Personnel is policy: Kevin Hassett brings fiscal responsibility to the White House

• February 6, 2025

The fate of President Donald Trump’s ambitious economic policy plans will be determined by the people he appoints to critical positions. With a debt of over $36 trillion (heading toward $59 trillion in 2035 by some estimates), inflation not resolved, an entitlement crisis looming and the need to extend the president’s 2017 tax cuts, we’d better hope the cooler, more experienced heads prevail.

As it happens, Kevin Hassett, chair of the Council of Economic Advisers and later a senior adviser to the president during Trump’s first administration, has been appointed to lead the National Economic Council. Clearly one of the economists Trump trusts most, Hassett might just be the person capable of charting a fiscally responsible path through challenging circumstances.

“Personnel is policy” is not just a platitude; it’s a fact that’s shaped past administrations. Key advisers have long played leading roles crafting monumental economic policies.

It’s a long list that includes Arthur Laffer, whose theories on tax cuts and supply-side economics fundamentally reshaped fiscal policy and spurred growth during the Reagan years. Ezekiel Emanuel has been called the architect of the Obama administration’s Affordable Care Act, with long-lasting impacts on U.S. health care.

Hassett could play an equally significant role. Take the debate about extending Trump’s tax cuts. Letting them all expire isn’t really an option, but tax cuts are expensive. How to pay is crucial. Unfortunately, in this populist era, corporations are often scapegoated for all that’s wrong with the world, and some voices are demanding higher corporate tax rates to pay for individual cuts.

Here, Hassett’s scholarship will prove invaluable. In 2006, he and Aparna Mathur coauthored the first empirical study examining the link between corporate taxes and manufacturing wages. Analyzing data from 72 countries over 22 years, they found that the burden of corporate income taxes is largely shouldered by workers through lower wages.

This conclusion has since been reinforced by many studies. In a recent review of the academic literature, Cato Institute economist Adam Michel writes: “The best economic evidence suggests that workers pay more than half, and likely three-quarters, of the cost of the corporate tax. Thus, cutting business taxes is a tax cut for working Americans.”

While there are still debates over details, it’s now well established that corporate tax cuts aren’t simply giveaways to wealthy capitalists. Having someone within the administration who is so authoritative on this issue will be essential if we’re to avoid the mistake of paying for some tax extensions with damaging corporate tax hikes.

Indeed, Hassett’s work will be important in assessing which expiring tax provisions should absolutely be extended based on an ability to trigger investment, productivity and economic growth. In that respect, his recent paper on the 2017 corporate tax reforms, coauthored with the Hoover Institution’s Jon Hartley and Josh Rauh, demonstrates the importance of restoring the full-expensing provision that is now phasing out. Allowing businesses to fully deduct their investments means productivity, growth and a more prosperous workforce.

Beyond tax reform work, Hassett has been a key researcher on how best to reduce the debt. In 2010, he and coauthors Andrew Biggs and Matthew Jensen published a paper covering more than 100 instances in which countries tried to reduce budget gaps. Governments which “addressed their budget shortfalls through reduced spending burdens were far more likely to reduce their debt than countries whose budget-balancing strategies depended upon higher taxes.”

What’s more, “the typical unsuccessful fiscal consolidation consisted of 53 percent tax increases and 47 percent spending cuts. By contrast, the typical successful fiscal consolidation consisted of 85 percent spending cuts.”

As Hassett, Biggs and Jensen made clear, a vast majority of countries that have attempted to reduce debt-to-GDP ratios have failed precisely by relying too heavily on higher tax rates. Considering that the United States needs to implement austerity measures sooner rather than later — it’s more a question of “when” than “if” — having someone who understands the importance of carefully designing fiscal adjustments is, once again, essential.

There are many other areas where Hassett could be influential. While he may believe that Trump’s tariffs can be used to get concessions from other countries, he understands that, fundamentally, these are taxes imposed on Americans that pave no path to prosperity.

Much attention has been given to Trump’s appointees in areas like health care and defense. Hassett’s appointment should not be overlooked. It signals a focus on growth, job creation and even elusive fiscal responsibility — not just short-term populist measures.

Veronique de Rugy is the George Gibbs Chair in Political Economy and a senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University.

