City Ordered to Stop Seizing Homeless People’s Property

LOS ANGELES, April 14, 2016 — The City of Los Angeles has been ordered to stop the seizure and destruction of homeless people’s property. The preliminary injunction from a U.S. District Judge stems from a lawsuit, Mitchell v. City of Los Angeles, that was filed in mid-March by Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles, The […]

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 […]