LAFLA, Team Call for City of LA to Stop Displacing Unhoused People During Pandemic
On Monday, Dec. 21, attorneys with Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles and Schonbrun Seplow Harris Hoffman and Zeldes LLP sent a letter to the City of Los Angeles, calling for the City to stop displacing people during encampment cleanups. According to the attorneys, “Given the unprecedented and uncontrolled level of community spread of COVID-19 […]
Judge Finds City of LA in Contempt of Court Order
A federal judge has found the City of Los Angeles in contempt of a Court order that forbids the City from seizing and destroying bulky items based solely on their size — because the City posted notices that bulky items are prohibited in several neighborhoods. In August, Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles and co-counsel Kirkland […]
LAFLA Files Motion Holding City of LA in Contempt of Court Order
Today, Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles filed a motion in Garcia v. City of Los Angeles, arguing the City should be found in contempt of the Court for posting notices that bulky items are prohibited and will be seized. Our motion alleges the City is violating the Court’s order earlier this year that forbade […]
Judge Orders City of Los Angeles to Stop Seizing and Destroying Unhoused Residents’ Large Personal Items
LOS ANGELES, April 13, 2020 — In a victory for people experiencing homelessness in Los Angeles, today, a judge ordered the City of Los Angeles to stop enforcing a provision of a city ordinance that allowed the City to seize and immediately destroy homeless people’s belongings, based solely on the size of the item. The Court found that the […]
L.A. Man Sues City After Car Towed and Sold Over Two Parking Tickets
Car Auctioned Despite Man’s Participation in Community Assistance Parking Program LOS ANGELES, October 17, 2019 — A person experiencing homelessness, Joseph Safuto, has sued the City of Los Angeles, challenging the city’s practice of towing vehicles as a mechanism for collecting debt – in this case two unpaid parking tickets that resulted in a lapsed […]
Homeless Individuals and Advocates File Lawsuit Challenging Unconstitutional Treatment of People’s Belongings and the Ordinance Used to Justify It
LOS ANGELES, July 18, 2019 — Seven unhoused residents, living in Los Angeles neighborhoods from Van Nuys to Harbor City, along with two community organizations, filed a lawsuit today against the City of Los Angeles to challenge the constitutionality of Los Angeles Municipal Code Section 56.11, which the City has used to justify the ongoing […]
Legal Aid Wins Case Against 30-Year-Old Beach Curfew
In a victory for preserving access to California’s coastline for all people in Los Angeles, the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles (LAFLA) and co-counsel from Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP, recently settled their case against the city of Los Angeles, marking the end of their court challenge questioning the legality of a 30-year-old […]
Students Defrauded by Marinello Schools of Beauty Obtain Belated Discharges After Filing Suit Against the Department of Education
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: APRIL 10, 2018 Contact: Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles: Robyn Smith (rsmith@lafla.org) (213) 640-3906 National Consumer Law Center: Jan Kruse (jkruse@nclc.org) (617) 542-8010 BOSTON – Following a federal lawsuit filed by the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles and the National Consumer Law Center against the U.S. Department of Education and […]
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 […]