CYDC’s Legislative Committee pursues our collective mission to improve outcomes for youth by crafting, sponsoring, and supporting legislation that would better their lives and by opposing legislation that would harm them.  The current legislative session has proven challenging so far for advancing youth justice reforms. CYDC’s primary legislative effort, Senate Bill 824 (Menjivar), which sought… Continue reading →

1/29/25: The New York Times Magazine’s recent article “What Happened When America Emptied Its Youth Prisons” chronicles what it describes as “a remarkable — if largely overlooked — era in the history of America’s juvenile justice system. Between 2000 and 2020, the number of young people incarcerated in the United States declined by an astonishing… Continue reading →

1/22/25: In 2024, PJDC was the recipient of a grant to train community violence intervention workers in Los Angeles County as part of the Los Angeles Peer to Peer Learning Academy.  Together with Abraham Medina of Organizing Roots, Executive Director Brooke Harris taught eight day-long workshops on improving community safety through effective advocacy in the… Continue reading →