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October 2024 Media Roundup
Staff Spotlight
National Pro Bono Week
- Talk Justice (an LSC podcast), The Benefits of Professionalizing Pro Bono, 10/22/24
Street Vending
- Univision LA, Confusión con los permisos para vendedores ambulantes, 10/20/24
Unhoused Veterans Litigation (Powers v. McDonough)
- MyNewsLA, UCLA Will Temporarily Return to Baseball Field at VA, 10/30/24
- LA Times, Judge allows UCLA baseball team to return to Jackie Robinson Stadium, 10/29/24
- CBS News, UCLA allowed to use baseball field after striking deal in VA land use dispute, 10/29/24
- KNX-FM, Judge allows UCLA to resume using baseball stadium on veterans grounds, 10/29/24
- LAist, UCLA is welcome back to the West LA VA campus baseball fields – for now, 10/29/24
- The Real Deal, VA appeals court order to build more homes at West LA campus, 10/28/24
- LAist, VA planning to appeal judge’s order to build housing on West LA campus, 10/26/24
- Long Lead, VA appeals landmark ruling ordering it to build housing for homeless veterans, 10/26/24
- LA Times, VA appeals judgment ordering thousands of housing units built on its West Los Angeles campus, 10/25/24
- Daily Journal, VA to appeal federal judge’s ruling on West LA land, 10/25/24
- Law360, UCLA Strikes Out On Bid To Join Row Over Baseball Facility, 10/25/24
- The Real Deal, Federal judge denies UCLA bid to delay VA housing by Bruins’ baseball stadium, 10/25/24
- Westside Current, Court Blocks UCLA’s Delay, Clears Path for Westside Veteran Housing with Key Hearing Ahead, 10/24/24
- Daily News, Judge denies UCLA bid to stall order for vets housing at Bruins baseball stadium, 10/24/24
- The Pride LA, Judge Orders VA to Build Housing for Homeless Veterans as Quickly as Possible, 10/23/24
- Brentwood News, Judge Orders VA to Build Housing for Homeless Veterans as Quickly as Possible, 10/23/24
- Daily Bruin, UCLA Jackie Robinson Stadium parking lot to become modular housing for veterans, 10/22/24
- Military.com, VA Must Start Building 750 Temporary Units for Homeless Vets on Los Angeles Land, Judge Says, 10/21/24
- KNX-FM, UCLA baseball stadium parking lot will be turned into veteran housing, 10/21/24
- LA Times, Judge orders VA to build housing on UCLA baseball parking lot. On the double!, 10/21/24
- Long Lead, Judge orders VA to build 100 temporary housing units on West LA VA campus, 10/19/24
- LA Times, The VA failed to disclose findings of a survey that shows keen veteran interest in a hotel, 10/16/24
- Long Lead, Final judgment: Carter issues permanent injunction against the VA, 10/12/24
- KNX News, Judge orders VA to quickly construct housing for Vets on West L.A. campus, 10/11/24
- Courthouse News Service, Judge orders Veteran Affairs to build supportive housing on West LA campus, 10/11/24
- Long Lead, “You’re all stalling.” A frustrated Judge Carter lashes out at UCLA, VA over delays, 10/9/24
- LAist, Citing veteran homelessness ‘emergency,’ judge orders housing built faster at VA campus, 10/8/24
- Law 360, Judge Tells VA To Quickly Develop Housing for LA Veterans, 10/8/24
- Invisible People, Judge Blasts VA for Failing Homeless Veterans with Disabilities, 10/8/24
- Daily Journal, UCLA pleads with federal judge to reopen baseball stadium, 10/7/24
- ABC7, UCLA offers proposal for use of baseball stadium amid VA housing lawsuit, 10/7/24
- LAist, UCLA offers proposal to stay on VA campus after being locked out of baseball stadium, 10/5/24
- Long Lead, Judge mulls emergency order to build veteran housing in former ballpark parking lot: “You can’t tell me our country can’t do this.”, 10/5/24
- Daily Journal, Homeless vets are ‘letting’ private school use VA land, judge says, 10/3/24
- Long Lead, “It’s not yours anymore.” Judge Carter presses parties to seal Brentwood School deal, 10/3/24
- KNX-FM, Progress in legal battle over West L.A. VA land, 10/2/24
September 2024 Media Roundup
Staff Spotlight
- Daily Journal, 50 years on, Mark Rosenbaum remains the ‘radical lawyer’ he dreamed of being, 9/16/24
- Law360, New Public Counsel Leader On Her Vision To Advance Justice, 9/6/24
Unhoused Veterans Litigation (Powers v. McDonough)
