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California Lawyer Recognizes Two Public Counsel Cases with Its 2015 Attorney of the Year Awards California Lawyer magazine announced its 2015 Attorney of the Year awards and recognized two Public Counsel cases that made a difference for thousands of students, families and individuals.

Families Open Their Hearts on Adoption Day More than 200 Los Angeles children joined new families as Public Counsel celebrated the 15th National Adoption Day on Saturday, November 22. Nearly 50,000 children nationwide have been adopted since the annual event started in Los Angeles in 1998.

Southeast Cities High School Students Team Up for Toddlers Public Counsel is working together with local groups to improve community health and fight obesity by enhancing playgrounds with painted play spaces.

Winter Homeless Shelters Open Across Los Angeles County Winter shelters provide shelter, warmth, food and comfort to homeless individuals during the cold and wet weather season.

03/02/2015
Public Counsel Launches National Search for Next CEO to Lead Nation's Largest Pro Bono Law Firm Public Counsel announced the commencement of a search for a successor to longtime President and Chief Executive Officer Hernan Vera, who recently returned to private practice. The search will be conducted by Phillips Oppenheim Associates, Inc. under the direction of a search committee of the Public Counsel Board of Directors led by co-chairs Stephen Pickett and Gail Title.

02/13/2015
Statement: Attorneys for Veterans Praise Plan for Homeless Housing at West Los Angeles VA Campus Attorneys who represented homeless veterans in the lawsuit Valentini v. McDonald released this statement in response to the plan released on February 13, 2015, regarding the use of the West Los Angeles VA Medical Center.

01/28/2015
Department of Veterans Affairs Reaches Historic Breakthrough Agreement In the Next Step to End Homelessness Among Los Angeles Veterans Today Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert A. McDonald will join attorneys representing homeless veterans in Los Angeles to announce the way forward as VA and community partners work to end homelessness among Veterans in Los Angeles County.

12/19/2014
Garden Grove Families Forced Out of Homes for Water Park File State Lawsuit over Relocation Denial

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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.

Hillary Clinton Receives William O. Douglas Award
Fox-11 Profiles New Effort to Assist Military Caregivers
Oprah Winfrey Celebrates Elie Wiesel at the William O. Douglas Award
Watch Elie Wiesel's Call for Justice: 'Don't Sleep Well When People Suffer'
President Bill Clinton and Barbra Streisand Celebrate With Public Counsel
Hillary Clinton Salutes Public Counsel and Elie Wiesel
Legal, Art and Film Leaders Honor David Johnson
Natalie Portman Salutes Public Counsel and Elie Wiesel
Sidney Poitier Salutes Public Counsel and Elie Wiesel