L.A. County restraining order system to undergo sweeping reforms

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Set us as preferred The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a motion Tuesday aimed at improving the county’s restraining order system in order to better support and protect victims of domestic violence and stalking.The measure, which was co-authored by Supervisors Lindsey Horvath and Hilda Solis, also begins the process of officially making gender-based violence and intimate partner violence a “Board-directed priority” and calls on county agencies to identify millions of dollars of funding to help bolster the efforts.The motion cited an investigation published by The Times in September that examined L.A.County’s restraining order system and the ways it often fails to support people who seek protection through the courts.

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County’s system for granting and enforcing restraining orders leaves women vulnerable to violence, even when they manage to escape from abusive relationships.“These are signs that systems aren’t doing enough to help people,” Horvath said Tuesday.“A survivor should never have to fight the system while fighting to survive.”The motion calls on the county’s chief executive officer to identify millions of dollars in new funding for self-help legal centers, courthouse domestic violence clinics, and the launch of a hotline to help connect the public with services.The motion also calls on the county’s chief executive, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, and other agencies to assess their current efforts, plans for improvement and opportunities for additional funding and present their findings to the board.Sheriff Robert Luna told The Times in an interview last month that he thinks his department is “going to be abl...