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LA County Fails to Provide Timely Food Assistance
Los Angeles County fails to comply with California’s requirement that counties expedite the processing of urgent applications for CalFresh. In Los Angeles Superior Court, Hunger Action Los Angeles, Los Angeles Community Action Network (LA CAN), and Peter Torres-Gutierrez filed a lawsuit against the county showing it has been in violation of both state and federal law for months. PILP, along with Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County and Western Center on Law & Poverty are counsel for Plaintiffs. Read More Here.
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New Executive Director
Shashi Hanuman to take over the helm in May as PILP’s first Executive Director . And after 26 years of leadership, Mike Rawson will transition to Director of Litigation and Advocacy with a focus on impact litigation and other advocacy for systemic change with local legal services programs. Learn More
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Federal Judge Cormac J. Carney resoundingly rejected the City of San Luis Obispo’s motion to dismiss, allowing a case brought by unhoused residents and Hope’s Village SLO to move forward.
Five unhoused and low-income Plaintiffs, along with Hope’s Village SLO, … Read more
Lawsuit accuses county of violating state and federal laws mandating expedited processing of CalFresh food benefits
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County fails to comply with California’s requirement that counties expedite the processing of urgent applications for CalFresh (formerly known … Read more
On September 17, 2021, PILP, along with California Legal Rural Assistance and Law Office of Babak Naficy filed a lawsuit against the City of San Luis Obispo in federal court, seeking to stop the City’s practice of criminalizing homelessness, unlawfully … Read more
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