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October 29, 2024 Newsweek Department of Education Sued for Denying Student Loan Cancellation

September 19, 2024 Bloomberg Law L.A. Courthouses Crumble With 'Run to Failure' Maintenance

September 18, 2024 Los Angeles Times Thousands of L.A. tenants face eviction every year without lawyers. The city wants to fix that

September 4, 2024 Los Angeles Times Editorial: Towing RVs without offering help only leaves more people living on the street

August 11, 2024 USA Today California's cracking down hard on unhoused people – and they're running out of options

August 9, 2024 Palm Springs Desert Sun Newsom vows to cut money to cities that don't reduce homelessness. What are cities doing?

July 26, 2024 Daily Journal Mixed reactions to Newsom's order on encampments

July 25, 2024 Los Angeles Times Newsom orders California agencies to clear homeless camps, but the impact remains a question

July 25, 2024 LAist Newsom issues order on clearing homeless encampments

July 22, 2024 Bloomberg California Cities Rethink Homelessness Tactics After Supreme Court Ruling

July 18, 2024 Univisión No más abusos en desalojos: abogados gratis para inquilinos de bajos recursos en Los Ángeles

July 16, 2024 LAist LA County leaders vote to give renters free eviction attorneys, a first in SoCal

July 12, 2024 Conexión Migrante Abogados gratis en Estados Unidos: Consigue representación legal

July 10, 2024 Business Insider When renters get locked out, they may never get back in

July 10, 2024 Business Insider Locked out

July 7, 2024 Los Angeles Times Will the Grants Pass ruling on homelessness spur smaller cities to shoo people into L.A.?

July 1, 2024 Torched LA A house of cards

June 28, 2024 LAist Cheers and jeers in SoCal to Supreme Court ruling that opens door to wider anti-camping laws

June 28, 2024 Courthouse News Service Homelessness in LA falls for first time in 6 years

June 28, 2024 AirTalk Supreme Court Allows Cities To Enforce Bans On Unhoused People Sleeping Outside

June 21, 2024 Office of Governor Gavin Newsom Governor Newsom announces appointments 6.21.24

June 4, 2024 Los Angeles Times Overwhelmed by student loans? A free new California program can help you

May 27, 2024 LAist Unhoused Californians Are Getting Older, And They’re Staying Unhoused Longer

May 4, 2024 The New York Times How Scammers Are Stealing Food Stamps From Struggling Americans

May 3, 2024 USC Dornsife Once unhoused and despite a family loss, USC Dornsife senior graduates and heads to Yale law school

April 30, 2024 The New Republic The New Sundown Towns

April 30, 2024 CalMatters Car tracking can enable domestic abuse. Why turning it off is easier said than done

April 30, 2024 CalMatters El rastreo de automóviles puede dar paso al abuso doméstico. ¿Por qué desactivarlo suena más...

April 30, 2024 Los Angeles Times Monthly payments of $1,000 could get thousands of homeless people off the streets, researchers say

April 29, 2024 Daily Journal Bonta, other state AGs, ask Congress for more Legal Aid funds

April 22, 2024 LAist Supreme Court Case Reminds LA Of Hard Lessons On Homelessness

April 22, 2024 ABC7 Eyewitness News Supreme Court to decide if ban on homeless encampments is 'cruel and unusual'

April 21, 2024 Los Angeles Times Editorial: L.A. officials lied to justify seizing homeless people’s belongings. That’s...

April 19, 2024 The Eastsider Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles has begun rebuilding its neighborhood office

April 19, 2024 Urbanize Los Angeles Legal Aid Foundation to rebuild East Los Angeles neighborhood office at 5228 Whittier Blvd.

April 19, 2024 ABC7 Eyewitness News Juez afirma que oficiales de LA alteraron registros tras destruir propiedades de personas sin hogar

April 18, 2024 La Opinión Cuatro de cada 10 inquilinos del Condado de Los Ángeles temen perder su casa por aumento de rentas

April 17, 2024 La Opinión Investigarán limpieza de campamentos de desamparados tras irregularidades

April 17, 2024 La Opinión Investigarán limpieza de campamentos de desamparados tras irregularidades

April 17, 2024 ABC7 Eyewitness News Federal judge says LA officials altered records after seizing, destroying homeless people's property

April 17, 2024 KABCAM (Radio) April 17, 2024, Los Angeles: Westwood One Network

April 16, 2024 Los Angeles Times A federal judge has found that L.A. city officials doctored records in a case over homeless camp...

April 16, 2024 LAist Judge Finds LA City Tinkered With Court Docs In Homelessness Lawsuit

April 4, 2024 CalMatters Feds say LA poultry company used child labor for risky jobs then hid its product

April 4, 2024 CalMatters Autoridades federales dicen que una empresa avícola de Los Ángeles utilizó mano de obra infantil...

March 31, 2024 AsAmNews California unemployment services now available in Korean and Tagalog

March 29, 2024 LAist Applying For Unemployment? You Can Now Do It In 7 Languages

March 25, 2024 The New York Times The Mayor of Los Angeles Wants to Prove Homelessness Can Be Solved

March 7, 2024 LAist Federal Judge Says LA Misled About Homeless Encampment Promises

February 21, 2024 LAist LA Tried To Stop Landlords From Harassing Tenants. Now It’s Planning To Ramp Up Enforcement

February 19, 2024 Los Angeles Times Letters to the Editor: Landlords have attorneys, renters almost always don’t. That’s a recipe...

