Homelessness-A lawsuit pushes L.A. City and County together to provide shelter and services

LA Alliance for Human rights, et al. v. City and County of Los Angeles

Civil Rights

Umhofer, Mitchell & King, LLP

Until recently, advocates for the homeless would file lawsuits demanding that local governments don't do something: don't take people's property, for instance, or don't ask them to move.

"Those lawsuits were very effective, but we believe they're part of the problem," said Matthew Umhofer, who with partner Elizabeth Mitchell sued both the city and the county of Los...