State board wants judge in receivership case to ‘intervene’ in LA County juvenile halls

A state regulatory board is wading into the California Department of Justice’s effort to have Los Angeles County’s juvenile halls placed under a receivership, with the board’s attorney arguing in a new court filing that judicial intervention is necessary due to the county’s failure to right its own ship.

The Board of State and Community Corrections, which oversees California’s jails and juvenile halls, filed a motion this week asking a judge to allow it to enter the fray as a “friend of...