February 15, 2024 CALÓ News Joaquin Murieta mural in East L.A. will be restored

February 6, 2024 Los Angeles Times Is your rental home flooded? What tenants can do to fix the damage

February 6, 2024 Korea Times 작년 LA서 7만 가구 쫓겨났다

February 4, 2024 La Opinión Vence el plazo de protección de desalojo para inquilinos con alquiler atrasado en Los Ángeles

January 31, 2024 LAist LA Tenants Face Deadline To Pay Back Lingering COVID Rent Debt

January 30, 2024 Capital & Main In the Los Angeles Housing Crisis, a Senior Fights to Keep His Place in the World

January 22, 2024 Loyola Marymount University LMU Honors Two Distinguished Alumni During MLK Service

January 12, 2024 KTLA 5 Supreme Court will decide whether local anti-homeless laws are 'cruel and unusual'

January 8, 2024 CALÓ News California becomes first state to offer health insurance to all eligible undocumented adults

December 28, 2023 Los Angeles Times L.A. eviction cases rose significantly this year. But it’s not all bad news for renters

December 15, 2023 Los Angeles Public Press Want to give a general public comment at LA City Council? Just wait 5 ½ hours

December 11, 2023 Ending Human Trafficking Podcast The Asian Pacific Islander Human Trafficking Task Force, with Panida Rzonca

December 9, 2023 CBS News Los Angeles mayor works to tackle city's homelessness crisis as nation focuses on affordable housing

November 30, 2023 LAist City Of LA Estimates It Would Take Five Years, $68 Million To Give Renters Free Eviction Attorneys

November 27, 2023 LAist With Evictions On The Rise, LA Lawyers Volunteer To Defend Tenants

November 24, 2023 BNN New Family Justice Center Offers Comprehensive Assistance to Domestic Violence Victims

November 15, 2023 KTLA 5 Emergency calls piling up at L.A.’s tiny home villages

November 14, 2023 ProPublica Residential Hotels Got Contracts Under the Los Angeles Mayor’s Homelessness Program Despite...

November 12, 2023 Gateway Pundit Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass Announces Plan to ‘Master Lease’ Hotels for Consolidating Homeless...

November 8, 2023 LAist 89.3 FM Veterans Series: Getting Into The Impact Of VA Benefits, G.I. Bills, Healthcare & Predatory...

November 8, 2023 LAist 89.3 FM Veterans Series: Getting Into The Impact Of VA Benefits, G.I. Bills, Healthcare & Predatory...

November 4, 2023 ProPublica Los Angeles Mayor Orders Residential Hotels to Be Used for Temporary Homeless Housing

November 2, 2023 Capital & Main Los Angeles Mayor Orders Residential Hotels to Be Opened for Temporary Shelter

October 27, 2023 Law360 Helping Inmate Firefighters Go From Jailhouse To Firehouse

October 12, 2023 LAist This Prolific LA Eviction Law Firm Was Caught Faking Cases In Court. Did They Misuse AI?

October 12, 2023 KCRW Karen Bass introduces new system for homeless housing

October 10, 2023 Hadsell Stormer Renick & Dai LLP Dan Stormer to be honored at the LAFLA 2023 Access to Justice Gala

October 10, 2023 UCLA Law Grace Meng earns prestigious award for public interest legal service

October 3, 2023 Los Angeles Public Press Need to pee? You could try this one weird trick to find a bathroom in LA

October 2, 2023 ProPublica LA Housing Department Proposes Increasing Residential Hotel Enforcement

September 28, 2023 LAist LA County Is Now On The Hook For Adding 3,000 Mental Health Beds for Unhoused People After Judge...

September 28, 2023 LAist The L.A. Report Podcast: A federal judge approves a settlement of a long-running lawsuit against...

September 5, 2023 Public News Service Criminal Record Expungement Clinics Benefit 1 Million+ in CA

September 5, 2023 Public News Service Clínicas de eliminación de antecedentes penales benefician a más de 1 millón en CA

September 4, 2023 KnockLA Jordan Downs: A False Start for the Privatizers

August 30, 2023 Long Beach Post Budget committee wants money for wheelchair access, housing support; delays boost to eviction...

August 27, 2023 Long Beach Post Organizers want $1.9M from Long Beach to help guarantee attorneys for tenants facing eviction

August 22, 2023 SBS Evening News 고급 아파트도..강제 퇴거 '탑5' 불명예

August 19, 2023 Adelante Valle Fluye lentamente apoyo a indocumentados afectados por tormenta

August 16, 2023 CalMatters 8 months after storms, California disaster relief slowly flows to undocumented workers who lost...

August 16, 2023 CalMatters Ocho meses después de las tormentas, la ayuda fluye lentamente hacia los trabajadores...

August 14, 2023 AsAmNews Legal clinic launched to support Filipino trafficking victims

August 11, 2023 Inquirer.net Law fellow to lead legal clinic for trafficked Filipino domestic workers

August 7, 2023 Fast Company Why these cities may trade parking lots for tiny houses

August 7, 2023 Detroit Legal News Two Michigan Law students named newest Equal Justice Works Fellows

August 7, 2023 LAist Federal Lawsuit Against LA County Over Failures To Address Homeless Crisis Will Now Go To Trial

August 3, 2023 CBS News CBS News Mornings

August 3, 2023 BNN Breaking The Looming Eviction Crisis: A Ticking Time Bomb in Los Angeles and Beyond

August 2, 2023 CBS Evening News Los Angeles officials fear wave of evictions after deadline to pay pandemic back rent passes

August 2, 2023 CBS News CBS Evening News

August 1, 2023 Santa Monica Mirror Santa Monica City Attorney’s Office Obtains Judgment and Injunction Against Landlord

August 1, 2023 Canyon News Judgement, Injunction Obtained In Tenant Harassment And Injunction Case

July 28, 2023 NPR Thousands Of Californians Still Waiting For Pandemic Rental Assistance

July 27, 2023 LAist LA Renters Could Face Eviction Next Week Over Early Pandemic Debts

July 25, 2023 LAist New Rent Hike Limits Are Coming For LA And OC Renters. Here’s How To Fight An Illegal Increase

July 24, 2023 CalMatters WHATMATTERS: Who is waiting for rent relief

July 24, 2023 Daily KOS With enforcement failures exposed, L.A. Housing Department vows to investigate residential hotels

July 21, 2023 Law360 Section 8 Tenants Are Using New Laws To Fight Housing Bias

July 13, 2023 The Real Deal LA County to study public attorneys for at-risk tenants in evictions

July 12, 2023 LAist Los Angeles Housing Department Will Investigate Residential Hotels

July 11, 2023 Whittier Daily News Free legal services may become a ‘right’ in LA County for tenants facing evictions

July 11, 2023 Los Angeles Times With eviction moratorium lapsed, L.A. County moves to pass new renter protections

July 11, 2023 Los Angeles Daily News Free legal services may become a ‘right’ in LA County for tenants facing evictions

July 10, 2023 LAist Hotel Investigation: Staggering loss of L.A. housing of the last resort

July 10, 2023 ProPublica Checked Out: How LA Failed to Stop Landlords From Turning Low-Cost Housing Into Tourist Hotels

July 10, 2023 Capital & Main Checked Out: How L.A. Failed to Stop Landlords From Turning Low-Cost Housing Into Tourist Hotels

July 5, 2023 The Korea Times 세입자 권리 옹호자들 렌트비 관련…획기적인 합의도달

July 5, 2023 Chosun Daily LA 가주 ERAP(코로나19 임대료 감면) 합의 도달!

