County of Riverside. The lawsuit was filed in a federal court in Riverside County. The lawsuit claimed the County had placed unfair and illegal penalties against youth for doing small misbehavior at school. The judge agreed that the lawsuit would be a “class action,” on behalf of a big group of people who were ever referred to the YAT program or put on a probation contract through the YAT program. The people involved in the lawsuit agreed on what changes need to happen and settled the lawsuit. If the judge thinks the settlement is fair and helps the youth and approves the settlement, you may have rights that you should know about. Before the Court finally approves the settlement, you can check to see what was agreed to in the settlement. You can also ask any questions you may have, and if you disagree with something, you can share any objections with the judge. To learn more, keep reading this notice. What is the lawsuit about? The lawsuit challenges the constitutionality of the Youth Accountability Team (“YAT”) program. The YAT program is an informal juvenile probation program run by Riverside County (the “County”). The lawsuit talks about many concerns about the YAT program’s penalties for youth accused of only minor school misbehavior. For example, the lawsuit said: • the County had thousands of youth sign YAT contracts for common teenage behavior, such as being “defiant” or truant in school; • YAT contracts included illegal conditions, like home searches and “no association” terms that limited who you can hang out with; • the County forced youth to sign YAT contracts and agree to whatever terms the Probation Department wanted; and • youth of color were more likely to be referred to the YAT program. The County denies it did anything wrong but has agreed to settle the lawsuit and make important changes to the YAT program. Who is involved in the lawsuit? The lawsuit was filed by three youth in high school who were put on YAT contracts and an organization in Xxxxxx Valley that mentors youth. They are the “plaintiffs” in this lawsuit. All three youth were high school students in Riverside County when the lawsuit was filed. To protect the students, the youth filed the case using fake names or just their initials: Xxxxxx X., Xxxxx X., and X.X. The name of the organization that mentors youth is Sigma Beta Xi, Inc. The lawsuit is a class action. This means the three youth represent similar youth in Riverside County who have been sent to the YAT program or put on a YAT probation con...
County of Riverside. The lawsuit challenges the constitutionality of the Youth Accountability Team (“YAT”) program, a juvenile diversion program run by Riverside County (the “County”). The lawsuit raised numerous concerns over the penalties imposed on children accused of certain actions like school misbehavior. The lawsuit alleged that the YAT program had placed thousands of children on onerous YAT probation contracts on the basis of common teenage behavior, including for children’s “persistent or habitual refusal to obey the reasonable and proper orders or directions of school authorities” under California Welfare & Institutions Code (WIC) Section 601(b). The lawsuit further alleged that the YAT program violated children’s due process rights by failing to give them adequate notice of their rights and failing to provide them with counsel. The lawsuit further alleged that the program imposed intrusive and unconstitutional contract terms that allowed officers to search children in violation of their rights to be free from unreasonable search and seizure and imposed supervision conditions that restricted their expressive and associational rights. The lawsuit also alleged that the YAT program’s referral practices led to racial disparities. The lawsuit primarily requested declaratory and injunctive relief, as well as nominal damages and Plaintiffs’ costs and attorneys’ fees. The lawsuit requested that the court: • declare Section 601(b) WIC, as well as the County’s application of Section 601 WIC, to be unconstitutionally vague and prohibit the County from enforcing Section 601 WIC in the future; • declare that the County’s placement of children on YAT probation without providing adequate notice and under coercive conditions to violate due process; • prohibit the County from placing children on YAT contracts without due process of law and without providing access to an attorney; • declare the County’s searches of homes, belongings, and persons and drug testing to violate children’s rights to be free from unreasonable searches; • prohibit the County from conducting similar searches in the future; • declare that the County had violated children’s free speech and associational rights by prohibiting children from associating with anyone not approved of by the County; • prohibit the County from prohibiting children placed on YAT from associating with others not approved of by the County; • declare that the County’s operation of the YAT program has a significant adverse impact on Black an...
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County of Riverside. American Medical Response Ambulance Service, Inc.: Signature: Signature on file Signature: Signature on file Print Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxx _ Print Name: _Edward X. Xxx Xxxxx Title: Chairman, Board of Supervisors _ Dated: Jan 13 2015 Title: President Dated: _1/05/2015 Exhibit 1: Definitions
County of Riverside a political subdivision of the State of 5 California, on behalf of its Community 6 Action Partnership - Riverside 8 By: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx 9 Director 10 11 Dated: 12 14 APPROVED AS TO FORM: 15 Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx County Counsel 18 19 By: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, 20 Deputy County Counsel 21 22 24 25 26 27 28 CONTRACTOR: [NAME], a California corporation By: [NAME], CEO Dated: 1 EXHIBIT “A” 2 SCOPE OF SERVICES 3 [NAME], a California corporation, (“CONTRACTOR”) shall provide the following services 4 to the County of Riverside’s Community Action Partnership (“CAP”) as required in that certain Professional Services Agreement for Weatherization Services, (“Agreement”). 6 CONTRACTOR shall provide CAP clients with all weatherization services according to CAP issued Work Orders (“W.O.”) and other guidelines for its low-income, single and 7 multi-family households within all areas of Riverside County as required.
