CEO of Inner City Law Center, the only legal aid org headquartered in Skid Row.
Los Angeles, CA
Joined August 2024
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If you need legal assistance related to the #fires, call the Disaster Legal Assistance Collaborative hotline at 800-834-5001. Thanks to Community Legal Aid SoCal for connecting folks w/ the various legal organizations serving those impacted by the fires, including @InnerCityLaw
Officer detains unhoused woman in labor for "unlawfully camping". She replies that she has no home, nowhere else to go.
She gave birth that same day.
This is the natural extension of the cruelty inherent in the Supreme Court’s decision in Grants Pass. youtube.com/watch?t=43&v=I5T…
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"Inner City Law Center Litigation Director David Smith said the conditions in this building are among the worst of those they represent." #slumlord #slumhousing #legalaid #tenantrights tinyurl.com/mr3y4dkv
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"The California legislature must do more than simply prepare to sue the federal government," says ICLC CEO @AdamMurrayICLC in his latest @LADailyJournal op-ed explaining how CA can prepare for big #policy changes under a new presidential administration.
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(🧵1/3) Unfortunate @LACityCouncil vote yesterday. Single-family neighborhoods make up 72% of LA’s residential land. As @InnerCityLaw's @mahdimanji says in this article by @radiowagner, without opening at least some of those areas to new development...
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(2/3) ...we’re “not going to see affordable #housing being built in the city of LA sufficient to meet the need.” The City will likely face litigation because of this vote. A recent study by the @UCLALewisCenter for Regional Policy Studies found that...
(3/3) ...by leaving single-family neighborhoods untouched, the City will not produce enough housing to meet their state-mandated goals. Thank you Councilmembers @nithyavraman, @cd1losangeles, @CurrenDPriceJr, @mhdcd8, and @YsabelJuradoLA for your votes & support on this issue.
Rather than appealing the court's ruling, the VA ought to just build the damn housing. 2,991 #veterans are #homeless in LA County every night. Enough with the games. It's time to step up and solve the problem. latimes.com/california/story…
Love this quote: “There is no medicine as powerful as housing.” Last year an average of five people died while #homeless every day in Los Angeles. The most common age was 55-60 years old. Surely we are better than this. healthaffairs.org/doi/full/1…
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BREAKING: @InnerCityLaw, @CohenMilstein and Handley Farah & Anderson have filed a historic number of complaints on behalf of @housingrightsUS against CA landlords for illegal, widespread #Section8 discrimination. #housingnews #HousingPolicy #HousingJustice latimes.com/california/story…
Refusing to rent to Housing Choice Voucher holders is illegal, it is making our homeless crisis worse, and it must stop. Yesterday, we filed 112 complaints with the CA Civil Rights Department, documenting housing discrimination by 203 landlords. #section8 latimes.com/california/story…
#homelesscount numbers are now in for 32 of CA's 58 counties and show an overall increase of about 3%. For all their challenges and limitations, these annual point-in-time counts remain our most accurate estimate of sheltered and unsheltered #homelessness calmatters.org/housing/homel…
Finally! This morning, the VA was ordered to provide 750 temporary supportive units and 1,800 units of permanent supportive housing on the West LA VA campus. Thanks to our partners at @PublicCounsel @RobinsKaplan and @BrownGoldLevy #vets #Veteran
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Judge Carter tours the over-300-acre VA Campus in West LA in connection with our ongoing case. #vets #veterans #housingnews ktla.com/news/local-news/fed…
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Mold, cockroaches & rats are just the beginning — tenants living in slum conditions are being illegally forced out of their homes, but ICLC is helping them fight back. #TenantRights #housingnews
Read the breaking @latimes article by @palomaesquivel below. latimes.com/california/story…
Interesting new study on #rentcontrol finds: “rent control is associated with statistically significant increases in units affordable to extremely low-income households...” urban.org/research/publicati…
Too many of our elders are dying alone on the streets of Los Angeles. We can be better than this. We must be better than this. #homelessness #homeless theguardian.com/us-news/arti…
Locking up #landlords for behaving badly? Unfortunately, that is sometimes what it takes to force them to bring their buildings up to code. #tenantrights nytimes.com/2024/08/06/nyreg…
Pleased to see the @LACountyBOS stating that being #homeless is not a crime and should not be punished as such. Housing and services end homelessness, not jails and arrests. @LindseyPHorvath @HildaSolis @HollyJMitchell @SupJaniceHahn @kathrynbarger file.lacounty.gov/SDSInter/b…
Trial started today. It is way past time for the VA to step up and provide housing for the thousands of homeless #veterans living on the streets of Los Angeles. #Vets #LAnews latimes.com/california/story…