June 28, 2023 Bloomberg Businessweek The Low-Tech, High-Stakes World of Ripping Off Benefits Recipients

June 27, 2023 Podcast: Law & Order Me Some Tacos Thriving Together: The Power of Connections and Perseverance with Silvia Argueta

June 26, 2023 Ballard Spahr Racquel Muindi Receives Pro Bono Award From the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles

June 23, 2023 The Pew Charitable Trusts Social Service Programs Must Be Accessible to People Who Speak Limited English

June 13, 2023 Bloomberg Law Vera Confirmed as US Trial Judge in California After Long Wait

June 5, 2023 LAist Tenant Groups Reach Settlement With State Of California Over Applicants Stuck In Rent Relief Limbo

May 30, 2023 LAist In Eviction Court, Most LA Landlords Have Lawyers And Most Renters Don’t

May 15, 2023 ABC7 Eyewitness News LA's Section 8 housing program plagued by unused vouchers, landlord rejections

May 15, 2023 ABC7 Eyewitness News Aumenta la frustración por fracasos de la Sección 8 de Los Ángeles

May 10, 2023 CBS Los Angeles LA City Council votes to expand anti-camping law in Woodland Hills

May 9, 2023 LAist Hundreds Of Renters In This West LA Apartment Complex Are Being Evicted As COVID Protections Expire

April 25, 2023 Telemundo 52 Desalojos válidos: estas son algunas razones por las cuales se puede finalizar su contrato de renta

April 24, 2023 Telemundo 52 Conoce tus derechos: esto debes saber como inquilino si recibes una orden de desalojo

April 18, 2023 USC Annenberg Media For the community, by the community: Latino Students in Law works to provide resources for Latino...

April 13, 2023 LAist Las Protecciones Contra El Desalojo Debido Al COVID-19 De Los Ángeles Han Finalizado. Esto Es Todo...

April 13, 2023 Korea Times 법률문제 고민 무료 상담받으러 오세요

April 13, 2023 LAist Have Questions About Renting In LA? Watch This To Learn More

April 13, 2023 The Korea Daily 변호사 50여명, 일대일 무료상담

April 12, 2023 LAist LA’s COVID-19 Eviction Protections Have Ended. Here’s Everything Renters Need To Know About What...

March 31, 2023 Long Beach Post With pandemic tenant protections going away, will Long Beach see a surge of evictions?

March 31, 2023 KPCC 89.3 "AirTalk" with Larry Mantle LA County’s COVID Eviction Protections Are No Longer After Today. What Are Your Rights?

March 7, 2023 Daily Journal Extending renter protections won't shield tenants from illegal evictions

March 2, 2023 Our Weekly Los Angeles Inglewood Community Center works with the Legal Aid Foundation

February 25, 2023 The Rafu Shimpo Legacy of ‘Trailblazer’ Judy Nishimoto Ota to Be Celebrated

February 24, 2023 LAist Shivering In Your LA Apartment? Here’s What To Do If Your Landlord Isn't Providing Heat

February 19, 2023 USA Today LA County's patchwork of homelessness laws grows with city's new camping ban

February 17, 2023 New York Times A Homeless Student Received Aid for an Apartment. Then Came the Hard Part.

February 14, 2023 Daily Journal Lawyers need to fill justice gap, DOJ official says

February 9, 2023 Bloomberg Law Los Angeles US Attorney Sells Diverse Lawyers on Jobs in Office

January 27, 2023 My News LA LA Council Votes to Allow One Month Grace Period for Tenants Behind on Rent

January 23, 2023 LAist LA’s COVID-19 Eviction Rules Are Set To End Soon. Here’s Everything Renters Need To Know

January 13, 2023 Telemundo 52 Alcaldía de Los Ángeles aprueba asistencia para reubicar a inquilinos tras aumentos de alquiler

January 5, 2023 Los Angeles Times For first time, California civil rights officials file lawsuit alleging Section 8 discrimination

January 5, 2023 My News LA With LA’s COVID-19 Tenant Protections Set to Expire, Some Fear Eviction Wave

December 21, 2022 KPCC 89.3 "AirTalk" with Larry Mantle LA County Eviction Moratorium Faces Another Extension While Its Future Remains Uncertain

November 23, 2022 Los Angeles Times Judge rules against developer and in favor of L.A. on emergency eviction protections

September 29, 2022 L.A. Taco A Year Into New Law to Protect L.A. Renters, City Has Taken Zero Landlords to Court

September 28, 2022 Los Angeles Times In case out of Grants Pass, Ore., court reaffirms right of homeless to sleep outside

September 28, 2022 Los Angeles Times L.A. County supervisors propose adopting permanent rental protections

September 19, 2022 Korea Times 한인 세입자-건물주 분쟁 소지 높다

September 16, 2022 Santa Monica Lookout Council Takes Steps to Boost Input from Section 8 Advisory Board

September 15, 2022 ABC7 Eyewitness News Latinos now 44.5% of LA County's unhoused population as experts continue to track trend

September 8, 2022 Courthouse News Service ‘Glimmer of hope’ for Los Angeles as homeless population increases only slightly over the last...

