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VICTORY! Deported US Veteran Joel Diaz-Rincon Returns to the US as a Lawful Permanent Resident Joel Diaz Rincon returns home after nearly 20 years, marking the second veteran to have his deportation overturned through Public Counsel’s Deported Veterans Project

Reflections on 2020, election uncertainty, and the road ahead What a year. An historic year. A time that will be remembered as one of great suffering and piercing disappointment, but also one of great strength and courage. An historic groundswell of civil and human rights activism. And an historic election that showed us we are as deeply divided as many of us feared...

Public Counsel Kicks-off National Pro Bono Week with Pro Bono Opportunities and 2020 Pro Bono Award Recipients Public Counsel is thrilled to announce the 2020 Pro Bono Award recipients and showcase our pro bono partners all week long in honor of National Pro Bono Week.

VICTORY! UC System Can No Longer Consider SAT and ACT in Admissions The decision recognized that the use of the tests at UC campuses would create a two-tier system inaccessible to students with disabilities and ultimately harmful to students, and reflects the weight of testimony from leading experts on disability discrimination, and racial and socioeconomic inequities in education and standardized testing.

11/30/2020
California Parents and Advocates Sue the State for Constitutional Right to Education as Setbacks Continue Under Remote Learning

11/12/2020
Illegally Deported Immigrant Released from Detention, Eligible for Citizenship

10/30/2020
UC Regents Required to Stop Using SAT and ACT in Admissions and Scholarship Processes

10/27/2020
Deported Veteran Prevails in Federal Lawsuit, Becomes US Citizen

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01/14/2015
LA Times: Skid row doctor's care includes finding patients a home Los Angeles Times A new County program uses county Department of Health Services money to subsidize rents for the very sick among the county's 39,000 homeless people. Experts call it the nation's most promising initiative to end homelessness.

01/09/2015
Los Angeles Times: Activists fear that big-project zoning change would ignore L.A.'s poor Los Angeles Times Newly proposed rules meant to smooth the way for vetting big developments in Los Angeles are stirring up alarm among community groups that say the plan doesn't do enough to protect poor households or small businesses from being displaced.

01/05/2015
California Health Report: High school students push for playgrounds in small cities southeast of L.A. California Health Report A group of high school students from Southeast L.A. County is learning to lobby for green space and greater play opportunities for the area’s youngest children.

Gov. Gavin Newsom Accepts Public Counsel's 2019 William O. Douglas Award
2019 William O Douglas Awards Dinner
Mike Farrell Accepts Public Counsel's 2018 William O. Douglas Award
Grammy-nominated musical guest Aloe Blacc Performs at the 2018 Douglas Dinner
Mike Farrell -- Recipient of the 2018 William O. Douglas Award
Rev. James M. Lawson, Jr. Accepts Public Counsel's 2017 William O. Douglas Award
The Campaign to Legalize Street Vending In L.A.
Dignity for Wounded Warriors and Their Caretakers
The Fight for Justice at LAX and Beyond