LA Alliance for Human Rights v. City of Los Angeles

I. Background

a. Facts Plaintiffs are members of a broad coalition of Los Angeles residents that includes a number of persons experiencing homelessness in Los Angeles. See Dkt 265-2, Declarations of Mary Brannon, Maria Diaz, Gregory Gibson, Javier Gonzales, Ann Jackson, Wenzial Jarrell, and Luis Zaldivar; Dkt. 268 at 2. Specifically, Plaintiffs assert that they “are current and formerly unhoused individuals, residents, community members, businesses, non-profit, and service providers all coming together to fight against what has become the accepted standard of death and despair in Los Angeles.” Dkt. 285 at 3; Dkt. 265-2.

CIVIL MINUTES – GENERAL

Case No. LA CV 20-02291-DOC-KES Date: May 11, 2021

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Currently, five homeless individuals die each day on the streets of Los Angeles, and death rates and overall rates of homelessness are rising. Plaintiffs alleged in March 2020 that “the City’s homeless population has nearly doubled in the last three years” and “[s]ome 75 percent of these are unsheltered persons who lack regular access to basic hygiene care such as toilets, running water to wash hands, showers, sinks, kitchen, laundry which has led to filthy…