La Verne Residents Oppose Youth Facility at City’s Juvenile Camps

At a community meeting held on the evening of Dec. 7, La Verne Mayor Tim Hepburn and City Councillor Robin Carder, along with over 200 local residents, expressed their opposition to LA County's decision to house juvenile offenders in residential neighborhoods. Linda Jiang/The Epoch Times

LOS ANGELES—More than a dozen La Verne residents pleaded on Jan. 11 with the Board of Supervisors not to choose either of two local juvenile camps to permanently house offenders who were once in state youth prisons.

This is the second board meeting at which a significant number of residents turned out—virtually—to attempt to persuade the board it has better options for housing up to 50 youths ranging up to age 25 who committed serious enough crimes to end up in state youth facilities.