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# Legal Roundup: New Bill Mandates Treatment for Drug Offenders; Historic Harada House case reenacted
- URL: https://www.raincrossgazette.com/legal-roundup-new-bill-mandates-treatment-for-drug-offenders-historic-harada-house-case-reenacted/
- Published: 2023-10-18T20:07:27.000Z
- Updated: 2023-10-18T20:07:26.000Z
- Description: New laws and old cases come to life, shaping the future and remembering the past in Riverside.
- Author: Gazette Staff
- Tags: Public Safety, Courts, legal

Here’s a roundup of recent legal stories affecting Riversiders from our friends at [Follow Our Courts](https://followourcourts.com/?ref=raincrossgazette.com), who cover legal news in the Inland Empire:

- Mandatory treatment programs for drug offenders placed on probation will no longer be up to a judge’s discretion [under a newly signed bill authored by Sen. Richard Roth](https://followourcourts.com/2023/10/sen-roths-court-ordered-treatment-bill-signed/?ref=raincrossgazette.com) and sponsored by the Riverside District Attorney. The bill will take effect on January 1, 2024.
- The Commission on Judicial Performance [publicly admonished a former Riverside family law commissioner](https://followourcourts.com/2023/10/riverside-ex-commissioner-admonished-family-case/?ref=raincrossgazette.com) after finding she violated nine judicial canons when she was combative and disrespectful to two litigants.
- California’s new [compulsory mental health treatment program began in Riverside County on October 2](https://followourcourts.com/2023/09/riverside-to-start-care-court-program/?ref=raincrossgazette.com). Riverside is one of seven counties in the Community Assistance, Recovery, and Empowerment Court pilot program.
- Attorneys [reenacted the 1918 discrimination case People v. Harada](https://followourcourts.com/2023/09/attorneys-reenact-japanese-american-discrimination-case/?ref=raincrossgazette.com) for students. The suit involved the due process rights of a Japanese-American family that had bought a house at 3356 Lemon St., just a mile north of Riverside’s Historic Courthouse.
- A pair of attorneys have filed their fifth case this year against Riverside County [for the deaths of inmates](https://followourcourts.com/2023/08/riverside-sued-after-sex-offender-kills-inmate-murderer/?ref=raincrossgazette.com).
- Joel Ombao, the owner of an unlicensed Riverside senior care center at the intersection of Van Buren Boulevard and Audrey Street, was found [guilty on four counts of cruelty to the elderly](https://followourcourts.com/2023/08/riverside-senior-care-center-employees-convicted-of-elder-abuse/?ref=raincrossgazette.com).

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