A judge Friday rejected — for now — a request by state Attorney General Rob Bonta to establish a receivership for Los Angeles County’s troubled juvenile detention facilities, but left open the possibility of reconsidering the request following a contempt hearing later this month that could lead to financial penalties against the county.

Bonta filed the receivership request in July, pointing to ongoing issues with the county’s management of the Los Padrinos and Barry J. Nidorf juvenile halls, citing youth-on-youth violence and drug overdoses at Los Padrinos. Bonta called the issues “system failures … that put lives at risk.” Both Los Padrinos and Nidorf have been deemed by state regulators to be unsuitable to house youth detainees.

Bonta accused the county of failing to comply with a seri

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