August 28, 2022 Medium What We Can Learn From This Year’s LSC Pro Bono Innovation Fund Grants

August 24, 2022 Westside Today California Legal Aid Providers Awarded $1.1 Million in Grants to Improve Pro Bono Services

August 24, 2022 Santa Monica Mirror California Legal Aid Providers Awarded $1.1 Million in Grants to Improve Pro Bono Services

August 21, 2022 Associated Press Western fires outpace California effort to fill inmate crews

August 17, 2022 Fox News West Point graduate who fled Afghanistan reflects on one-year anniversary of US withdrawal

August 9, 2022 Santa Monica Mirror Santa Monica Obtains Injunctions Against Landlords in Section 8 Voucher Discrimination Lawsuit

August 9, 2022 Santa Monica Daily Press Report offers update on efforts to address homelessness

August 2, 2022 LAist LA City Encampment Ban Moves Closer To Adding 3500 Additional Sites

July 25, 2022 Telemundo 52 Dueños de vivienda en California podrán aumentar el alquiler desde el 1 de agosto

July 17, 2022 Los Angeles Magazine LA’s Settlement Deal in Homelessness Lawsuit Being Appealed

July 6, 2022 Los Angeles Times What California renters can do now with eviction moratorium expired

June 9, 2022 KFI AM 640 Judge Signals Approval of City's Settlement of L.A. Homelessness Lawsuit

June 7, 2022 Sacramento Bee ‘Profoundly unfair.’ California tenants sue state over COVID rental aid program

June 2, 2022 Associated Press Nonprofit helps formerly incarcerated firefighters get jobs

June 1, 2022 State of California Department of Justice Attorney General Bonta: Borrowers Defrauded by Corinthian Colleges Will Receive $5.8 Billion in...

May 25, 2022 Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP Munger Tolles Sponsors Fellowship to Establish First of Its Kind Medical-Legal Partnership

May 12, 2022 Santa Monica Lookout Homeless to Be Given Priority for Low-Income Housing

May 8, 2022 Long Beach Post With end of Long Beach’s rental assistance, are evictions around the corner?

May 5, 2022 LAist LA Tenant Groups Are Suing California Over Decision To End Rent Relief

April 29, 2022 Santa Monica Daily Press City Attorney’s Office Commemorates Fair Housing Month With Focus on Tenant Protection Laws

April 21, 2022 Los Angeles Times L.A. says it can’t take care of its sickest and most vulnerable. The county isn’t buying it

April 20, 2022 USC News USC Gould School of Law announces $13 million contribution from alumnus Richard Chernick

March 24, 2022 Business Insider Thousands of defrauded student-loan borrowers have waited 'three presidential administrations' for...

March 22, 2022 Telemundo 52 Servicios gratuitos y de bajo costo: Cómo ahorrar en alimentos, gasolina y más en Los Ángeles

March 22, 2022 Santa Monica Daily Press Time is running out to apply for rent relief

March 17, 2022 Asian Journal California EDD Adds 15 Languages, Expands Access To Unemployment Insurance

March 16, 2022 KQED Finally, California's Unemployment System Adds More Language Support

March 15, 2022 Barnes & Thornburg USC Gould School Of Law Student Kiara Khalid Receives Barnes & Thornburg Diversity Scholarship

March 10, 2022 Los Angeles Post California EDD Adds 15 Languages, Expands Access To Unemployment Insurance

March 9, 2022 LAist LA Tenants Approved For Rent Relief Are Still Facing Eviction. Here’s Why

March 9, 2022 Los Angeles Magazine Nearly A Year After Skid Row Order, Judge Wants Settlement in L.A. Homeless Suit

March 2, 2022 Korea Times 가주 EDD 한국어로도 실업수당 서비스

March 1, 2022 KTVU EDD must now expand language access to non-English speakers

March 1, 2022 Citizens Journal Advocates Reach Agreement With CA Employment Development Department To Expand Language Access

March 1, 2022 AsAm News California to Boost Multilingual Services for Unemployment Benefits

March 1, 2022 Radio Korea EDD 한국어 포함 7개국어 서비스 확장..비영어권 어려움 줄일 것

February 28, 2022 KQED EDD Finally Adds More Multilingual Unemployment Support — After Advocates Mount Legal Challenge

February 28, 2022 San Francisco Chronicle California EDD improves language access for non-English speakers

February 28, 2022 Korea Daily EDD 한국어 포함 7개국어 서비스 확장..비영어권 어려움 줄일 것

February 28, 2022 Hualian News Agency 倡导者与加州就业发展部达成协议以扩大语言方便服务

February 28, 2022 ICity News 倡导者与加州就业发展部达成协议以扩大语言方便服务

February 10, 2022 Los Angeles Times Letters to the Editor: How a state bar plan could make shoddy legal service flourish

February 9, 2022 Signal Tribune LB Council moves forward motion to make substantial remodel evictions more difficult, expensive

February 9, 2022 Ontra Update: Over $80,000 donated in 2021 through Ontra’s Dollar a Document program

January 25, 2022 LAist LA County Extends Eviction Protections. Here’s What It Means For Local Renters

January 18, 2022 LAist Activists Want A Pause on Encampment Sweeps As COVID Surges In Homeless Shelters

January 13, 2022 KCRW, "Greater LA" LA City Council expands street camping restrictions, despite concerns about Omicron

January 5, 2022 Telemundo 52 Cómo defenderse de dasalojos injustificados en Los Ángeles y Santa Ana

December 21, 2021 Los Angeles Business Journal Thriving In Their 40's: Virginia Milstead

December 19, 2021 Noticias Telemundo Clínicas ofrecen ayuda legal a personas de bajos recursos

December 3, 2021 Christian Science Monitor Student loan safety net needs mending: How simplifying can help

November 30, 2021 ABC7 Eyewitness News Giving Tuesday

November 27, 2021 Univision Noticias Asistencia médica y apoyo legal: así es como este hospital en sur de California ayuda a la...

November 22, 2021 Spectrum News 1 Buscaino ballot proposal aims to ban street camping in LA

November 22, 2021 Santa Monica Daily Press Focus on Housing Rights and Resources Continues at City Attorney’s Office

November 17, 2021 CalMatters Outgunned: The story of a woman, an abuser, and California’s failing gun control

November 15, 2021 Los Angeles Times At this L.A. County health center, a lawyer is just what the doctor ordered

November 15, 2021 Hispanic Executive Javier Rivera Is All Heart

November 10, 2021 Los Angeles Times Meet the formerly incarcerated fire crew protecting California from wildfires

November 3, 2021 Los Angeles Times L.A. just changed its entire approach to homelessness. Does it place politics above need?

