California Can Continue Running It's Anti-Family Services in Secret

Dependency courts oversight bill dies in Assembly

A bill that would have allowed public oversight of court hearings that consider foster care placements and other sensitive child-welfare decisions was put on hold Tuesday in an Assembly committee, effectively killing if for the remainder of the Legislative year.
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County supervisors will oversee child services and protection

A divided county Board of Supervisors moved Tuesday to take a more active role in running two troubled departments, shifting some authority away from Chief Executive Officer William Fujioka.

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California legislation to open up the foster care courts put on ice

A bill to bring California in line with a growing number of states by opening its secretive foster courts to public scrutiny fell one vote short of passing through a key Assembly legislative committee Tuesday afternoon. For now, it will be on hold until early next year.