Language Rights Advocates Reach Agreement with CA Employment Development Department
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:February 28, 2022 Contact:Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles, Sara Williams, sjwilliams@lafla.org Advocates Reach Agreement with CA Employment Development Department to Expand Language Access Language access improvements implemented through 2024 ensure EDD upholds Californians’ civil rights and embraces communities’ vast language abilities SACRAMENTO — In a victory for Californians and language rights advocates, […]
CA EDD Language Access Agreement
We have translated our EDD settlement press release and fact sheet into the top languages used by California residents.
Thousands of Tenants Seek to Intervene in Real Estate Mogul’s Lawsuit Challenging LA Eviction Moratorium
Los Angeles (October 25, 2021) – Groups representing tens of thousands of Los Angeles tenants—most of them Black and Latinx—are seeking permission to intervene in a lawsuit that threatens to unravel the city’s eviction moratorium and push countless low-income tenants into homelessness. The tenant groups—Strategic Actions for a Just Economy, Coalition for Economic Survival, and […]
LAFLA and NCLC Advocates Testify Before House Subcommittee on Closed School Discharges
WASHINGTON — Representatives from the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles and the National Consumer Law Center provided testimony today before the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Investment — offering perspectives on improving the federal loan discharge process for borrowers harmed by sudden school closures. “The [U.S. Department of Education’s] […]
Legal Victory for Unhoused Residents of City of Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 3, 2021 — In a legal victory for unhoused people in Los Angeles, an appellate court on Thursday affirmed a ruling of the U.S. District Court in April 2020, which prevents the City from enforcing a provision of the municipal code that allowed the City to seize and immediately destroy homeless people’s […]
Webinar for Thousands of Students Impacted by Sudden Closure of Online Schools
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 3, 2021 Contacts: Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles, Sara Williams, sjwilliams@lafla.org National Consumer Law Center, Jan Kruse, jkruse@nclc.org Webinar for Thousands of Students Impacted by Sudden Closure of Online Schools Washington, D.C. — This week, four large, national college chains are closing, stranding more than 7,000 students, most of whom […]
Court of Appeal Says California Must Replace Electronically Stolen Food Benefits
Decision reverses lower court ruling; says Department of Social Services is responsible for replacing food benefits stolen from Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) card holders Los Angeles, CA — The California Court of Appeal has ruled that the Department of Social Services must replace CalFresh benefits (formerly “food stamps”) when they are electronically stolen from recipients. […]
Judge Orders City of Los Angeles to Stop Seizing and Destroying Unhoused Residents’ Large Personal Items
LOS ANGELES, April 13, 2020 — In a victory for people experiencing homelessness in Los Angeles, today, a judge ordered the City of Los Angeles to stop enforcing a provision of a city ordinance that allowed the City to seize and immediately destroy homeless people’s belongings, based solely on the size of the item. The Court found that the […]
Tenant Sues Santa Monica Landlord to Stay in Her Home of 38 Years
MEDIA CONTACT Sara Williams, (323) 801-7996, sjwilliams@lafla.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 3, 2020 Tenant Sues Santa Monica Landlord to Stay in Her Home of 38 Years Suit alleges source-of-income discrimination and tenant harassment; landlord refuses to accept rent subsidy LOS ANGELES – A 72-year-old woman with disabilities who has lived in the same Santa Monica […]
L.A. Man Sues City After Car Towed and Sold Over Two Parking Tickets
Car Auctioned Despite Man’s Participation in Community Assistance Parking Program LOS ANGELES, October 17, 2019 — A person experiencing homelessness, Joseph Safuto, has sued the City of Los Angeles, challenging the city’s practice of towing vehicles as a mechanism for collecting debt – in this case two unpaid parking tickets that resulted in a lapsed […]