October 28, 2021 Continuing Education of the Bar ‘Preparing for a Deluge’: California’s Tenant Attorneys Brace for a Wave of Suits for Pandemic...

October 18, 2021 Univision Noticias El incremento de las rentas en EEUU deja a miles de familias desalojadas y viviendo una pesadilla

October 1, 2021 Inside Higher Ed Improving Closed-College Discharges

September 28, 2021 LAist California’s Eviction Moratorium Ends This Week. Here’s How To Stay Housed Moving Forward

September 26, 2021 Bisnow Complicated Web Of Eviction Protections Becomes More Difficult To Navigate

September 23, 2021 Los Angeles Times Appeals court strikes down sweeping order to house L.A.’s skid row homeless population

September 23, 2021 Law.com 9th Circuit Vacates Judge's Injunction in Los Angeles Homeless Lawsuit

September 23, 2021 LAist LA Won’t Have To Find Housing For People On Skid Row By Next Month After Appeals Court Strikes...

September 21, 2021 Long Beach Post The eviction moratorium is set to end this month; here’s what renters, landlords can expect

September 4, 2021 ABC7 Eyewitness News LA's anti-camping ordinance for the homeless is now in effect. Will it make a difference?

September 1, 2021 Asian Journal News LA County’s Eviction Fighters – With Moratoria Ending, Aid Programs Ramp Up

August 28, 2021 ABC7 Eyewitness News New round of rent relief starting in Los Angeles

August 12, 2021 MIE Journal Special Feature: Serving Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Communities

August 11, 2021 KPFK, The Lawyers Guild Aug. 11, 2-3 p.m. Episode

August 9, 2021 Bloomberg CityLab Homelessness Surges in Venice Beach, Leaving Locals at Odds

August 6, 2021 CBS News Billions in government rent aid is available. Here's how to get it.

July 27, 2021 Long Beach Post Community groups vow to continue fight for funding as police budget grows

July 16, 2021 Yahoo! News In Los Angeles, 'tiny homes' spring up for homeless people

July 7, 2021 ABC7 Eyewitness News Appeals court hears arguments over order forcing LA city, county to house Skid Row's homeless

July 7, 2021 Law.com Ninth Circuit Questions Evidentiary Record While Defending Trial Court's Motives in Los Angeles...

July 5, 2021 Long Beach Post Long Beach leaders likely to impose a freeze on evictions for remodels

July 1, 2021 Los Angeles Times L.A. backs new camping restrictions amid warnings that homelessness will be criminalized

June 30, 2021 Spectrum News 1 Los Angeles unveils $10 million eviction defense program

June 30, 2021 Los Angeles Magazine Opposition Is Mounting to a Local Judge’s Homeless Crisis Crusade

June 30, 2021 Telemundo 52 Alcaldía de Los Ángeles presenta programa de defensa contra desalojos

June 29, 2021 Newsweek Mental Health Experts Assail John Cox's Plan to 'Force' Homeless into Treatment

June 25, 2021 ABC7 Eyewitness News California to extend eviction ban, pay back rent for tenants

June 23, 2021 KTLA 5 Morning News What renters should know about L.A. County Board of Supervisors’ vote to extend the eviction...

June 21, 2021 Long Beach Post Renter protections will expire next week; here’s what could happen

June 17, 2021 Los Angeles Magazine Airbnb Says It Won’t Let Landlords Cash In on a Potential Plague of Evictions

June 15, 2021 Los Angeles Magazine How Real Is the Threat of an Eviction Crisis in L.A. County?

June 8, 2021 Daily Journal Legal Aid wants to make it easy for domestic violence victims to continue to testify remotely post...

June 4, 2021 Los Angeles Times Column: Why is it still so hard for former prisoners to become firefighters in California?

May 27, 2021 Los Angeles Times Judge rails at L.A. officials for causing homelessness through structural racism. They don’t...

May 25, 2021 NPR, "All Things Considered" High Cost Of Los Angeles Homeless Camp Raises Eyebrows And Questions

May 13, 2021 LAist 9th Circuit Court Freezes Judge Carter’s Skid Row Homelessness Order Until June 15

May 10, 2021 Los Angeles Times Domestic violence survivors, L.A. County Sheriff’s Department at odds over restraining orders

April 29, 2021 Big If True How landlords dodge eviction bans

April 27, 2021 Curbed L.A. Built a Tiny-House Village for Homeless Residents, and Some Aren’t So Sure About It

April 26, 2021 KCRW, "Greater LA" New East Hollywood government-run homeless encampment to offer emergency services, but it’s not...

April 21, 2021 The Guardian Judge orders Los Angeles to shelter all homeless Skid Row residents

April 21, 2021 LAist Garcetti Wants $1 Billion In Homelessness Spending. A Federal Judge May Have Other Plans

April 20, 2021 KCRW, "Press Play with Madeleine Brand" Mayor Eric Garcetti pledges $1 billion to fight LA homelessness. Will it be enough?

April 14, 2021 Los Angeles Times Proposed L.A. law banning landlords from harassing renters clears a key hurdle

April 12, 2021 LAist Where To Get Financial Assistance, Food And More During The Coronavirus Crisis

April 8, 2021 Santa Monica Lookout Santa Monica Program Helps Vulnerable Tenants Stave Off Eviction

March 26, 2021 ABC News Police, protesters clash over sweep of Echo Park homeless encampment

March 24, 2021 ABC7 Eyewitness News Silvia Argueta Interview - Stay Housed LA

March 13, 2021 People ‘Things Have Come Undone’: At Home with the Millions of People Who Owe Billions of Dollars...