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Los Alamitos girls soccer tops Newport Harbor to extend reign in Sunset League to nine years

• February 6, 2025

LOS ALAMITOS — Two of the keys to success for the Los Alamitos girls soccer team have been scoring first and scoring early.

With the Sunset League title on the line, the Griffins once again scored an early goal and went on to a 2-0 victory over Newport Harbor in the Sunset League tournament final Wednesday at Los Alamitos High School.

The league title is the ninth in a row for the Griffins (15-5-3, 8-0).

The Griffins, who are ranked No. 4 in Orange County, went into the Sunset League’s first postseason tournament in first place, but because of the new point system, they needed to defeat the No. 3 Sailors (15-5-3, 7-2) to be crowned league champions.

Between the regular season and tournament, the Griffins finished with 25 points, compared to 20 for the Sailors, who finished in second place.

“Getting an early goal definitely kept us going,” said Los Alamitos’ Vivi Zacarias, who scored the second goal and assisted on the first goal, which was scored by Baylee Fernley. “And every year it keeps getting harder and harder. Big congrats and kudos to Newport Harbor and every other team in this league because they make it so challenging. They make us have to work every single day for the league title. It’s not easy because anyone can really win.”

Fernley’s goal came in the 28th minute, off a pass from Zacarias, who also scored both goals in the Griffins’ 2-0 victory over the Sailors in the regular-season finale on Jan. 28.

For Fernley’s goal, Zacarias had control of the ball near the right side of the goal but was being guarded by three players.

She then played the ball to Fernley, who took a second to set up her shot and fired the ball past the goalkeeper, who managed to get her hands on the ball, but couldn’t stop it from going into the net.

“I just wanted to make sure I didn’t blast it over and take too many touches,” Fernley said.

Zacarias scored her goal in the 32nd minute off of a free kick from Camryn Flores, who kicked the ball forward 30 yards from the goal.

Flores hit an arcing shot to Zacarias, who was facing away from the goal and flicked the ball into the net using the back of her head.

Newport Harbor coach Justin Schroeder praised the play of his back line and credited the Griffins for their consistency and ball control.

“They were flying around,” Schroeder said. “They were buzzing the entire game. They do a good job of running off the ball, playing that ball long, lay it off, kids are running through. They do a good job of that.”

When the CIF-SS playoff pairings are announced Saturday, Los Alamitos coach Pat Rossi is confident his team will be one of the eight teams selected for the Open Division.

Schroeder believes the Sailors also have a chance to be selected for the Open Division or be among the top four seeds in Division 1.

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A real estate developer’s guide to the Middle East

• February 6, 2025

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has a basic idea about everybody on the planet; he believes that people just want to live well in nice housing and safe communities.

The world saw that in Singapore in 2018 when Trump met with North Korean strongman Kim Jong Un; Team Trump made a video that offered the Hermit Kingdom a place at the world’s prosperity table.

The world saw that side of Trump again Tuesday when the president and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took press questions in the White House East Room.

Trump’s appeal: He wants to turn Gaza into “the Riviera of the Middle East” — and he wants the United States to own the land.

While some heads in the room exploded, Trump pitched his message to those outside the room.

What do Gazans have to lose?

Trump bluntly stated that Gaza is now a “hellhole.” For more than a year, Israel bombarded the seaside strip of land with the goal of destroying Hamas so that its thugs cannot repeat the atrocity of Oct. 7, 2023, when Palestinian terrorists murdered 1,200 and created 251 hostages.

Gaza was a “hellhole” before the 2023 atrocity.

After being bombed back to the Stone Age, it’s not habitable, Trump offered.

Let Egypt, Jordan and other nations take in Palestinians while the United States nation builds.

The obstacles are many. As Jonathan Schanzer, executive director of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies put it, Palestinians have been “willing to live in rubble, live in tents, live without water or electricity, and suffer as living symbols of the Palestinian national cause. And this is what they have been encouraged to do. They’ve been incentivized to do by the rest of the Arab world since, since 1948.”

As if to prove Schanzer’s point, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas responded, “We will not allow the rights of our people, for which we have struggled for decades and made great sacrifices to achieve, to be infringed upon.”

I have to agree.

