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California Office of Youth and Community Restoration Director Katherine Lucero: There’s ‘room for improvement’
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After transferring juvenile detention and rehabilitation from the state’s hands to that of California’s counties, Gov. Gavin Newsom appointed Katherine Lucero, a former San Jose judge, as the first director of the new Office of Youth and Community Restoration in 2021.