Law Practice
Jun. 26, 2009
Laguna Beach Settles Suit Over Ticketing Sleeping Homeless
The city of Laguna Beach on Thursday settled a federal lawsuit attacking the city's practice of arresting homeless people for sleeping outdoors.
By Don J. DeBenedictis
Daily Journal Staff Writer The city of Laguna Beach on Thursday settled a federal lawsuit attacking the city's practice of arresting homeless people for sleeping outdoors. The suit, filed Dec. 23 by the ACLU Foundation of Southern California, Irell & Manella attorneys and UCI Law School Dean Erwin Chemerinsky, cast the coastal art colony and tourist town as a heartless Scrooge at Christmas. The city had "made it illegal ...
Daily Journal Staff Writer The city of Laguna Beach on Thursday settled a federal lawsuit attacking the city's practice of arresting homeless people for sleeping outdoors. The suit, filed Dec. 23 by the ACLU Foundation of Southern California, Irell & Manella attorneys and UCI Law School Dean Erwin Chemerinsky, cast the coastal art colony and tourist town as a heartless Scrooge at Christmas. The city had "made it illegal ...
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