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Members of the Los Angeles County (L.A. County) Board of Supervisors have recommended approving the placement of male juvenile offenders near residential areas in Santa Clarita in a coming meeting Tuesday.
On Tuesday, the L.A. County Board of Supervisors is set to vote on whether to approve the Division of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) Subcommittee’s plan to move male juvenile offenders from across Los Angeles County to the defunct Camp Joseph Scott or Kenyon Scudder in Santa Clarita.
The LA County Board of Supervisors will be considering a motion to make Camps Scott and Scudder a long term facility for serious juvenile offenders. If you have concerns please let them know. https://t.co/91FNinasFn pic.twitter.com/lK6n4tIbLn
— Santa Clarita City (@santaclarita) July 8, 2021
“This motion was added to the agenda without any communication with the City of Santa Clarita or our residents,” said representatives for the City of Santa Clarita. “This motion was made without any consultation with the City, and the Santa Clarita City Attorney’s Office is currently evaluating all legal options.”
Supervisors Holly Mitchell and Sheila Kuehl, representing L.A. County’s second and third districts respectively, have recommended accepting the DJJ subcommittee’s plan to transfer male juvenile delinquents to Camp Scott or Camp Scutter in Santa Clarita.
Neither Mitchell nor Kuehl represent the Santa Clarita area.
“I share the concerns from the community regarding the rushed proposal to house Department of Juvenile Justice youth at Camps Scott and Scudder in the Santa Clarita Valley,” said L.A. County Board of Supervisor Kathryn Barger who represents the fifth District including Santa Clarita. “The State only provided the County with a very compressed timeline to develop a proposal to house and care for the youth they are diverting out of the California Department of Juvenile Justice. However, I believe that the recommendations and the proposal by the JJRBG subcommittee were not completed with the community input and engagement that is necessary for a program of this nature.”
The offenders would be moved to Camp Kilpatrick in Malibu temporarily as renovations would be made to update either Camp Scott or Camp Scudder in Santa Clarita.
Additionally, in the same Tuesday meeting, the supervisors are set to address a request to renovate Camp Scott filed by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works.
The project, which would update street lighting and guardrails on the road leading to Camp Scott, is presumably part of an effort to make the camp functional again so it can house new inmates in alignment with the DJJ’s plan.
See Related: County Recommends Placement Of Juvenile Offenders In Santa Clarita, Without Notifying City
The City of Santa Clarita is encouraging concerned residents to contact the justice deputies for each supervisor before the Board of Supervisors meeting Tuesday.
“Before this proposal – or any other proposal is approved – I want to ensure that there is the opportunity for ample public input into the proposed utilization of Camps Scott and Scudder,” Barger said. “I will also ask that assessment is completed for the three other camp facilities within the County that could serve as alternate locations for these youth – that includes Barry J. Nidorff, Camp Holton and Camps Munz and Mendenhall.
I remain hopeful that this issue will get resolved, allowing for the proper level of local input and feedback that this community deserves.”
In a meeting on June 23, Santa Clarita City Council unanimously voted against the decision to reopen Camps Scott or Scutter, which are both out of function and located near residential areas.
See Related: City Council Unanimously Votes Against Juvenile Offenders Coming To Santa Clarita
During that meeting, both city council members and residents of Santa Clarita spoke out against the DJJ’s plan, which was made without the knowledge or approval of officials with the City of Santa Clarita.
“The lack of outreach, input and thought to the residents of Saugus and all of Santa Clarita when it comes to housing juveniles who commit serious crimes is extremely disappointing,” said Councilman Jason Gibbs. “Modifying a facility to house criminals that have been convicted of rape, arson and even murder, so close to residential homes is not only inappropriate, but a disservice to the safety and family-first environment people have come to enjoy and expect from Santa Clarita.821
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So much for AwesomeTown. Watching our community slowly being destroyed because we continue to vote the wrong candidate in office.
Art – you are so right. I knew those camps were there before I bought my house off Alaminos. If they want the military style drills, listen to the probies for LA County Fire at their training center off the 126.
Oh some of you people just don’t get it these aren’t probation kids these are young adults who are adjudicated and or convicted of murder carjacking and rape those camps that you were talking about from “back in the day” those were for first time offenders, you guys really need to do your homework those facilities are not equipped to handle these types of convicts and that’s what they are they are convicts. The probation department is not equipped to handle these types of criminals. This is all new this is all coming down from Sacramento, probation officials are scrambling to figure out what to do. Keep in mind people that the probation officers that are going to work there are not going to be equipped with pepper spray or any type of defense mechanism to keep chaos from occurring.
You are sadly mistaken and these are not first time offenders going to a probation camp. You need to do your homework and find out the type of criminal that will now be housed in that facility 17 to 25-year-old convicted felons murderers carjacking and rapists no more drug offenders and Joy riders who got caught. When these kids were adjudicated they were kept in a separate facility within juvenile hall that was fenced off from the rest of the juvenile hall. That’s how dangerous these individuals are. Yuppie or not this is something you don’t want your backyard.
They will only be shooting themselves in the foot if they move forward with this . Property values will drop which will be less money for the county. The new project for single family affordable homes on Bouquet will come to a halt . I mean who would want to live 100 yards from this detention center while housing these Dregs . SCV was just ranked 7th or 8th safest city which will change due to these Dregs being housed next to $700K homes . You just can’t make this stuff up how our County and State are being mishandled and mismanaged.
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Sadly, your comment is true. I definitely wouldn’t have purchased 2 years ago had I known this was going to be near my home. Not to mention the housing development in the works nearby. How are they going to sell? Nobody wants to live near a maximum security type detention center.
Leave it to the fruitcakes in Los Angeles City Council. Wait until all of the juvies coming over the border get up here. You ain’t seen nothing yet! Third world here we come!
Ya get what ya vote for!
More liberals = lower quality of life!
You sure are ASSUming a lot.
Clearly this location was NOT. Problem until the proposed change to bring in SERIOUS offenders.
Maybe you should house a couple in YOUR home since you aren’t concerned.