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Criminal

Jul. 18, 2023

City, crime victims plan to appeal judge’s no bail ruling

Crime Survivors Inc., has tried twice to intervene in the case, saying the city and county have made a weak defense of cash bail. Los Angeles’ city attorney is appealing the order against bail for infractions and misdemeanors.

The Los Angeles City Attorney’s office and a lawyer representing a crime victims’ advocacy group have separately filed notices of appeal in a lawsuit challenging a judge’s approval of a zero bail schedule.

City Attorney Hydee Feldstein Soto intends to appeal Judge Lawrence P. Riff’s order prohibiting the city and county from enforcing the 2022 bail schedule for infractions and misdemeanors. The bail schedule was adopted but the judges of t...

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