L.A. County considers making it easier for those who've done time to get jobs
When Lily Gonzalez was released from Valley State Prison in Chowchilla in 2012, all she wanted to do was put incarceration behind her. She hoped to go back to work, continue her education at Cal State Northridge and reconnect with her 11-year-old daughter.
“I tried to assimilate,” she said. “And...