Childhood asthma could keep LA County juvenile offenders from firefighting program

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is urging state officials to reconsider a policy change that would prohibit juvenile offenders with a history of childhood asthma from participating in a highly praised state program that provides firefighter training to incarcerated young men.

The proposed change, effective July 1, could derail L.A. County’s efforts to increase the number of juveniles it sends to the Pine Grove Youth Conservation Camp as the county desperately looks for any opportunity...