March 8, 2021 Long Beach Post A woman’s fight to save her home—and her pig

March 8, 2021 Long Beach Press-Telegram Long Beach mayor unveils $207 million proposal to aid city recovery

March 3, 2021 Los Angeles Times L.A. is entitled to federal aid to put homeless people in hotels. It hasn’t asked for any yet

February 25, 2021 KFI AM 640 L.A. Planning Commission Reviews Coastal Housing Ordinance; Vote Continued

February 24, 2021 Capital & Main COVID-19 in Court: Legal Coalition Sues to Stop Some In-Person Civil Trials

February 9, 2021 Los Angeles Times Lawsuit seeks to stop L.A. County courts from holding some civil trials due to COVID-19 concerns

February 9, 2021 Courthouse News Service LA County Court Sued to Stop In-Person Hearings During Pandemic

February 5, 2021 Santa Monica Daily Press City Sues Santa Monica Landlords for allegedly fraudulent behaviors during pandemic

February 4, 2021 LAist Frustrated Federal Judge Confronts LA Officials About Inaction On Homelessness Crisis

February 4, 2021 Los Angeles Sentinel Medical Legal Community Partnership- Los Angeles Improves Well-Being of Vulnerable Patients During...

February 2, 2021 Los Angeles Times Depleted savings, ruined credit: What happens when all the rent comes due?

January 27, 2021 Los Angeles Times ‘Manna from heaven’: L.A. officials say Biden funding could get thousands of homeless off...

January 27, 2021 MIE Journal Before George Floyd There Was Charly Keunang

January 27, 2021 MIE Journal Unequal by Design: How the Pandemic Response Exacerbated America’s Two-Tiered System of Justice

January 19, 2021 CalMatters Justice delayed: Courts overwhelmed by pandemic backlog

January 3, 2021 Los Angeles Times L.A. homeless sites ‘overwhelmed’ by COVID-19: ‘These are the toughest times’

December 31, 2020 The Guardian What happened when California tried to fix its homelessness crisis as the pandemic arrived

December 24, 2020 NPR Los Angeles Resumes Large-Scale Cleanups Of Homeless Encampments

December 21, 2020 Long Beach Press-Telegram Renters receive eviction notices as LA County, state bans are set to expire

December 21, 2020 Los Angeles Times Attorneys decry ‘cleanups’ of homeless encampments during pandemic

December 12, 2020 Los Angeles Times $130,000 for an 8-foot-by-8-foot shed? That’s what L.A. is paying in a bid to house the homeless

December 10, 2020 Signal Tribune City of Long Beach will team up with LA County to provide tenants with right-to-counsel

December 10, 2020 KCRW How a city-funded homeless housing project became a sink hole for public money

December 4, 2020 Courthouse News Service LA Renters, Attorneys Demand Suspension of Eviction Proceedings Due to Covid

December 1, 2020 Los Angeles Magazine Looking for Ways to Give Back this Giving Tuesday? Here Are 27 Good Causes

November 20, 2020 M/Oppenheim Defending Human Rights | Nonprofit Report

November 14, 2020 San Francisco Chronicle Here's another big problem with California's unemployment claims logjam

November 13, 2020 MyNewsLA Governor Appoints 10 New Los Angeles Superior Court Judges

November 2, 2020 Long Beach Press-Telegram Long Beach approves law prohibiting landlords from harassing tenants

October 28, 2020 Law360 Dogs, Babies, Tech Flops: Attys Share Zoom Fails And Tips

October 23, 2020 Los Angeles Times Chaos and confusion as judge pushes plan to clear homeless camps from near freeways

October 22, 2020 LAist Unemployment Benefits Frozen Due To Being A Fraud Victim? Here's What To Do

October 19, 2020 Santa Monica Daily Press City provides update on tenants’ rights during COVID-19

October 8, 2020 Bisnow LA Moratorium Battle Joins Dozens Across The Country

October 6, 2020 Civil Eats Ensuring Homeless Americans Get Enough Food Has Never Been Easy. Now, It’s Next to Impossible.

September 23, 2020 Los Angeles Daily News LA City Council approves funding for renters’ legal defense program

September 23, 2020 Telemundo 52 Destinan dinero para evitar el desalojo de inquilinos afectados por la pandemia

September 22, 2020 Los Angeles Times Program to house homeless people in hotels is ending after falling short of goal

September 17, 2020 LA Sentinel L.A. County Board of Supervisors Launch STAY HOUSED L.A. COUNTY

September 15, 2020 Telemundo 52 Condado de Los Ángeles ofrece ayuda a inquilinos en riesgo de desalojo

September 14, 2020 Los Angeles Daily News L.A. County launches legal aid program for tenants at risk of eviction

September 10, 2020 NPR 'I Try So Hard Not To Cry': Nearly Half Of U.S. Households Face A Financial Crisis

September 8, 2020 China Press 劳工节大礼加州劳工厅长苏维思：加州一次性发失业补助金1500元

September 8, 2020 World Journal 洛杉磯法律援助基金疫情下提供華人法律幫助

September 2, 2020 WNYC, "The Takeaway" Trump Administration Policy Could Pause Evictions for Millions of Vulnerable Renters

August 25, 2020 Noticiero Univision "Sería un tsunami de desalojos": preocupación en California por terminación de la moratoria que...

August 23, 2020 Los Angeles Daily News Attorneys for homeless facing encampment sweeps: LA leaders ‘in contempt’ of judge’s order

August 22, 2020 Los Angeles Times Lawyers for Los Angeles’ poor try to ease pandemic burdens

August 19, 2020 LAist Millions in CA Still Have Questions About How To Get Unemployment Benefits. We Have Answers.

August 17, 2020 Spectrum News 1 Not All Hand-Washing Stations for Homeless Are Serviced Regularly

August 8, 2020 Long Beach Post ‘All the burden on the renters’: Tenants say they’re trusting luck, bureaucracy to keep their...

August 4, 2020 Amnesty International USA Coalition demands release of Trump administration documents on the detention of families during the...

July 31, 2020 L.A. Focus Season of Uncertainty: What's Next for Angelenos as CARES Act & Eviction Protections Expire

July 29, 2020 Los Angeles Times L.A. council votes to resume major cleanups near shelters

July 21, 2020 The Eastsider COVID-19 has small business owners seeking answers about dealing with leases and landlords

July 21, 2020 Los Angeles Times Newsletter: Is your child’s school shut down? You may be eligible for unemployment

July 13, 2020 Long Beach Post Long Beach could adopt inclusionary housing mandates but advocates question who will benefit most

July 8, 2020 Long Beach Press-Telegram Long Beach holds off on extending eviction ban, hopes to align with LA County

June 30, 2020 Los Angeles Times Newsletter: Finding a job right now is hard but not impossible. Here are some tips

June 22, 2020 Los Angeles Times Domestic violence is rising during the pandemic. Here’s how to get help

June 15, 2020 Long Beach Business Journal City Council to consider putting renters on payment plan for missed installments

June 11, 2020 Noticiero Univision Tras tres meses de moratoria, 24 estados reinician los procesos legales de desalojo de inquilinos...