- Athletic Business, UCLA Baseball Stadium on Lock Down Over VA Land Use Dispute, 9/30/24
- Ventura County Star, VA ordered to lock down Jackie Robinson Stadium at UCLA, 9/27/24
- LA Times, UCLA baseball loses its home field — for now — in a lawsuit over its use of veterans’ land, 9/26/24
- Daily Journal, Judge closes UCLA stadium on VA grounds, gives private school more time, 9/26/24
- LAist, Judge orders UCLA baseball stadium cordoned off as pressure increases on outside groups to leave VA campus, 9/26/24
- Sport Illustrated, Judge Orders UCLA Team Locked Out of Its Own Stadium, 9/26/24
- KABC-TV, UCLA’s Jackie Robinson baseball stadium locked down under lawsuit over veterans housing, 9/26/24
- KTLA-TV, UCLA’s Jackie Robinson Stadium to close Thursday in wake of judge’s V.A. ruling, 9/26/24
- KNBC-TV, Judge orders UCLA’s Jackie Robinson Stadium on VA grounds locked down, 9/26/24
- KCBS-TV, Judge orders UCLA baseball stadium to be locked up over VA land use dispute, 9/26/24
- KABC-TV, Federal judge orders UCLA’s Jackie Robinson baseball stadium locked down under lawsuit over veterans housing, 9/25/24
- LA Times, Vets are pushing for a ‘Town Center’ on L.A.’s VA campus. But what is it? And will it have a hotel bar?, 9/24/24
- AirTalk – LAist, Judge orders West Los Angeles VA to build more housing, 9/18/24
- Clermont Sun, Op-Ed: Vietnam Vet Helps Los Angeles Veterans Get Justice, 9/18/24
- Military.com, ‘That’s Our Land’: Homeless Veterans in LA Hail Court Ruling Ordering VA to Use Campus for Housing, 9/18/24
- Brentwood Beat, Brentwood Beat: Finally, Hope for a Real VA Breakthrough, 9/17/24
- Traded, Federal Judge Directs Veterans Affairs to Construct Additional 2,500 Homes in West LA Campus, 9/16/24
- Westside Current, Judge Orders Over 2,500 New Homes for Veterans at West L.A. Campus, Declares UCLA Lease Illegal, 9/16/24
- Living in the USA Podcast, Vets vs. VA: Mark Rosenbaum, 9/12/24
- LA Times, Editorial: It shouldn’t take a judge to make VA house homeless vets, 9/11/24
- KCRW, Judge rules West LA VA is ‘turning its back’ on homeless veterans, 9/9/24
- Connecting Vets, VA must build more than 2,500 housing units on its West Los Angeles campus, 9/9/24
- Stars and Stripes, VA ordered to provide hundreds of additional shelter beds, build nearly 2,000 housing units for homeless vets in LA, 9/9/24
- Urbanize LA, Judge orders VA to build 2,500 more homes at West L.A. campus, 9/9/24
- NBC 4, West LA VA campus ordered by judge to build more housing, 9/7/24
- CNN, VA ordered to build thousands more homes for veterans on West Los Angeles campus, 9/6/24
- NBC News, Judge orders VA to build more housing for homeless veterans in Los Angeles, 9/6/24
- NPR, LA homeless veterans win decades-long fight in new court ruling, 9/6/24
- Bloomberg, L.A. Veterans Will Get More Housing After ‘Broken Promises’, 9/6/24
- LA Times, VA must build more housing on West L.A. campus, and UCLA and Brentwood School leases are illegal, judge rules, 9/6/24
- KCBS-LA (CBS), KCAL News 11p on CBS Los Angeles, 9/6/24
- LAist, Veteran housing order, 9/6/24
- Daily Journal, Federal judge rules for homeless veterans suing VA, September 6
- ABC7, Federal judge blast Veterans Affairs, orders more housing for veterans on West L.A. campus, 9/6/24
- KABC-LA (ABC), Eyewitness News 4PM, 9/6/24
- Westside Today, Federal Judge Orders VA to End Private Leases, Expand Housing for Homeless Veterans on West LA Campus, 9/6/24
- The Real Deal, Housing crunch delivers punch to LA’s upper crust at VA campus, 9/6/24
- Task & Purpose, VA ordered to build thousands of homes for veterans on Los Angeles campus, 9/6/24
- Law360, VA Must Turn LA Campus Into Vets’ Housing, Judge Says, 9/6/24
Immigrants’ Rights
- LA Times, Is L.A.’s planned ‘sanctuary city’ law languishing?, 9/28/24
- Law360, Sidley, Other Attys Get $850K In Fees For Migrant Family Suit, 9/11/24
Tenant Protections for Small Businesses & Nonprofits (SB 1103)
- CÁLO News, A groundbreaking law could soon protect small business owners in California, 9/20/24
Homelessness and Affordable Housing
- LAist, Long-awaited report recommends L.A. lower rent cap, 9/16/24
Clinic Spotlight
- Colorado Boulevard, Homelessness Prevention Clinic at Robinson Community Center, 9/17/24
