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Notes from the Field: The Medical Debt Public Health Crisis
/in NewsBy Bernadette Manigault Medical debt can derail a family’s future. As the supervising attorney for NLSLA’s Health Consumer Center, I have watched Medical Debt emerge as a central issue for […]
Work on the Front Lines of a Housing Crisis
/in NewsFor the past six months, a grant from the Diane and Dorothy Brooks Foundation has made it possible for me to work on the front lines of Los Angeles County’s […]
Settlement Creates Precedent for Challenging Discrimination of Job Applicants with Criminal Records
/in NewsErnesto Ortiz* is a husband and father of four who has worked for most of his adult life in video production. He is also among the 8 million Californians with […]
New Board Member’s Long, Courageous Path to Safety and Stability
/in NewsSelene Zamora grew up dreaming of the perfect family—one that stood in stark contrast to her own difficult reality. Selene grew up in Mexico City with an abusive, often absent […]
NLSLA Sues to Stop Discrimination & Expulsions in Antelope Valley Schools
/in NewsIn the Antelope Valley, Black students and students with disabilities are systematically neglected, punished and criminalized under a locally-sanctioned system of discipline that violates state and federal laws and denies […]
Over 34,000 L.A. County households lost Medi-Cal in July amid rollback of COVID rules
/in PressSarah O. Clifton Receives an NBA 40 Under 40 Nation’s Best Advocates Award
/in NewsThe National Bar Association (NBA) has awarded NLSLA Staff Attorney Sarah O. Clifton a 2023 40 Under 40 Nation’s Best Advocates Award. The annual award “recognizes the nation’s top lawyers […]
1 in 10 LA County adults struggle with medical debt, report shows
/in PressFamilies Of Black And Disabled Students Sue Antelope Valley Schools Over Discipline Policies
/in Press‘A perfect storm’: Patients trying to hang on to Medi-Cal face long waits for help
/in PressMyanmar Gazette – NLSLA’s Stop the Hate
/in PressNLSLA Client Who Overcame Incredible Odds Receives 2023 Joni Berry Award
/in NewsAmelia Carrillo, a 27-year-old domestic violence survivor and single mother of three children, was first referred to NLSLA in June 2022, seeking support as she struggled to stabilize her life […]
NLSLA Protects 81 Homes by Blocking Closure of Mobile Home Park
/in NewsThe housing crisis in Southern California has made mobile homes an important affordable housing resource, but these homes have traditionally been left out of legal services housing advocacy. NLSLA is […]
Hidden expulsions? Schools are removing students, but vague data can mask the reason
/in PressNLSLA and Partners Ensure Food Security for LA’s Most Vulnerable Families
/in NewsElizabeth S., a mother of young children who was fleeing domestic violence, should have received her Emergency CalFresh benefits no more than three days after she applied. But despite qualifying […]
The Faces Behind Our Numbers
/in Client StoriesIn 2022, NLSLA helped close to 160,000 people across Los Angeles County get the benefits they need and deserve, fight for their home and avoid homelessness, access critical healthcare, find […]
Honoring Michael Bierman’s Legacy
/in NewsMichael Bierman remembers his very first NLSLA board meeting in 1987. NLSLA was a small organization at the time, with around 30 staffers and just one office in Pacoima. The […]
Thieves drain millions off CalFresh and CalWORKs recipients’ cards, families wait and taxpayers pay
/in PressAttorneys: Protect students’ rights
/in PressHospitals had to put charity care rules on their websites months ago. Some didn’t do it
/in PressJudge rules against developer and in favor of L.A. on emergency eviction protections
/in PressCourt Rejects Billionaire Developer’s Attack on LA’s Emergency Eviction Protections
/in PressLOS ANGELES—A developer’s legal attack on the city’s emergency eviction protections—one that threatened to undermine other protective ordinances and push countless low-income tenants into homelessness —was dismissed Thursday. The developer, […]
The Quiet Work that Changes Lives
/in NewsIn her three years volunteering with NLSLA, attorney Lisa Rosenthal has never said “no.” Despite the fact that she is a sole practitioner, Lisa is always available to help NLSLA’s […]
Funding for Program Addressing Long-Term Health Issues Caused by Social Disparities
/in NewsAn NLSLA-led project that was in imminent danger of disappearing is now optimistic about a possible path to full funding for the next three years. Medical Legal Community Partnership – […]
Statement on the Los Angeles City Council
/in PressIt is infuriating to learn that the people on whom we depend to unite us are, in fact, seeking to divide us. So when audio surfaced of Los Angeles City […]
An NLSLA-Led Project that Reduces Racial and Economic Health Disparities is in Danger of Disappearing
/in NewsAs COVID-19 made its way across the nation, it did not exact an equal toll. A New York Times article about the virus’s spread through Los Angeles’ low-income neighborhoods said […]
Paul Garcia Joins NLSLA’s Board
/in NewsWhen Paul L. Garcia was in law school at USC, he enrolled in a class on the legal and social determinants of health, where he learned how a lack of […]
Health care costs keep rising. A new California agency aims to fix that
/in PressSAVE THE DATE: A Very Special Just Neighbors Recognizing the Honorable Andi Mudryk and Fred Nakamura
/in NewsJudge Andi Mudryk understands the power of representation. As a trans woman with a significant disability, she remembers what it was like to grow up without seeing anyone like herself […]
Disaster Legal Assistance Conference a Huge Success!
/in NewsDisasters both underscore and exacerbate inequality. While wealthier families rebuild and recover, the ripples of devastation can continue to marginalize lower-income families, impacting their housing, health, education, and economic security […]