Category: Court Updates

LOS ANGELES, CA – March 6, 2025 – Today, the Honorable Judge David O. Carter released the long-awaited Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) audit, exposing a deeply dysfunctional and mismanaged homelessness response system in Los Angeles. The findings are both alarming and damning, confirming what The LA Alliance for Human Rights has long argued: the City…

 In March 2020, the LA Alliance for Human Rights sued the city and county of Los Angeles to compel elected officials to address homelessness rapidly and at scale. The LA Alliance suit demanded: Immediate creation of shelter and housing to get people off the streets Services and treatment to keep people off the streets Regulation of public spaces to make…

This week the LA Alliance filed a notice of intent with the court to file a Preliminary Injunction, which would require thousands of beds in the coming months paired with public spaces regulation. This is, in effect, the first step in placing the City and County into a court-supervised receivership concerning the homeless issues. Undoubtedly, both…

Yesterday the LA Alliance released a statement after yesterday’s council meeting discussing the proposed amendments regarding enforcement and clean-ups. While we are encouraged by the amendments that were proposed, it is disappointing that no action was taken yesterday. Angelenos need relief now.  The historic agreement between City and County for 6700 beds within the next several months is…

The LA Alliance for Human Rights continues to make progress in its landmark lawsuit against the City and County of Los Angeles over their failure to address our community’s homelessness crisis. This week saw the City and County receive a rare and pointed reprimand from Judge Andre Birotte for their lack of cooperation and inability…

The hearings and mediations have been continuing. Last Thursday we were back in the LA City Council Chambers where the court held a status conference to get updates from City Councilmembers about the success they’ve made in fulfilling the City’s obligation to provide 6,000 new beds by April 2021. In addition to the ones already…

On Friday, the court held another ambitious session in our case. Judge Carter took over City Hall Chambers to permit the mayor and all of the council members to appear and testify about their progress fulfilling their obligation to hit 6,700 new beds in the next few months (along with constant reminders that this is…

We hope that you are well and safe. The Court was forced to take a recess from holding sessions due to the surge in virus cases in LA County, but has ambitiously scheduled a new hearing for Friday, August 7, to be held at LA City Hall. The Court has “invited” nearly all of the…

As you may have read in recent news articles, Judge Carter has issued an injunction (copy attached) requiring the City and County to provide alternate housing and humanely relocate approximately 7,000-8,000 persons living by freeways throughout LA County.  This is directly in line with what we have been advocating for and why we filed this suit:…

As you might have read, we are thrilled that both the County and City have agreed to settle our case, and enter into a consent decree supervised by the courts.  This was done just 44 days after initial filing of our complaint and is a testament to how dynamic and rapidly-evolving this situation is.  This…