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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

VICTORY: DACA Recipients Prevail at Supreme Court! The Supreme Court recognized the dignity and rights of DACA recipients, and delivered a victory for DACA recipients and our nation. The court recognized the Trump Administration's paper-thin and politically-motivated reasoning for ending the DACA program, and in doing so reaffirmed that the rule of law stands always ready to protect and uphold the values on which this nation is based.

2,500 Vulnerable Immigrant Youth Secure Special Immigrant Juvenile Status in California Thanks to settlement in Public Counsel's class action against the Trump Administration, thousands of young people in California have secured Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS), ensuring that they can remain in the United States and lead safe, productive and healthy lives.

To Be Silent Is To Be Complicit. #BlackLivesMatter The latest high-profile murders of unarmed Black people, the inequitable impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on communities of color, and centuries of racial and economic oppression have pushed communities across the country to demand change now. We demand it as well.

06/18/2020
Supreme Court Rules Decision to Rescind DACA "must be vacated" in DHS v Regents of the University of California This morning the United States Supreme Court ruled that the Trump administration decision to rescind DACA must be vacated because it violated the Administrative Procedure Act. The decision keeps the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program intact and ensures that recipients can continue to be a core part of their communities.

07/02/2020
Tenants Seek to Join Federal Lawsuit to Defend City of Los Angeles's Covid-19 Tenant Protections

06/09/2020
Court Ruling Challenged After Failing to Hear From - or Even Notify - Victim in Sexual Assault Case When college student Jane Roe* was sexually assaulted five years ago by a fellow U.C. Santa Barbara student, she used her school’s Title IX complaint process to help her feel safe on campus afterward. The school’s thorough investigation process resulted in the assailant being suspended for three years — enough time for Jane to graduate before he returned to school.

05/21/2020
Federal Lawsuit Filed To Get Deported Veteran Access To Naturalization Interview On May 21, 2020, Public Counsel and Latham & Watkins filed a lawsuit against the federal government in the Northern District of Illinois on behalf of Roman Sabal, a deported United States Marine Corps veteran who is eligible to become a U.S. citizen, but who has been blocked from completing the process by the federal government. Sabal’s efforts to become a citizen have spanned decades.

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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