In the News

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