Court Strikes City of LA’s Unlawful Plan to Destroy More RVs
A court has ordered the City of Los Angeles to halt plans to dramatically expand the seizure and destruction of RVs, agreeing with community advocates that the City lacked authority to implement the policy.
Watershed Ruling Against City of Los Angeles for Fabricating Evidence on Encampment Cleanups
At the heart of the case is the constitutionality of the City’s longstanding practice of seizing and destroying unhoused people’s property during encampment cleanups—including property critical to keeping jobs and securing housing, such as medications, identifying documents, personal hygiene supplies, valuables, and tools required for their jobs.
Los Angeles Residents Challenge City’s Unlawful Plan to Destroy RV Homes
The City’s plan to dramatically expand the seizure and destruction of RV homes in violation of state law reflects its hasty, unaccountable approach to the property of unhoused Angelenos.
Fellow Focus: Aisha Khawaja on the Root Causes of Homelessness
LAFLA’s LEIF Program engages and empowers law students who are historically underrepresented in public interest law. This cohort of summer law clerks participates in unique events and programs where they gain hands-on experience helping LAFLA clients, and complete a research project on a special area. Aisha Khawaja chose to spend her summer fighting for the rights of […]
Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles Sues City for Transparency on Vehicle Towing
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 17, 2024 Contact: Elana Eden, Communications ManagerLegal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles(323) 801-7996eeden@lafla.org Los Angeles, December 17, 2024 – The Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles (LAFLA), along with pro bono partner Davis Wright Tremaine, has filed a lawsuit against the Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) for unlawfully refusing to […]
Update on Encampment Sweeps Litigation
A federal judge has found that the City of Los Angeles altered, created, and failed to produce key evidence about encampment sweeps.
Black History Month
Racial justice is at the core of our fight for equal justice, as poverty is inextricably linked with racism.
Learn About the Wiggins Settlement
What is the Wiggins Settlement Agreement? The Wiggins Settlement Agreement is a 2006 stipulated judgment that was the result of a redevelopment lawsuit filed by a homeless organization and two individuals to protect low-income housing in downtown Los Angeles. What does the Wiggins Settlement do? The Settlement protects more than 9,000 low-income housing units. Since […]
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 […]
This Black History Month
Dear Friends and Supporters of LAFLA, This Black History Month we honor, celebrate, and reflect for many reasons. Still in the throes of the worst pandemic in decades, we mourn the loss of our Black brothers and sisters who have disproportionately suffered from deaths, job losses, and health disparities because of COVID-19 and systemic racism. […]