But if the Arab World sees welcoming Gazans as a betrayal, perhaps other Muslim nations — say, Malaysia or Indonesia — could pitch in, Schanzer offered. Bottom line: Trump’s rhetoric “forced the Arab world to begin to engage more seriously if they don’t want the transfer of Gazans, if they don’t want the U.S. to take over the Gaza Strip, they need to provide an alternative.”

Danny Danon, Israel’s U.N. ambassador, told CNN, “I think we all agree that it should require the consent — consent of people to move out from where they live, and the consent for other countries to receive them.” True.

But Trump’s proposal for U.S. ownership is essential. In 2005, Israel withdrew from a functioning Gaza only to see Hamas take charge in 2007.

Is Trump’s “Riviera of the Middle East” scheme likely to happen? Probably not. The Washington Post’s Aaron Blake offered four possible explanations for Trump’s Gaza gambit: It provides a distraction, it’s a negotiating ploy, Trump sees value in adversaries believing he is volatile, and/or “His sudden imperialist streak is very real.”

I see a president who seized the opportunity to send a message to Palestinians — that they deserve better — and who chose to point a harsh spotlight on the misery that pervades corners in Gaza. The worst part is, that misery is a choice, a bad choice, but not a choice that needs repeating.

Contact Review-Journal Washington columnist Debra J. Saunders at dsaunders@reviewjournal.com. Follow @debrajsaunders on X.

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Kings double up Canadiens to extend home dominance

• February 6, 2025

LOS ANGELES — The Kings were holding court once more, returning to their winning ways and breaking open the Montreal Canadiens’ defense in a 6-3 win that they started out dominating and finished effectively on Wednesday night at Crypto.com Arena.

They have won 11 of their past 12 home games and now have consecutive victories after salvaging at least one win from their five-game road trip in the finale at Carolina. Montreal, which had been the cream of the NHL crop for five weeks, has now lost six of its past seven games.

Kevin Fiala had two goals for a second straight game and his linemate Quinton Byfield had three assists. Vladislav Gavrikov and Warren Foegele had a goal and an assist apiece, while Brandt Clarke and Trevor Moore (empty net) each scored a goal. Darcy Kuemper came up with 18 saves in the opener of a six-game homestand that bookends the upcoming 4 Nations Face-off international tournament.

Defensemen Mike Matheson, Alexandre Carrier and Logan Mallioux scored for Montreal. Jakub Dobeš stopped 32 of 37 shots.

There were twice as many goals (six) scored in the third period as the other two combined.

Moore scored into the empty net to close out an effort that began with Clarke’s goal just 15 seconds into the period.

Montreal got a marker from Mailloux, who strided confidently into a shot from high in the faceoff circle.

Previously, there was a second soft shot from distance that beat Kuemper, with this one coming after Alex Newhook blew a tire. The puck came to Carrier in the upper right corner of the Kings’ zone, where he let fly with a fluttering shot that snuck through both Drew Doughty and Kuemper to the far side.

The Kings had earned their first two-goal lead of the night when Alex Turcotte and Anže Kopitar joined forces to win a board battle, with Kopitar moving the puck high to Clarke. Clarke’s point shot zipped past Dobeš, whose vision was partially obstructed by Adrian Kempe.

The second period saw the two sides exchange goals to maintain the Kings’ edge from the first intermission at the second, also thanks to Kuemper’s quieting of a riotous rush from Montreal’s top line off a Joel Edmundson giveaway.

Just 1:32 after Montreal scored, the Kings recaptured the lead on a penalty shot by Foegele, whose shot between Dobeš’ pad and blocker grazed his arm en route to the nylon. It was Foegele’s 13th goal of the season and the first conversion of a penalty shot since Austin Wagner netted one against Colorado nearly five years ago.

At the 3:51 mark, the Habs had gotten on the board with a magic bullet. Matheson flinged a wobbling puck toward the net that caromed off Doughty’s posterior and then Kuemper’s head before entering the net.

The Kings, who had three days off prior to the game, came out skating circles around the Habs, who had won in San Jose a night earlier to snap a five-game losing streak. The hosts recorded the first dozen shots of the game and its first goal just 99 seconds after the opening faceoff.