June 4, 2020 Los Angeles Times Confusing alerts and nowhere to go: Homeless Angelenos exempt from curfew struggle even more

May 20, 2020 Los Angeles Times L.A. is uneasy about order to move homeless people from freeways. ‘There’s ethical issues’

May 19, 2020 Law360 Counsel Who Care: How Attys Are Helping During A Crisis

May 19, 2020 Santa Monica Lookout Emergency Rule Suspending Evictions Ripe for Abuse, Property Rights Advocate Contends

May 18, 2020 Associated Press California homeless quarantine in hotels, more rooms needed

May 8, 2020 The Pulse Lawyers assist patients with COVID-19 issues

May 7, 2020 Univision 34 Comerciantes de flores en Los Ángeles logran llegar a un acuerdo con el dueño de sus locales por...

May 7, 2020 Pro Bono Institute The Challenge of COVID-19: Legal Community in Action

May 6, 2020 Telemundo 52 Alcalde Garcetti anuncia ayuda legal gratuita para ciertos inquilinos

May 6, 2020 Univision 34 Las leyes que protegen a los comerciantes en Los Ángeles de desalojos en los tiempos del...

May 5, 2020 HuffPost Put Homeless People In Hotels

May 5, 2020 Los Angeles Daily News Big L.A. law firms, legal-aid groups mobilize to help Angelenos for free, Garcetti says

May 4, 2020 ABC7 Eyewitness News Coronavirus: SoCal family had no money for rent, then the cops came

May 3, 2020 Los Angeles Times ‘Tell the hotels they are commandeered.’ Homeless activists are losing patience with L.A.

April 28, 2020 The Real Deal “I won’t talk about unemployment benefits:” California agents choose between ego, handouts

April 25, 2020 FOX 11 News LA city, district attorney launches campaign to help victims of domestic abuse

April 22, 2020 Curbed California could house its entire homeless population in empty hotel rooms right now

April 20, 2020 Equal Justice Works Advocating for Survivors in a Time of Pandemic

April 19, 2020 LAist What's Behind Gov. Newsom's Harsh Words For Cities Blocking Hotels For Homeless People

April 19, 2020 Law360 Homeless Angelenos Get Due Process Win Over City Seizures

April 18, 2020 CalMatters Newsom: Cities blocking hotels for homeless will be ‘judged’ by history

April 17, 2020 The Guardian Sick, elderly, pregnant: the California renters being evicted even during the pandemic

April 17, 2020 LAist Domestic Violence May Be On The Rise In LA During The Coronavirus Pandemic

April 16, 2020 Long Beach Post Where to get food resources, rent relief and other help in Long Beach during this pandemic

April 16, 2020 Los Angeles Sentinel Rep. Maxine Waters Working for the 43rd District During the Coronavirus Pandemic

April 15, 2020 Curbed LA For now, LA can’t seize ‘bulky’ items from homeless camps

April 15, 2020 LAist Your Guide To LA's Eviction Rules During The Coronavirus Pandemic

April 13, 2020 Los Angeles Times L.A. can’t seize homeless people’s bulky items solely based on size, judge rules

April 9, 2020 KPCC In Person No-Panic Guide Live: A Q&A With Aaron Mendelson And Attorney Javier Beltran (Rent And Eviction...

April 9, 2020 Curbed LA Mayor promises to refill homeless hygiene stations after scolding from judge

April 8, 2020 KNBC-TV Channel 4 News Domestic Violence Resources

April 7, 2020 Los Angeles Daily News Judge brings attorneys to LA’s Skid Row in homelessness lawsuit

April 3, 2020 Long Beach Post As people stay home and shelters fill up, officials see a rise in domestic violence

March 29, 2020 Law360 Pro Bono Puzzle: Attys Try To Navigate Helping From Home

March 27, 2020 LAist Chronically Ill And Facing Eviction During A Pandemic

March 20, 2020 Curbed LA What to do if you get an eviction notice during coronavirus outbreak

March 18, 2020 The Appeal As the Coronavirus Pandemic Continues, Homeless Communities Are Particularly Vulnerable

March 16, 2020 Washington Post Justice on hold: coronavirus prompts court delays, closings

March 15, 2020 Law360 Under Pressure: Legal Aid Attys Brace For Virus's Impacts

March 4, 2020 Santa Monica Daily Press Tenant Sues Santa Monica Landlord to Stay in Her Home of 38 Years

March 3, 2020 Santa Monica Lookout Disabled Tenant Sues Santa Monica Landlord For Refusing Housing Voucher

February 20, 2020 Long Beach Press-Telegram Long Beach planners hammer out ‘inclusionary housing’ policy

February 19, 2020 LAist Tenants Say They're Facing Eviction Due To Loophole In Anti-Eviction Law

February 13, 2020 KPCC's "AirTalk" Stuck: KPCC’s Investigation Into A Southern California Rental Empire

February 12, 2020 Long Beach Post Council gives renters a lifeline with proposed ordinance to close eviction loopholes

February 10, 2020 Long Beach Post Council to consider giving renters more protection from unjust evictions

February 7, 2020 Long Beach Press-Telegram Long Beach City Council to weigh closing ‘substantial remodel’ loophole in statewide Tenant...

January 30, 2020 Education Dive New rules limit states’ oversight of online colleges. How will they react?

January 26, 2020 Law360 Legal Aid Org’s Departing Chief Praised For Funding Boost

January 17, 2020 Long Beach Press-Telegram To enforce California’s new law protecting tenants, renters must make their case in court

January 16, 2020 Curbed LA 11 Los Angeles renters’ rights your landlord doesn’t want you to know

December 17, 2019 Santa Monica Mirror Santa Monica Tenants Obtain $1M Settlement With Landlord

November 25, 2019 USC Law Magazine Ninety years of paving the way toward justice

November 13, 2019 Whittier Daily News Whittier imposes curfew at Leffingwell Ranch Park after assault on elementary principal, fire,...

