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Lawsuit Challenging San Francisco’s General Relief Practices Moves Forward

The San Francisco Superior Court issued a strong ruling preserving core challenges to how San Francisco administers general relief cash assistance.

February 10, 2026

Appellate Court Decision Protects Residents from Unlawful Rent Increases at San Leandro Mobilehome Park

A California appeals court delivered a significant victory to residents of a mobilehome park in San Leandro, CA, when it ruled that the City of San Leandro properly denied a request by the owners of Bayshore Commons to raise rents by more than ten times the limit imposed by the City’s mobilehome space rent control law.

January 31, 2026

California Appellate Court Rules Huntington Beach Must Comply with Affordable Housing Laws

After a two year-long legal battle, the California Court of Appeal found that all cities, regardless of charter status, are bound by Article 14, by the Housing Element Law, and by the statutory remedies that are available when cities fail to comply with it. The ruling brings affordable housing advocates another step closer to seeing the city adopt a plan to ensure equitable housing opportunity for all its residents.

September 11, 2025

New Reports Shows Displacement Risks from Post-Eaton Fire Corporate Land Grab; Shares Urgent Policies Needed to Safeguard Altadena’s Black Community

PILP and local partners released a new report analyzing the displacement risks facing long-term Altadena residents, especially Black Altadenans, in the wake of the Eaton Fire as outside investors rush in. It makes concrete policy recommendations for local and state leaders to protect families from displacement and preserve Altadena’s historic neighborhoods and residents.

August 27, 2025

PILP in the News

ACLU, Law Firm Reps Urge Riverside To Reconsider Affordable Housing Vote

“The city’s obligation under its Housing Element, that’s a mandatory duty,” Ugochi Anaebere-Nicholson, PILP staff attorney, said. “Those obligations are long standing, they are existing in the state laws and the city of Riverside is duty-bound to follow them.”

Legal Firms, Community Urge Council to Reconsider $20.1 Million Homekey Grant

"On January 13, the council voted 4-3 to reject a $20.1 million housing grant meant to turn the Quality Inn at 1590 University Avenue into 114 studio apartments for homeless and low-income residents. [The ACLU of Southern California and the Inland Counties Legal Services], along with PILP, partnered on Tuesday to urge the council to reconsider, hoping that litigation and notice of possible noncompliance would legally allow the council to bring the project back to the dais despite the deadline's passing."

Residents Talk Lawsuits, Recall In Response To Riverside Council’s Affordable Housing Project Vote

"Dan Hoxworth, an Inland SoCal Housing Collective board member, told the group that he believed a letter sent by [the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Southern California, the Inland County Legal Services and the Public Interest Law Project] citing the possibility of legal action against the city could pressure the council members to reconsider before the state began the process of distributing that money to another project."

February 23, 2026

Could the Supreme Court Kill a Key Funding Source for SF Affordable Housing?

Michael Rawson, co-founder of the Public Interest Law Project in Oakland, advocates for affordable housing and public benefits. He considers the Yu case more likely to end up in settlement than a grinding, years-long crusade through high courts. But “anytime inclusionary zoning laws get attacked there’s a possibility the decision will end up at SCOTUS,” Rawson says. “That’s certainly one way this could turn out.”

August 25, 2025