Vigil v. Leavitt – No. 02-72424 (9th Cir. May 10, 2004)
In this decision the Ninth Circuit invalidates part of a final action by the Environmental Protection Agency approving, pursuant to the Clean Air Act, the state of Arizona’s plan for airborne particulate matter in the Phoenix metropolitan area. The record…
Taub v. Weber – No. 02-36018 (9th Cir. May 5, 2004)
This is a bankruptcy case in which the trustee for the debtors filed an adversary proceeding against the (non-attorney) “bankruptcy petitioner preparer” who originally assisted the debtors. The trustee sought disgorgement of excessive fees charged by the preparer, and an…
Court victory in Fry ADA case
The Western Center has posted a concise summary of the recent decision in the Fry CalWORKs ADA case: WCLP Court Victory: State Must Stop Terminating Welfare to Teens with Disabilities. WCLP also provides a link to the decision.
Congressional Research Service Reports now online?
Good question, but what are Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports, you ask? It seems that for the longest time the innumerable CRS Reports prepared for members of Congress by the Library of Congress on an enormous range of issues of…
Harris v. Board of Supervisors – No. 03-56028 (9th Cir. April 27, 2004)
In a companion case to a decision filed earlier this year (Rodde v. Bonta, 357 F.3d 988 (9th Cir. 2004), the Ninth Circuit affirms a preliminary injunction issued in 2003 against the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, prohibiting the…
Bodett v. Coxcom, Inc. – No. 03-15112 (9th Cir. April 26, 2004)
An employee who was terminated for her harassment of an openly gay co-worker was not discriminated against on the basis of her evangelical Christian beliefs, the Ninth Circuit has ruled. The plaintiff, who had advised a lesbian co-worker that homosexuality…
In the news: Sacramento County affordable housing
Board seeks a new plan for housing: Sacramento county and advocates for the poor differ over how to deal with a lack of affordable homes (May 25, 2004) @ Sacramento Bee – Sacramento County’s affordable-housing shortfall is expected to reach…
(Big) brother can you spare a dime?
Half of all public assistance dollars issued based on need are going to families who are working, according to The Hidden Public Costs of Low-Wage Jobs in California, by the National Economic Development & Law Center. Most workers on public…
DOJ fair housing links
There are two new links under Fair Housing Resources from the Department of Justice (DOJ). There is a link to a housing and civil rights case list which includes helpful summaries, pleadings, settlement agreements, judgments, and press releases of various…
New links for rental housing search in Sacramento
We’ve added a couple of helpful subsidized apartment search links especially for Sacramento under Rental Project Search Tools. There is a link for an apartment search map for Capitol Area Development Authority (CADA) and an affordable housing listing for projects…
