Cece Woods, Author at The Current Report

Part 2: The Architecture of Corruption and Human Capital Collapse

While City Hall projects grand illusions of a fortified police force ahead of the World Cup and the 2028 Olympic Games, the structural reality of the LAPD tells a far darker story.

June 8, 2026

Al Labrada·LAPD·News·Politics

THE $4.99 MILLION INSIDE GAME: How Los Angeles County’s Public Safety Unions Quietly Financed Measure ER Before the Public Ever Had a Vote

By the time Los Angeles County residents first heard the name “Measure ER” during a February 10, 2026 Board of Supervisors meeting, the political operation behind it was already fully constructed, fully

May 26, 2026

LASD·News·Politics·Uncategorized

Cece Woods, The Current Report – Cease and Desist Notice to Julie Cohen Regarding “Justice for Mark and Jacob Iskander” Facebook Page

CEASE AND DESIST – DEFAMATION PER SE, FALSE LIGHT, CIVIL HARASSMENT, RETALIATION, AND INDUCEMENT OF DEFAMATION (CALIFORNIA LAW) Date: February 27th, 2026 Via: Electronic Delivery and Certified Mail Julie Denny Cohen Administrator,

May 23, 2026

Rebecca Grossman

The Mirror Inside the Department: The Growing Revolt Against LASD Leadership

For years, deputies inside the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department have quietly grumbled about politics, favoritism, retaliation, and executive leadership detached from the reality on the ground. But now, as staffing collapses,

May 20, 2026

LASD·News·Politics

The $1.7 Billion Ghost: Inside the Federal Failure to Stop Malibu’s Most Connected Fugitive

When federal fugitive Bernhard Eugen Fritsch lost his appeal on April 23, 2026 under the fugitive disentitlement doctrine, the ruling officially transformed one of Malibu’s most bizarre corporate collapses into something even more serious:

May 14, 2026

Uncategorized

Ashes, Evictions, and $90 Million Dreams: How Sacramento’s SB 1093 Could Finish Off California’s Coastal Mobile-Home Communities

Senator Ben Allen is calling it a “fix.” Sacramento insiders are branding it “progress.” But for many displaced mobile-home residents, SB 1093 looks less like recovery and more like a legislative cleanup

May 14, 2026

News·Palisades Fire·Politics

INSIDE THE COLLAPSE OF LASD: How Budget Disasters, Failed Leadership, and Board Policies Crippled the Nation’s Largest Sheriff’s Department

What is unfolding inside the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is no longer a staffing problem. It is a full-scale operational collapse years in the making. The nation’s largest sheriff’s department is

May 12, 2026

Alex Villanueva 2026·Investigations·LASD·News·Politics

The Marie Antoinette Machine: Inside Gavin Newsom’s Last-Ditch California Power Play

California is collapsing under the weight of political arrogance, insider protection, and a ruling class that increasingly behaves as though accountability is optional. As working Californians struggle under crushing housing costs, rising

May 12, 2026

Gavin Newsom·News·Politics·Spencer Pratt

Sheriff Luna Feeds LASD Deputies to the Wolves: LA Superior Court Judge Greenlights OIG’s External Witch Hunt on Deputy “Gangs”

In a ruling that unions call a partial but dangerous victory for civilian oversight, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge James C. Chalfant handed the politically charged Office of the Inspector General

May 9, 2026

Investigations·LASD·News·Politics

The Games, Part II: The Novela

In “The Games,” one reality was laid bare about the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. The system is not failing. It is operating exactly as it has been allowed to operate. Power

May 5, 2026

LASD·News·Politics