Throughout California, and in Los Angeles County in particular, the children services system and dependency courts are a nightmare plagued by allegations of incompetence and corruption. An LA county judge has thrown open the courtrooms to the public and the media, offering a healthy dose of transparency. That reform offers more hope than others to reform this system. But the social workers are fighting this. Here is my column on it. The main point, as it relates to Public Sector Inc.: "It's so frustrating how every serious policy issue in this state is
driven by what's best for government employees, not the public."
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