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Britney Spears was charged with a misdemeanor for driving under the combined influence of alcohol and drugs after a March arrest for erratic driving; she has since entered substance abuse treatment and, because it is a misdemeanor, will not be required to appear in court at arraignment.
Shia LaBeouf was ordered by Judge Simone Levine to enroll in substance-abuse treatment, undergo drug testing, and post a $100,000 bond as conditions of release after being accused of two counts of misdemeanor battery and hurling homophobic slurs at two men at a New Orleans bar; he was previously released without bond and was denied travel to Rome for religious observances, with a March 19 court date set.
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass plans to recommend a record $1.3 billion in funding to tackle the city's homelessness crisis, including buying hotels or motels to convert into housing and providing substance abuse treatment beds. The budget will also include funds for hiring hundreds of police officers, a recruitment campaign, and incentives for new hires. The city has over 40,000 homeless people, with half struggling with drug or alcohol addiction and a third having serious mental illnesses. The mayor's signature program, Inside Safe, has over 1,000 enrollees so far.