Month: June 2014
Governor Brown Signs SB 1296 Into Law Forbidding Incarceration For Truant Youth In California
On June 27, 2014, Governor Jerry Brown signed in law SB 1296 (Leno), outlawing incarceration as a contempt sanction for youth adjudicated as truants (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 601). In re Michael G. (1988) 44 Cal.3d 283, a Lucas court decision, had carved out an exception to statutes expressly prohibiting confinement for section 601 …
The California Supreme Court Reverses Juvenile Graffiti Cleanup Restitution Order Based on “Cost Model” in Luis M.: Big Win for PJDC’s Rourke Stacy
In In re Luis M., S207314, the City of Lancaster averaged costs of graffiti cleanup to determine the child’s restitution award. In a unanimous opinion on June 19, 2014, California’s highest court rejected this approach, reaffirming the long standing principal that restitution under Welfare and Institutions Code section 730.6 “must have some factual nexus …