Advocates Announce Civil Rights Lawsuit Protecting Homeless People’s Property; Condemn Longstanding Practice of Property Seizure and Destruction

What: Press conference announcing a lawsuit seeking to stop the Los Angeles Police Department and City of Los Angeles from seizing and destroying homeless individuals’ property in violation of their well-established constitutional rights. When: TOMORROW, Tuesday – March 15, 2016 at 9:00 a.m. Where: South Steps of Los Angeles City Hall (1st St. between Spring […]

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 […]