Sandwiched between two tortuous near-misses for Moore was Gavrikov’s goal. Byfield recovered a shot and slid the puck high for the Russian defender, whose blast from above the left circle through a Laferriere screen became his third goal of 2024-25. Byfield’s assists, on this goal and both of Fiala’s, brought his totals to five in two games and eight points across five career games versus Montreal.

More to come on this story.

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Canyon boys basketball defeats Cypress in tiebreaker game, earns CIF-SS playoff berth

• February 6, 2025

FULLERTON – It was only right that Orange County boys basketball’s wild and crazy Crestview League would need an additional game to decide the league’s third and final guaranteed playoff berth.

Canyon and Cypress played each other Wednesday in that third-place tiebreaker game. Led by Brandon Benjamin’s 29 points, Canyon defeated Cypress 64-56 at Sunny Hills High.

Canyon likely will be in CIF Southern Section Division 1 when the playoffs begin Feb. 12.

Canyon, 20-9 overall, is No. 17 in the CIF-SS rankings that determine the placement of playoff teams into playoff divisions.

If Canyon this week is moved into the top 16 teams in the final rankings of the season, and if the Open Division is a 16-team bracket, then Canyon would be in the Open Division for the playoffs. The Open Division was an eight-team group last year, and seems destined to be a group of 8-10 teams this year.

As only the top three teams in a five-team league like the Crestview receive guaranteed playoff berths, Cypress (18-11) is left to hope an at-large berth is available. The Centurions, No. 32 in the CIF-SS rankings, will be in the Division 1 pool of at-large hopefuls.

CIF-SS boys and girls basketball playoff brackets will be released Saturday at noon.

Wednesday’s game matched two teams that were going in opposite directions as they concluded their scheduled Crestview League games with their 4-4 league records. Canyon and Cypress split their two league games, so head-to-head results could not break the tie between them. Sunny Hills was selected as the neutral site for the third-place playoff game.

After a 0-3 start in league Cypress had won four of its last five Crestview League games to get the Centurions into playoff contention. Canyon, 4-1 at one point of league play, had lost three straight league games, including a two-point loss to league champion Crean Lutheran on Tuesday, by a total of 11 points.

Benjamin, a 6-6 senior forward who signed with University of San Diego, scored 12 points in the fourth quarter. He made 3 of his 4 shots and was 6 for 6 at the free-throw line in the final eight minutes.

“Knowing that, as a senior, this could be one of our last games, we just wanted it more,” Benjamin said. “We wanted to come out, make sure we get to the playoffs and have a good ending to our season.”

Benjamin scored in the usual manner – powering his way up and through the double- and triple-teams he has encountered since his freshman year with a handful of 10-15 foot jump shots and a first-quarter 3-pointer. He also had 10 rebounds and five assists.

Canyon senior guards Saf Yilmazturk scored 12 points with two 3-pointers and Noah Kim scored seven points. Senior forward Zach Cutler grabbed seven rebounds.

“Credit to our kids,” said Canyon coach Nate Harrison. “We had a really tough loss last night. Some teams would be done at that point, and our kids didn’t quit.”

Cypress junior high-energy guard Ryan Gov scored 23 points including eight points in the fourth quarter. Centurions senior guard King Birdsong scored 15 points with two 3-point baskets.

Canyon took a 42-39 lead into the fourth quarter. Birdsong converted a three-point play to tie it 44-44 and Gov would do the same to make it 49-49. Josiyah Hall-Deans scored for Cypress off of an offensive rebound to put the Centurions on top 51-49.

Benjamin tied it on a spin move in the key, Yilmazturk took a great pass from Benjamin for a layup and Canyon was ahead 53-51. Jackson Houston scored for Cypress with two minutes left to tie the game 53-53. Benjamin spun his way through three defenders again for a 55-53 lead with 1:49 to go.

Benjamin made four free throws over the final 79 seconds as did reserve junior guard Rami Awad to keep Canyon in control.

Harrison said he hoped Cypress would get into the playoffs, and praised Cypress coach Derek Mitchell.

“There will be a ton of great teams that will miss the playoffs,” Harrison said. “And that man deserves to be in the playoffs. He does as good of a job as anybody.”

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Lakers acquire center Mark Williams from Hornets

• February 6, 2025

Lakers general manager Rob Pelinka acknowledged the team’s need for a big man on Tuesday morning during Luka Doncic’s introductory press conference.

