Federal Student Loan Cancellation and Refunds Available to Many Students Who Attended Wilfred Academy, Washington School of Secretaries or American Business Institute
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 11, 2017 || Contact: Robyn Smith, (213) 640-3906, rsmith@lafla.org. The recent settlement of a lawsuit brought against the US Department of Education is very good news for thousands of former students who attended a chain of beauty, secretarial and business schools in the early 1990s. The schools defrauded students and lied to […]
Legal Aid Foundation Celebrated Expansion of Critical Services at Ribbon Cutting Event for Ron Olson Justice Center
LOS ANGELES, November 14, 2017 — Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles is thrilled to have its headquarters back in the Pico-Union area of Los Angeles and celebrated this milestone with a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony of the Ron Olson Justice Center on Monday, November 13, 2017. With this new building, LAFLA can expand its efforts […]
Tentative Settlement Reached in Beach Curfew Litigation
Today, plaintiffs Francesca de la Rosa and Jataun Valentine and attorneys from the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles and Sheppard Mullin Richter and Hampton LLP, announced the tentative settlement of their lawsuit against the City of Los Angeles. Ms. Valentine and Ms. de la Rosa filed the lawsuit in 2015 against the City for […]
City Council Approves Settlement Protecting Property Rights of Homeless People
Los Angeles, CA (June 14, 2017) – This morning the Los Angeles City Council approved a settlement that puts an end to the illegal seizure by the Los Angeles Downtown Industrial District of homeless people’s unattended belongings. The settlement brings to a close a 2014 lawsuit brought by the Los Angeles Community Action Network (LA […]
Tenant Victory in Skid Row Ends Systemic Harassment
LOS ANGELES, April 4, 2017 — Tenants in a Skid Row affordable housing building have settled a lawsuit with the building’s owner, management company, and former owner over mistreatment and harassment of tenants, including many who are disabled, veterans and elderly. In November 2015, 15 long-term residents of the Madison Hotel, at 423 E. 7th […]
Ordinance Prohibiting Discrimination Against Voucher Holders Upheld
SANTA MONICA, Jan. 31, 2017 — In a major victory for tenants, a court on Monday upheld a Santa Monica ordinance that bans discrimination against Section 8 voucher holders. The anti-discrimination ordinance was passed in May 2015 after the city received multiple complaints from prospective tenants that landlords were refusing to accept their housing vouchers. […]
Legal Aid Groups Receive Grant to Serve Those with Limited English Skills
LOS ANGELES, September 30, 2016 — Local civil legal aid organizations just received more than $400,000 to provide online training to attorneys and legal volunteers serving limited English proficient clients. Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles, along with its partners OneJustice and Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County, received the two-year grant of $413,088 […]
Historic Agreement Leads to Better Access for Limited English Proficient Speakers in Los Angeles Superior Court
LOS ANGELES, September 21, 2016 — An agreement between the Department of Justice and Los Angeles Superior Court that expands interpretation services and other language access will mean greater civil court access for plaintiffs and defendants who speak limited English. The agreement, announced Tuesday, stipulates that the court must provide free interpretation services for all […]
Judge Orders West LA Elder Care Facility to Stop Abuse, Evictions
Staff locked elderly, disabled out of rooms, cut off phones, let bed bugs run rampant LOS ANGELES, Aug. 10, 2016 — After enduring months of abuse, elderly and disabled residents of a residential care facility in West Los Angeles can rest a little easier after winning a temporary restraining order against the administrators of the […]
Low-income Tenants Win Another Fight Against Slumlord Who Stands to Profit $4.2 Million in Potential Sale
LOS ANGELES, June 20, 2016 — Low-income tenants of the Madison Hotel no longer need to suffer abuse at the hands of management. Today, Judge Yvette M. Palazuelos issued a temporary restraining order that forbids owners and management of the residential hotel from harassing the residential hotel’s tenants. Real estate mogul Kameron Segal, who bought […]