Youth Law Center News

Governor Jerry Brown recently signed into law AB 388 (Chesbro) requiring oversight on the use of law enforcement in group […]

YLC weighed in on the sentencing of Richard Thomas, who was tried in adult court after an incident in which […]

On September 30, 2014, Governor Jerry Brown signed AB 2276 (Bocanegra), a bill that addresses the reenrollment rights of juvenile […]

On September 29, 2014, Governor Jerry Brown signed SB 1111 (Lara), a comprehensive bill that addresses the transfer rights of […]

YLC staff attorney Sue Burrell, wrote an op ed piece for the CT Mirror, Incarcerating Disturbed Youth is a Flawed […]

The Youth Law Center and California Rural Legal Assistance Inc. have filed a letter in opposition to the Santa Barbara […]

YLC Staff Attorney Sue Burrell has published an article on the Huffington Post that details incidents of pepper-spray use on […]

Youth Law Center and 10 San Diego area organizations today filed a formal complaint urging the U.S. Department of Justice […]

Youth Law Center’s Incarcerated Teen Parenting Program, the Baby Elmo Program, was mentioned in the “My Brother’s Keeper” Task Force […]

On June  27, 2014, Governor Jerry Brown signed SB 1296 (Leno), banning incarceration as a contempt sanction for youth adjudicated […]

After intensive efforts by a broad group of agencies and organizations, the provisions of S.B. 838 requiring mandatory two-year confinement […]

The San Jose Mercury News interviewed YLC  Staff Attorney Sue Burrell about S.B. 838, a controversial measure arising from a […]