarding a child’s placement that protects the child and preserves or reunifies the family safely. TDM works with the strengths of the family and uses a team approach, which includes the family, to seek consensus in the placement decision.

 

·        Efforts to reduce racial disproportionality and disparities, a growing issue in child welfare.  For the last two years, the DCFS Pomona office and its community partners have been committed to raising awareness and have focused efforts to address the issue of disproportionality in their community.   In May 2008, the Pomona office and the Metro North office were accepted to participate in the California Disproportionality Project, a collaboration of the Annie E. Casey Foundation, Casey Family Programs and the California Department of Social Services.  The project is designed to support the work of California counties and the state in eliminating racial disproportionality and disparities in child welfare. The project will bring 12 counties along with one state level team to work intensively on this issue over the course of 24 months in a collaborative learning environment that will focus on sharing ideas and tracking what works and what does not, such that practices and strategies that work to reduce disproportionality which can be spread in the child welfare agencies and communities.

·        The County’s Wraparound program which provides services to families and their children with multiple, complex and enduring needs.  Wraparound is an integrated, multi-agency, community-based process grounded in a philosophy of unconditional commitment to support families to safely and competently care for their children.  The single most important outcome of the Wraparound approach is a child thriving in a permanent home and supported by normal community services and informal supports.

 

 

The August 8^th hearing follows a hearing in Sacramento on July 31^st where DCFS managers provided testimony on the Point of Engagement service delivery system aimed at providing more preventative services. POE is characterized by a seamless and timely transfer of responsibility from front-end investigations to actual service delivery in order to provide more thorough evaluations and needed services to children and families within their homes and communities. This new system uses a multi-disciplinary approach that includes the family, avoiding, if possible, the removal of children from their homes.

 

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Established in 1984, the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services is the public agency charged with ensuring that children grow up safe, physically and emotionally healthy, educated and in permanent homes.  DCFS works to ensure that all children have a connection to family, friends, schools and neighborhoods and provides services to children and their families when they are at-risk due to actual and potential child abuse, abandonment, neglect or exploitation.  With an annual budget of over $1.7 billion and a diverse staff of more than 7,000 employees, DCFS serves children and families through 18 offices located throughout Los Angeles County including Los Angeles, Lancaster, San Gabriel Valley, San Fernando Valley and the South Bay area.

 

 

ANTONOVICH DISPLAYS WEAPONS CONFISCATED BY D.I.S.A.R.M PROBATION SWEEPS

 

 

CUTLINE

Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich     Contact:  Tony Bell, Communications Deputy    Office:  (213) 974-5555   Cell: (213) 215-5176    E-mail:  tbell@bos.lacounty.gov

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

August 4, 2008                                                                                                             For Immediate Release

 

ANTONOVICH DISPLAYS WEAPONS CONFISCATED BY   D.I.S.A.R.M PROBATION SWEEPS

 

LOS ANGELES COUNTY – Los Angeles County Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich joined Chief Probation Officer Robert Taylor, and D.I.S.A.R.M Director Jack Simms in holding a press conference discussing the ongoing success of D.I.S.A.R.M. (Developing Increased Safety through Arms Reduction Management) and displaying guns confiscated from successful sweeps by D.I.S.A.R.M officers of convicted criminals in the County’s probation system.

 

The D.I.S.A.R.M unit was created by Supervisor Antonovich following the tragic August 1999 shootings at the North Valley Jewish Community Center and the murder of a postal worker by Buford Furrow, an armed felon on probation from Washington State.  

 

“Since its implementation in February of 2000, the D.I.S.A.R.M program has seized 4,275 weapons and nearly 300 million dollars in illegal drugs and drug money, and resulted in 9,545 arrests,” said Antonovich.  “Twenty percent of probationers in this program have been out of compliance with their terms of probation.” 

 

Currently, there are 80,000 individuals under the supervision of the County’s Probation Department – including 20,000 juveniles.

 

“Last year, I participated in a D.I.S.A.R.M sweep in the Antelope Valley; what we discovered in the home of the parolee was shocking  -- he had court transcripts and the names and addresses of those who had testified against him, including the Deputy Sheriff who was escorting us and who was the convicting officer in the case,” said Antonovich.   "I'd like to see a state law that would require every county have this operation in effect," Antonovich added.

 

“I want to thank Supervisor Antonovich for his vision and continued support of this vital program,” said Probation Chief Robert Taylor.  “What this program is really fundamentally all about, is about violence, and curbing violence in our communities -- these are not children’s toys displayed here, this is a display of weapons common to criminals in the street.” 

 

The D.I.S.A.R.M program entails pairing Deputy Probation Officers with local law enforcement personnel to perform unannounced searches of probationers and their homes, as a condition of probation, and targets the confiscation of guns, drugs, and other contraband.”

 

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To view photos from press conference please click on the links below:

 

× Photo#0018a, from left to right: Robert Taylor, Chief Probation Officer; Michael D. Antonovich, Los Angeles County Supervisor; Jack Simms, D.I.S.A.R.M Director; Milton Robinson, Deputy Probation Officer; Jae Chong, Deputy Probation Officer

 

Caption: Supervisor Antonovich holding up an AR-15 Assault Rifle confiscated during a D.I.S.A.R.M sweep.

 

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× Photo#0019a, from left to right: Michael D. Antonovich, Los Angeles County Supervisor; Jack Simms, D.I.S.A.R.M Director; Milton Robinson, Deputy Probation Officer; Jae Chong, Deputy Probation Officer

 

Caption: Supervisor Antonovich holding up an AR-15 Assault Rifle

 

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× Photo#0036a, from left to right: Robert Taylor, Chief Probation Officer; Michael D. Antonovich, Los Angeles County Supervisor; Jae Chong, Deputy Probation Officer (center); Jack Simms, D.I.S.A.R.M Director; Milton Robinson, Deputy Probation Officer

 

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× Photo#0061a, from left to right: Michael D. Antonovich, Los Angeles County Supervisor; Milton Robinson, Deputy Probation Officer

 

Caption: Supervisor Antonovich holding up a shotgun confiscated during a D.I.S.A.R.M sweep

 

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× Photo#0079a, from left to right: Michael D. Antonovich, Los Angeles County Supervisor; Jack Simms, D.I.S.A.R.M Director

 

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