El Dorado County Local News: Crime & Justice


All Local Crime & Justice News articles contributed by our local media allies and other local newsrooms.

Image caption: The California mental health crisis is tied to both homelessness and rising crime.
UPDATE: Californiaā€™s Mental Health Crisis: How We Got Here

How the California mental health crisis emerged out of the stateā€™s history of deinstitutionalization and laws designed to protect the mentally ill, as well as the communities around them.

Image caption: The California Supreme Court has defined the stateā€™s legal and political agenda for more than 170 years.
How the California Supreme Court Blazes Legal Trails

The California Supreme Court has kept the state at the forefront of legal issues surrounding abortion, the death penalty and same-sex marriage, starting in its earliest days in the Gold Rush era.

Image caption: The cycle of crime and homelessness is escalating, but it doesn't have to be that way.
Homelessness and Crime in California: Even More Complex Than You Think

The links between homelessness and crime are complex, and the idea that unhoused individuals present a danger to their community seems to be exaggerated.

Image caption: Access to abortion in California is limited in many areas, though state laws protect a womanā€™s right to choose.
Abortion Rights in California, Explained

California has historically been ahead of the rest of the country in expanding the legal right to abortion services. Hereā€™s what state laws say today, and how we got here.

Image caption: California cities switch to more inclusive, district-based elections system.
Voting Rights...the Final Frontier

Pushed by activists, cities move from at-large elections to district races.

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03/17/2025
Ruby Marichalar couldnā€™t get an in-person meeting after Californiaā€™s crime victim compensation fund denied her claim. She wasnā€™t the only one.

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03/11/2025
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Several sources have confirmed that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers have mustered in Stateline to prepare for operations. ICE was seen at Stateline and within South Lake Tahoe.

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03/06/2025
Los Angeles Assemblymember Rick Zbur says he wants to narrow the standards for justifiable homicide. Critics say he wants to make self-defense illegal.

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03/05/2025
The Fremont city council has revised aĀ new city camping ordinance, removing what had become a controversial clause ā€” first reported on by CalMatters ā€” that could have punished thoseĀ  ā€œaiding and abettingā€ encampments.

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03/04/2025
This appears to be the first such injunction since the U.S. Supreme Court let cities crack down on homeless encampments in California and beyond.

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02/25/2025
California voters overwhelmingly approved Proposition 36, a new law that stiffened penalties for certain drug and theft charges, and pledged to provide ā€œmass treatmentā€ for those facing drug charges. But since the law took effect, some counties have been scrambling to implement the measure without new funding or, according to people involved in enforcing the law, sufficient resources.

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02/20/2025
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After 30 years of dedicated service to the City of South Lake Tahoe, Police Chief David Stevenson announces his retirement. Chief Stevenson will officially retireĀ on June 6, 2025, marking the end of a notable career in law enforcement.

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02/20/2025
Read on to learn more about the package of 15 bills proposed by the California Legislative Black Caucus to correct the discrimination and harm to descendants of the enslaved in California.

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02/12/2025
Californians rejected the anti-slavery ballot measure Proposition 6, which would have forbid forced prison labor. Reparations advocates want to try again in 2026.

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02/12/2025
After a 2022 CalMatters series documenting long waits and low payouts for workers who claim their employers have shorted them on wages, California lawmakers have now proposed bills to try to ease the backlogs.

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02/12/2025
A California appeals court rules a baker canā€™t refuse to sell a generic cake to a lesbian couple. Itā€™s part of a series of cases shaping the debate over free speech and anti-discrimination laws.

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02/10/2025
Interviews suggest some people swept up in Trumpā€™s immigration crackdown are dedicated to their families and communities ā€” not hardened criminals.

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01/27/2025
One of President Trumpā€™s first executive orders threatened to withhold federal funding from so-called sanctuary jurisdictions. California is one of them.

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01/24/2025
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In 2024, CA voters overwhelmingly passed Proposition 36, which was designed to help combat issues surrounding theft and drug-related crimes. One of the changes in Prop 36 added a law that allowed charging individuals for a felony if they commit a theft and have two or more prior theft convictions.

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01/21/2025
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Last Tuesday, both social media and news outlets had mixed reports on whether or not there was an U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) presence in South Lake Tahoe.

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01/09/2025
State prisoners have long been a part of Californiaā€™s firefighting force. Hundreds of them now are deployed in Los Angeles County.

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01/06/2025
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Over the recent weeks, some neighborhoods and members of our community in our city have been subject to terrorizing attacks by our youth. Teens riding electric bikes/motorcycles formed in groups of four to 14, have been riding recklessly on city streets, causing vehicles to avoid them as they ā€œpull wheeliesā€ and drive their bikes in and out of moving traffic.

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01/06/2025
After two reparations bills stalled in the final day of session last year, reparation advocates are campaigned at the state Capitol to drum up support for the same measures.