Years-long Legal Battle Results in Increases to Affordable Housing in Orange County
Costa Mesa -- In a major victory for low-income tenants displaced from residential motels by municipal action, the City of Costa Mesa and a local developer have agreed to pay millions of dollars to settle ... Read More
Public Law Center’s Statement on Santa Ana Riverbed Case
This morning, the Public Law Center and our partner, The Kennedy Commission, filed a Amicus Curiae "Friend of the Court" Brief in support of the plaintiffs in Orange County Catholic Worker v. Orange County. We ... Read More
#MyGivingStory Has a Christmas Miracle
Days before Christmas in 2017, pro bono attorneys Abby Lloyd and Kris Wood (Orrick) walked into a courtroom with their client Israel Luis Hernandez Cruz after over five years of working to save Israel's ... Read More
PLC Can Help Low-Income Orange County Consumers Facing Identity Theft
In the wake of the recent Equifax data breach, the Public Law Center (PLC) advises consumers to take precautions to protect their personal information. For approximately three months in 2017, hackers accessed people’s names, ... Read More
PLC Statement on DACA
Santa Ana - The Public Law Center, Orange County's Pro Bono Law Firm, is deeply disappointed in today's Trump administration decision to end the bipartisan-supported Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Program. In addition to ... Read More
PLC Chooses Love and Justice Over Hate and Injustice
Over the past several days, terrorists in Charlottesville and Barcelona used vehicles to commit murder in the name of their extremist views. As Americans and global citizens, our hearts go out to all those directly ... Read More