And nearly 36 hours later, the Lakers filled that need, acquiring 7-foot, 241-pound center Mark Williams from the Charlotte Hornets to fortify their interior presence.

As part of the trade, which was first reported by ESPN’s Shams Charania on Wednesday night, the Lakers will send the Hornets rookie wing Dalton Knecht, veteran wing Cam Reddish, their 2031 unprotected first-round draft pick and a 2030 first-round pick swap.

Williams quickly reacted to the trade on social media, posting purple and yellow hearts on X (formerly Twitter) on Wednesday night.

The Lakers will open a roster spot after the trade is official.

Williams, who was drafted with the No. 15 pick out of Duke in 2022, is averaging 16 points (59.7% shooting), 9.8 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.2 blocked shots per game in his third NBA season.

He’s averaged 11.7 points (62.6% shooting), 8.4 rebounds, 1.1 blocked shots and 1.1 assists for his career.

Williams fits the archetype of big men who have thrived alongside Doncic: an athletic and mobile lob threat who can make their presence felt at the rim on both ends of the court.

And at 23 years old, he fits the Lakers’ long-term goal of adding players who can contribute now while also fitting Doncic’s timeline.

The Lakers drafted Knecht with the No. 17 pick in last June’s draft.

More to come on this story.

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No. 1 UCLA women beat No. 8 Ohio State, set program-record win streak

• February 6, 2025

LOS ANGELES — The top-ranked UCLA women’s basketball team took control in the fourth quarter to beat No. 8 Ohio State, 65-52, and set a program record with its 22nd consecutive win on Wednesday night at Pauley Pavilion.

UCLA (22-0 overall, 10-0 Big Ten), which remains the only unbeaten team in Division I, eclipsed a 21-game win streak set during the 1977-78 season.

“We needed a game like that,” UCLA coach Cori Close said. “Chaos, disappointment. We looked tired at times and we had to find a way to buckle down and do it with toughness and rebounding and defense. I’m thankful for a team that’s willing to win gritty and not pretty.”

The Buckeyes’ Elsa Lemmilä, a 6-foot-6 freshman center, created an interesting one-on-one matchup with UCLA’s 6-7 Lauren Betts, but the Bruins’ center was able to use her athleticism to score 19 points to go with 14 rebounds and three blocked shots. It was her 12th double-double of the season.

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Gabriela Jaquez added 17 points, Kiki Rice scored 12 points and Angela Dugalic pulled down 10 rebounds.

UCLA outrebounded Ohio State (20-1, 9-1) by a wide margin (49-33), but a season-high 23 turnovers hurt the Bruins.

“We were frustrated with our turnovers and we let it affect our purpose and talk and transition D,” Close said. “I didn’t think it was that they got steal-scores, it’s that we were playing one-on-one defense instead of team transition defense, building our wall, talking about right-hand drivers, who are the shooters. How do we help each other and rotate? And that’s tough to do against a team like that.”

UCLA was visibly frustrated in the fourth quarter, as Ohio State diligently chipped away to tie the score at 44-all just 34 seconds into the period. The Bruins countered with a 19-1 run that included nine points from Jaquez. The Bruins outrebounded Ohio State 13-2 in the fourth, with Jaquez grabbing three of her six.

“(Practice) is really tough every day,” Betts said. “Once it happened in this game, we were kind of ready for it. We hold each other accountable and sometimes it’s hard, but we just take it and just move on. And I think that poise is just what we work on every single day.”

A Betts layup gave UCLA a five-point lead, then a Jaquez layup, a Rice steal and jumper and a Janiah Barker jumper made it 56-45 with 5:47 left. Jaquez added a layup off an offensive rebound, then a 3-pointer and another layup to complete the surge for a 63-45 lead with 3:18 left.

UCLA looked as though it could pull away from the Buckeyes when Betts made a layup in the first 30 seconds of the second quarter to give the Bruins a 20-6 lead. Their timing and passing were off, however, which limited the offense.

Rice missed a teammate with a pass but was able to grab a steal almost immediately afterward to make a layup. It wasn’t the prettiest play, but UCLA put together an 8-2 run for a 30-24 lead at halftime.