Public Counsel Alumni News
- Daily Journal, Newsom makes 3 appellate nominations, 7 judge appointments, 9/30/24
- KTLA-TV, Gov. Gavin Newsom announces 6 Southern California judicial appointments, 9/30/24
August 2024 Media Roundup
Unhoused Veterans Litigation (Powers v. McDonough)
- Navy Times, From formation to tent city: New doc follows vets’ fight for housing, 8/31/24
- Long Lead, Day 16: Closing arguments pit “real progress” against a “deeply broken system”, 8/31/24
- Bloomberg Law, Government Duty to House Veterans Weighed in Los Angeles Trial, 8/30/24
- MyNewsLA.com, Ruling Expected Early Next Month in Case Involving the VA’s West LA Campus, 8/30/24
- KTLA 5, Closing arguments are underway in a court case meant to address the plight of homeless veterans, 8/30
- Long Lead, Day 15: A landfill with methane and radioactive waste threatens veteran housing at the West LA VA, 8/30/24
- LA Times, VA’s illegal leases pose a tough choice for a federal judge, 8/27/24
- Long Lead, Judge Carter tours the West Los Angeles VA property, 8/22/24
- NBC4 News, Judge tours West LA land use for homeless veterans, 8/21/24
- Long Lead, Judge Carter tours the West Los Angeles VA property, 8/22/24
- American Legion, New HUD-VASH Ruling Expands Rental Assistance for Disabled Veterans, No Longer Counts Disability Benefits Toward Eligibility, 8/12/24
- News Nation, VA changes rental, housing assistance rules for disabled veterans, 8/11/24
- Task and Purpose, VA changes rules, expands housing assistance for disabled veterans, 8/10/24
- ABC7, HUD eases income requirements to help disabled homeless veterans get housing, 8/9/24
- Military.com, Housing Agency Scraps Catch-22-Type Rule That Kept Disabled Homeless Vets from Receiving Rent Vouchers, 8/9/24
- KQED, Advocates Applaud Changes that Will Help Disabled Veterans Find Housing, 8/9/24
- NBC News, More disabled homeless veterans may qualify for subsidized housing, 8/8/24
- LA Times, U.S. Housing officials to scrap a rule that denies housing to the most disabled veterans, 8/8/24
- LAist, Federal government ends policy that blocked unhoused LA veterans from housing, 8/8/24
- Stars and Stripes, Disability income for veterans will no longer disqualify them from rental assistance, 8/8/24
- HousingWire, HUD expands supportive housing program for veterans, 8/8/24
- CNN, “Veterans Affairs Dept. on trial over housing for homeless vets,” 8/7/24
- Spectrum News 1, Landmark trial underway against Veteran Affairs department over housing, 8/7/24
- Home of the Brave, Day 1: Opening Statements in Powers v. McDonough, 8/7/24
- Fox11, Homeless vets head to trial against VA, 8/6/24
- Fox11, Veterans file lawsuit demanding permanent housing for homeless Los Angeles vets, 8/6/24
- LA Times, After half a century of grievances, veterans’ housing demands on West L.A. VA campus go to trial, 8/5/24
Homelessness and Affordable Housing (Including LA Forward v. City of LA)
- NY Times, As California Clears Homeless Camps, Two Projects Point a Way Forward, 8/17/24
- MyNewsLA, LA City Committee Finalizes Guidelines for Homelessness Prevention Programs, 8/15/24
- LA Times, “L.A. is packed with live music arenas. How will Inglewood’s new Intuit Dome stand out?,” 8/8/24
- The Nation, “Dysfunctional Los Angeles City Politics Threatens Housing Progress,” 8/2/24
Immigrants’ Rights
- Al Jazeera, New US immigration policy: Rule for undocumented spouses comes into effect, 8/20/24
Foster Care (Kevin S. Settlement and Ocean S. Litigation)
- Santa Fe New Mexican, New Mexico failed to meet deadlines on commitments in child welfare suit, filings say, 8/31/24
- LA Times, How many foster kids are homeless in L.A. County? Nobody knows, 8/19/24
- EdSource, It is impossible to know how many Los Angeles foster youth are homeless, 8/19/24
Regional Centers—Spotlighting Disparities in Services for Children with Developmental Disabilities
- LA Times, Nearly $1 billion in funds left unspent by centers for disabled Californians, 8/20/24
Tenant Protections for Small Businesses & Nonprofits (SB 1103)
- Capital & Main, California Lawmakers Set to Vote on First-in-Nation Tenant Protections for Small Businesses, 8/27/24
Staff Spotlight
