A co-founder of Black Lives Matter got a big win on Tuesday when voters overwhelmingly approved an initiative to bring sweeping changes to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD).
Patrisse Cullors led the drive to get Measure R on the countywide ballot. The new policy grants an LASD civilian oversight commission independent authority to subpoena documents or witnesses pertinent to its investigations. Additionally, the referendum’s passage requires that body to draft a plan for reducing the county jail population with alternatives to incarceration. LASD provides policing services to 42 contract cities and operates the largest jail system in the world.
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