Los Angeles County supervisors have formally reaffirmed their backing of a contentious $2-billion plan to build a 3,885-bed replacement for the downtown Men's Central Jail and a new women's jail in Lancaster.
The vote mirrored one taken last month and came after District Atty. Jackie Lacey accused board members of violating the state's open-meetings law by failing to give proper notice of the earlier decision.
Last month’s vote on the jail plan hadn’t been listed on the agenda posted before the meeting. Rather, it was conducted unexpectedly in connection with an agenda item involving creation of a multimillion-dollar program to divert mentally ill arrestees from the jail system.