- LegalNews.com, “Faizah Malik, ‘11: Fight for Housing Justice,” 8/9/24
July 2024 Media Roundup
Appointment of Kathryn Eidmann as President & CEO
- Daily Journal, “Public Counsel’s new CEO girds for next US president,” July 24, 2024
- Law360, “Public Counsel Promotes Longtime Civil Rights Atty To CEO,” July 25, 2024
Settlement of Street Vending Litigation (CPC v. City of LA)
- LA Downtown News, Looking Forward: Street vendors, community organizations talk future plans, 7/29/24
- L.A. Taco, Street Vendors Successfully Sue City to Remove Illegal ‘No Vending’ Signs And Won, 7/25/24
- StreetsBlogLA, L.A. Street Vendors Celebrate Removal of No-Vending Restrictions in Huge Win Against City, 7/22/24
- ABC7, LA street vendors reach settlement with city over vending restrictions, 7/20/24
- Telemundo52, Vendedores ambulantes logran acuerdo con la ciudad de Los Ángeles sobre reglas de ventas, 7/19/24
- La Opinión, Vendedores ambulantes se anotan una victoria: pueden vender donde sea, 7/19/24
- LA Times, In a win for street vendors, L.A. agrees to lift restrictions and cancel fines, 7/19/24
- LAist, LA agrees to lift restrictions on street vendors and cancel fines to settle lawsuit, 7/19/24
- Daily Journal, LA Reaches Settlement With Street Vendors Banned Near Iconic Sites, 7/19/24
- MyNewsLA, Street Merchants Reach Settlement with City of LA Related Over Vending Rules, 7/19/24
- Audacy.com, Street vendors reach settlement with L.A. over vending rules, 7/19/24
Summary Judgment Victory and Other Coverage of Unhoused Veterans Litigation (Powers v. McDonough)
- The Nation, How Kamala Can Win, and Homeless Vets Sue the VA, 7/31/24
- Daily Journal, Judge rules VA’s leasing policy discriminates against veterans, 7/17/24
- LA Times, VA housing policy discriminates against disabled veterans, federal judge rules, 7/15/24
- LAist, Judge finds illegal discrimination blocks some disabled veterans from housing at West LA VA campus, 7/15/24
- Courthouse News, Judge blasts VA for renting out land meant to house homeless vets, 7/15/24
- LAW360, VA Campus Income Limits are Discriminatory Judge Finds, 7/15/24
- MyNewsLA, Judge: VA’s Land Leasing in West LA Discriminates Against Disabled Veterans, 7/15/24
- Daily Journal, Federal judge appears unlikely to toss homeless veterans’ class action, 7/10/24
Filing of Venice Dell Litigation (LA Forward Institute v. City of LA)
- LA Progressive, Los Angeles Resurrects Racial Redlining, 7/28/24
- Caló News, Lawsuit alleges that an affordable housing project in Venice Beach is being unlawfully blocked by city officials, 7/26/24
- Southern California Record, City of L.A. accused of ‘thinly veiled racism’ in lawsuit over Venice low-income housing project, 7/19/24
- Palisades News, Residents Sue City of Los Angeles For Stalling Affordable Housing Development, 7/16/24
- The Real Deal, Advocates accuse LA of stalling homeless housing complex in Venice, 7/16/24
- Daily Journal, Los Angeles city leaders accused of blocking Venice housing project, 7/15/24
- LA Times, L.A. officials continue to stall homeless housing project in Venice, new lawsuit claims, 7/12/24
- KTLA, L.A. officials accused of delaying affordable housing project in Venice, 7/12/24
- AirTalk, Lawsuit alleges intentional stalling of Venice housing development by elected officials, 7/12/24
- MyNewsLA, Venice Residents Sue City Over Alleged Attempts to Stop Housing Project, 7/11/24
- KNX News, L.A. sued over ‘illegal efforts’ to impede housing project in Venice, 7/11/24
- Daily News, LA is sued for slowing a project for homeless and poor on Venice Canal, 7/11/24
- LA Public Press, LA sued for stalling construction of supportive housing in Venice, 7/11/24
- LAist, New lawsuit aims to stop LA leaders from further ‘thwarting’ Venice homeless housing project, 7/11/24
Foster Care and Children’s Rights
- LA Times, “A toddler died of a fentanyl overdose. DCFS trusted his mom’s friend to keep him safe,” July 22, 2024
Homelessness and Affordable Housing
- Daily Journal, Mixed reactions to Newsom’s order on encampments, 7/26/24
- Liberty Hill Podcast: “Housing Justice on the Move in the Courts, in the Streets, at the Polls,” 7/24/24
- Daily Journal, LA mayor blasts Supreme Court over homeless decision, 7/1/24