“Ohio State’s a really good defensive team,” Jaquez said. “In the first half, we were playing their game and they won the style of play. Coming out in the second half, we just really needed to reset.”

The Bruins struggled to fully separate themselves to begin the second half. The third-quarter scoring run that has become a signature part of UCLA’s offense was missing and the turnovers kept on coming.

A series of long passes from Elina Aarnisalo to Betts to Jaquez and another long pass from Barker to Jaquez resulted in back-to-back layups and a 38-31 lead with 4:30 left in the third quarter.

UCLA used speed to combat Ohio State’s press defense and rushed forward any time there was open space. The Buckeyes effectively defended for most of the first quarter and scored eight points off of UCLA’s eight turnovers in the period.

“Credit to Ohio State,” Close said. “That’s the first team that made us play that way. And they really were the more aggressive team for a long time but it forced us to go to another level of toughness to get the win.”

The Bruins gained a two-point edge at the end of the frame after Angela Dugalić tied the score at 16-all. Ohio State shot 0 for 5 and couldn’t manufacture a point for the final 2:47.

Betts had 13 points and 10 rebounds in the first half, the first time in the junior’s career she had a double-double by halftime.

Jaloni Cambridge had 21 points to lead the Buckeyes, who shot a season-worst 29.4% from the field. Cotie McMahon added 14 points.

“Going into this game, you know they’re the number one team in the country and it’s exciting,” McMahon said. “This was the first time everybody was on the same page, locked in and just ready to play. We just fell short. Our effort was not a problem in this game.”

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UCLA plays at Oregon on Sunday at 1 p.m. before traveling to the Galen Center to take on USC next Thursday (Feb. 13) at 7 p.m.

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Suit alleges sexual violence by Chino prison gynecologist, says state failed to prevent it

• February 6, 2025

LOS ANGELES — Six women and the California Coalition of Women Prisoners have filed suit in Los Angeles against the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, a prison gynecologist, and various officials with responsibility for overseeing the doctor, alleging ongoing sexual violence, according to court papers obtained Wednesday.

The lawsuit filed this week in federal court contends that Dr. Scott Lee’s history of sexual harassment was well known throughout the California Institution for Women while he was the sole women’s health specialist on staff.

Lee allegedly routinely made sexualized comments to patients and used his power as a health care provider to sexually assault patients, including requiring them to undress in front of him, fondling their breasts, and molesting them, according to the lawsuit.

“While we are unable to comment on personnel matters, Dr. Scott Lee no longer has direct in-person contact with patients,” a spokesperson on behalf of the CDCR and California Correctional Health Care Services told City News Service in a statement Wednesday.

In one of Lee’s exams, a patient alleges in the complaint, “I told him, `You’re hurting me.’ I remember holding my stomach, and I was just praying, `God, please let this be over, please let this be over, please let this be over.’ I felt like he was raping my baby. When he took his hand out, it was covered in blood.”

Patients who were seen by Lee also report that he would insist on doing unnecessary pelvic examinations, excessive Pap smears, and require patients to allow him to view and touch their genitals before he would give them medications that had already been prescribed to them by other medical providers, the suit alleges.

Attorney Jenny Huang of Justice First, one of three civil rights law firms involved in the lawsuit, stated, “CDCR has a long history of neglecting basic human needs at its women’s prisons, while prioritizing the needs of the male population. For too many years, Dr. Lee’s patients complained about his predatory behavior but no one listened, no one cared.”

For seven years, Lee was the only full-time gynecologist at the CIW, a high-security prison facility in Chino, according to the suit. The complaint accuses the prison’s leaders and other staff of failing to stop Lee despite past complaints.

In September, the U.S. Justice Department announced it had launched an investigation into conditions at the Central California Women’s Facility in Chowchilla and the California Institution for Women.

Lawsuits have been filed by hundreds of current and former female prisoners in the state prison system since the passage of Assembly Bill 1455 describing numerous instances of sexual assault by correctional officers overseen by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.

Most of the plaintiffs in those cases are current or former inmates at the Central California Women’s Facility and the California Institution for Women.

AB1455 extended the statute of limitations for victims of sexual assault by police and correctional officers to sue their assailants in civil court.

The Inland Valley Daily Bulletin contributed to this story.

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