LA Taxpayers Sue City Over Enforcement of Illegal Beach Closure

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 9, 2015 — This morning, two Los Angeles taxpayers filed a lawsuit against the City of Los Angeles for unlawfully closing the beach, using a law that was never properly enacted. The ordinance, which makes it a crime for anyone to access the city’s 11 miles of coastline from midnight to 5:00 […]

County Program for Poorest of Poor Discriminates Against Mentally and Developmentally Disabled

LOS ANGELES (Nov. 18, 2015) — Los Angeles County’s Department of Public Social Services fails to accommodate the most vulnerable — mentally or developmentally disabled homeless people applying for subsistence benefits under General Relief. Not only are those who need help the most not receiving it, the bureaucratic system and complicated application process also violate […]