Cal Matters reported recently that the state’s foster family agencies want another $30 million, on top of the $31.5 million they got last year. Do they do the job better than the foster family agencies? What some are calling “reforms” are actually proposals to give foster family agencies near-total immunity from lawsuits by their alleged victims. Each time a family foster agency closes, counties should take a second look at each child and ask: Does this child really need to be in foster care at all? Foster family agencies are not “critical infrastructure;” they are barriers to making all of California’s vulnerable children safer.

Source: Los Angeles Times March 30, 2026 12:35 UTC