Law Enforcement

Crime alerts for Hollywood Hills West, 13 other L.A. neighborhoods
Crime reports are up significantly for the latest week in 14 L.A. neighborhoods, according to an analysis of LAPD data by the Los Angeles Times' Crime L.A. database. Eight neighborhoods reported a significant increase in violent crime. Hollywood Hills West was the most unusual, recording four reports compared with a weekly average of 0.6 over the last three months. Carthay topped the list of six neighborhoods with property crime alerts.
Los Angeles Times

Report: Marked rise in shootings by L.A.-area police
Police in Los Angeles County shot and killed 54 people during 2011, marking an almost 70% increase from the year before, the Los Angeles Times is reporting. Similarly, there were 63 shootings by officers from the Los Angeles Police Department that same year, an almost 60% rise from 2010, according to the Times. The news organization analyzed the 54 killings out of Los Angeles County and found: - All but six of the shootings involved officers from either the LAPD or the county sheriff's department.
USA Today

LAPD warns against buying fake NHL Stanley Cup tickets
The Los Angeles Police Department is warning the public against buying tickets to the LA Kings' Stanley Cup Final game, or any events like concerts and sporting events, from people on sidewalks near the events. Several people bought tickets from private vendors on sidewalks near the Staples Center just before Wednesday's NHL game at the Staples Center. But when the buyers tried to enter the game, the tickets turned out to be fraudulent. Tickets to the Stanley Cup Final games have sold for $2,000.
KTLA

Cops seek SUV driver in fatal North Hills crash
Police on Friday were searching for the driver of a dark-colored sport utility vehicle who struck and killed a 60-year-old bicyclist in North Hills. The bicyclist was killed at 2 a.m. near Nordhoff Street and Gaviota Avenue, said LAPD Capt. Capt. Ivan Minsal, of the Valley Traffic Division. Both the victim and the SUV were headed east on Nordhoff, police said. Witnesses reported that the victim bounced off the windshield of the SUV, which was described as possibly black or blue Ford or Chevrolet, police said.
NBC4

Decomposed body found in Fairfax District ruled homicide
Coroner's investigators confirmed on Sunday that a putrid parked Escalade found in the Fairfax District contained a man's decomposed body. The bloated corpse was nearly unrecognizable as human remains, witnesses said. It was found in the rear seat officials of a Cadillac Escalade, said Coroner's Investigator Dana Bee. A cause of death has yet to be established, Bee said. "The case is a homicide, so I can't give you any more,'' he said.
KPCC

Men ordered to trial in SF Giants fan attack outside Dodger Stadium
The words that two men spoke in a jail lockup nine months ago, unaware they were being recorded, came back to haunt them Friday as they were ordered to stand trial in a devastating attack on a San Francisco Giants fan at Dodger Stadium. In the 12-minute conversation, one man acknowledged he had attacked a Giants fan, and his cohort said he had no regrets about backing him up.
Los Angeles Daily News

Collective Bargaining

California Highway Patrol union tentatively accepts furloughs
The California Highway Patrol officers union and Gov. Jerry Brown's administration have reached a furlough agreement to cut pay 5 percent for a year. Under the deal, the CHP's roughly 6,300 officers will be furloughed eight hours per month starting July 1. The union is the first to reach agreement with Brown, who wants pay reduction deals in place with all state worker unions to save an estimated $839 million to help close a budget gap estimated to be at least $15.7 billion.
Sacramento Bee

Pensions

San Jose, San Diego pension reforms go to court
Two California cities attracting national attention for big pension-reform votes look like they are on the same path - court filings last week to speed up legal decisions, and city council meetings this week to consider plans for new hires. But the public pension reforms approved by 66.25 percent of voters in San Diego, the state's second largest city, and by 69.58 percent of voters in San Jose, the third largest, are not the same and face different problems.
Calpensions

Legislation

Medical probation bill would release some inmates early
Faced with an influx of inmates, sheriffs across the state are backing a bill that would allow some felons to leave jail before they have completed serving their sentences. The legislation would apply to inmates who are dying or are so physically incapacitated that they pose no threat to the public. The bill would help counties deal with some of the costs associated with a new state policy known as realignment.
The Bay Citizen

Ballot Initiatives

Move over, Wisconsin -- the union battle is beginning in California
Labor unions and business interests have been quietly raising millions of dollars and testing campaign messages for months, girding for a brawl over a November ballot measure that could fundamentally shift political power in Sacramento. Now, on the heels of an election that saw unions handed a major defeat last week in Wisconsin, the opposing camps in California soon will launch a campaign battle likely to consume $50 million or more in political spending.
Sacramento Bee