November 12, 2019 Inside Higher Ed Rift Over State Reciprocity Rules

November 5, 2019 Long Beach Post City Council will move forward with ‘no-fault’ eviction freeze

November 4, 2019 Long Beach Business Journal Experts Say Prevention Is Key To Combat Rising Senior Homelessness In Long Beach

November 4, 2019 Spectrum News 1 250K+ Undocumented Immigrants Live in Fear as U Visas Remain Pending

October 17, 2019 Univision 34 Los Angeles Presentan demanda contra el gobierno federal para exigir premisos de trabajo para solicitantes de...

October 17, 2019 Los Angeles Daily News LA’s towing practices challenged by Woodland Hills man living in RV, who lost his SUV to an...

October 17, 2019 KNBC-TV Channel 4 News Homeless Man Challenges LA Vehicle Towing Policies in Court

October 4, 2019 KNBC-TV Channel 4 News USCIS Sued in Los Angeles Over Visa Applications

September 9, 2019 Los Angeles Times Many of L.A.’s sidewalks would be off-limits for homeless people to sleep if plan passes

August 23, 2019 Long Beach Post Developers may soon be required to build more affordable units; residents want a stronger, citywide...

August 7, 2019 KCRW At a Chinatown apartment building, tenants get last-minute reprieve from rent increases

August 7, 2019 Los Angeles Downtown News Rent Hikes Averted in Chinatown Building

July 31, 2019 KCRW LA reinstates controversial rules around vehicle dwelling

July 30, 2019 Los Angeles Times L.A. City Council votes to reimpose limits on living in vehicles

July 30, 2019 Curbed LA LA reinstates ban on sleeping overnight in cars

July 29, 2019 Los Angeles Daily News L.A.’s homeless could be back on the hook for living in their vehicles, if city leaders approve...

July 23, 2019 Long Beach Post Renter rights groups cry foul over last-minute proposed changes to tenant relocation law

July 18, 2019 Courthouse News Service Homeless Residents Rip LA Over Tossed Belongings

July 18, 2019 Los Angeles Times Lawsuit seeks to stop L.A. from seizing and discarding homeless people’s belongings

July 18, 2019 Curbed LA Homeless advocates challenge constitutionality of seizures

July 18, 2019 KFI-AM Homeless People Sue City of L.A. Over Claims of Property Confiscation

July 15, 2019 USC Law Magazine A Passion for Pro Bono Work

June 25, 2019 Curbed LA The big problem with affordable housing

June 22, 2019 Los Angeles Times Evictions loom for Chinatown residents who can’t find affordable housing

June 12, 2019 LAist LA Leaders Opposed A Law That Would Make It Harder To Tow Cars — Even If People Are Living In Them

May 22, 2019 Curbed LA Long Beach will require landlords to compensate tenants who move out to avoid big rent hikes

May 21, 2019 KTTV FOX-11 L.A. County considers funding eviction defense for low-income renters

April 29, 2019 Los Angeles Downtown News High Security Costs Tied to Bridge Housing Patrols

April 17, 2019 Long Beach Post Citywide labor agreement could be tweaked to allow more residents to secure construction jobs

March 31, 2019 Los Angeles Times Is fixing up this Westlake building a lifesaver or a ‘waste of taxpayer money’?

March 25, 2019 Long Beach Press-Telegram Long Beach City Council to vote on tenant protections at April 2 meeting

March 10, 2019 KNBC-TV Channel 4, "News Conference" Constitutional Rights of the Homeless

March 6, 2019 KABC-TV Channel 7 News Los Angeles City Council settles lawsuit over homeless property rights

February 20, 2019 Santa Monica Daily Press Santa Monica celebrates Section 8 protections

February 19, 2019 Spectrum News 1 Inglewood Renters Struggle to Afford Steep Rent Hikes

February 12, 2019 Los Angeles Magazine How the Homeless Ended Up Being Blamed for Typhus

December 26, 2018 Bloomberg Law Kirkland [and LAFLA] Helps Displaced Los Angeles Tenants Find Justice

December 13, 2018 OC Weekly As Long Beach Luxury Development Booms, the Poor Get Left Behind

November 7, 2018 The Argonaut Mariners Village is Spared from the Wrecking Ball

October 24, 2018 Los Angeles Times Although L.A. mayor calls latest crackdown on homeless camps a success, legal issues cloud city's...

October 10, 2018 Los Angeles Times L.A. prepares to begin crackdown on homeless camps

September 14, 2018 Los Angeles Times (Op-Ed) Making homelessness a crime is no way for Los Angeles to fix its crisis

September 5, 2018 Capital Public Radio Court: Cities Can't Prosecute People For Sleeping On Streets

June 5, 2018 Univision - KMEX-TV channel 34 Ofrecen servicios médicos y ayuda legal gratuita a comunidades de bajos recursos

June 3, 2018 La Opinión Ayuda legal dentro del Centro Médico Martin Luther King Jr.

April 25, 2018 Long Beach Post With No Rent Freeze in Place, Tenants Suffer Price Hikes as Landlords Fear Rent Control

April 19, 2018 Telemundo Menores en Peligro

November 15, 2017 Business Insider The Venable Foundation Awards an Impact Grant of $750,000 Benefiting Five Legal Aid Orgs

October 18, 2017 KCET - City Rising The Frontline Law Firm for Poor and Low-Income People

October 1, 2017 Los Angeles Times Coastal Commission will consider relaxing L.A.'s 30-year-old beach curfew

August 24, 2017 No Place To Go An Audit of the Public Toilet Crisis in Skid Row

July 14, 2017 LA Curbed Toxic soil at Jordan Downs: Massive cleanup fails where LA plans to build new shops

June 30, 2017 My News LA All-night beach access is goal, but LA seeks curfew permit

June 16, 2017 Downtown News City, Business Group Settle Suit Over Seizure of Homeless People’s Property

June 8, 2017 Mynewsla.com Does beach curfew violate Coastal Act? Judge’s decision may open LA beaches to overnight use

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