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Public Counsel Statement on the Stop-Work Order Impacting Legal Services for Unaccompanied Immigrant Children

February 19, 2025

Los Angeles, CA, February 19, 2025—Yesterday, the Department of the Interior issued a stop-work order ...

Jane Fonda to Receive William O. Douglas Award at Public Counsel’s Annual Event

February 18, 2025

Former Governor Jay Inslee to Present to Jane FondaMolly Munger & Stephen R. English to ...

New Mexico Children, Youth, and Family Department Under Legal Order to Ask Legislature for Enough Funding to Do Its Job

January 24, 2025

Arbitrator Finds CYFD and HCA Responsible for Failing Children in Foster Care ALBUQUERQUE, NM, January ...

Landmark Settlement Reached in Long-Fought Battle for Equitable Services for Disabled Latinx Children and Young Adults

September 25, 2024

LONG BEACH, CA, SEPTEMBER 24, 2024 – In a significant victory for Latinx families, Coalision de ...

Transition Age Youth in Foster Care Press Forward to Secure Housing and Services in Case Against Los Angeles County and California

August 19, 2024

LOS ANGELES, AUGUST 19, 2024 – When transition age youth in foster care filed a lawsuit ...

Veterans’ Lawsuit Sparks Major HUD Policy Change, Expanding Access to Affordable Housing for Disabled Vets

August 8, 2024

LOS ANGELES, AUGUST 8, 2024 – It took a lawsuit from unhoused veterans with disabilities ...

Public Counsel Names Kathryn Eidmann President & CEO

July 24, 2024

Civil rights lawyer to lead public interest law firm’s transformative legal advocacy LOS ANGELES, JULY ...

Street Vendors Secure Groundbreaking Settlement with City of L.A., Ending Discriminatory Vending Restrictions and Reimbursing Citations

July 19, 2024

Vendors Successfully Hold City Accountable for Violating State Law, Catalyze Profound Changes in How City ...

LA Forward Institute and Community Members Sue Los Angeles Over Venice Dell Delays

July 11, 2024

140-unit Supportive and Affordable Housing Project Still in Limbo Because of City Obstruction and Discrimination ...

Public Counsel Issues Statement on Supreme Court Ruling in Grants Pass Homelessness Case

June 28, 2024

LOS ANGELES, JUNE 28, 2024—Public Counsel is deeply disappointed by today’s Supreme Court ruling in ...