LATEST NEWS AND UPDATES
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March 26, 2021
LA Alliance's Presentation on Homelessness Hosted by Lambda Alpha
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March 05, 2021
March 5, 2021
This week the LA Alliance filed a notice of intent with the court to file a Preliminary Injunction, which would require thousands of beds in the coming months paired with public spaces regulation. This is, in effect, the first step in placing the City and County into a court-supervised receivership concerning the homeless issues. -
October 29, 2020
October 29, 2020
Yesterday the LA Alliance released a statement after yesterday’s council meeting discussing the proposed amendments regarding enforcement and clean-ups. While we are encouraged by the amendments that were proposed, it is disappointing that no action was taken yesterday. Angelenos need relief NOW. -
October 29, 2020
LA Alliance's Statement on 10/28 City Council Meeting
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October 08, 2020
October 7, 2020
The LA Alliance for Human Rights continues to make progress in its landmark lawsuit against the City and County of Los Angeles over their failure to address our community’s homelessness crisis. This week saw the City and County receive a rare and pointed reprimand from Judge Andre Birotte for their lack of cooperation and inability to see the big picture. -
September 22, 2020
September 22, 2020
Last Thursday we were back in the LA City Council Chambers where the court held a status conference to get updates from City Councilmembers about the success they’ve made in fulfilling the City’s obligation to provide 6,000 new beds by April 2021. In addition to the ones already in the pipeline, that’s a total of 8,204 beds coming online within 18 months. -
August 26, 2020
August 26, 2020
On Friday, the court held another ambitious session in our case. Judge Carter took over City Hall Chambers to permit the mayor and all of the council members to appear and testify about their progress fulfilling their obligation to hit 6,700 new beds in the next few months (along with constant reminders that this is just the beginning). -
August 03, 2020
August 3, 2020
The Court was forced to take a recess from holding sessions due to the surge in virus cases in LA County, but has ambitiously scheduled a new hearing for Friday, August 7, to be held at LA City Hall. -
April 30, 2020
April 30, 2020
As you might have read, we are thrilled that both the County and City have agreed to settle our case, and enter into a consent decree supervised by the courts.