LA County cities asks state Supreme Court to take up zero-bail challenge

Attorneys for 22 cities have filed a petition asking the California Supreme Court to review the Los Angeles County Superior Court’s implementation of a zero-bail policy last year that eliminated cash bail for all but the most serious of crimes.

The Petition for Review, filed Sept. 22, alleges zero-bail fails to uphold the Superior Court’s “mandatory constitutional and statutory duties to give paramount importance to victim and public safety in adopting such bail schedules” and is based on “faulty...