Pasadena Civil Rights Blog
HSRD Attorney Dan Stormer Says Trump Administration’s Visa Plan Will Favor the “Silicon Valley People”
Trump’s June 22nd executive order, which extends through the end of 2020, suspends many temporary work visas, giving visa access only to “specialty occupations.” Dan Stormer says the foreign workers who will benefit from the changes are “the Silicon Valley people, the...
Supreme Court Upholds Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Program
On Thursday, June 18, 2020, the Supreme Court held that the manner in which the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) rescinded the DACA program was unlawful. This means that, for the time being, DACA survives and DACA recipients can continue to renew their DACA...
Supreme Court Denies the State of Idaho’s Request to Delay Transgender Prisoner’s Medically Necessary Surgery
On Thursday, May 21, 2020, the Supreme Court rejected the State of Idaho’s attempt to delay Adree Edmo’s medically necessary gender confirmation surgery, which is currently scheduled for July 2020. This ruling follows a series of legal victories for Ms. Edmo in the...
Justice-LA COVID-19 Response Team Files Emergency Class Action Lawsuit Against Los Angeles County and Sheriffs Department Officials for Failing to Protect the Lives of People in LA County Jail
HSRD attorney Dan Stormer, who represents the Youth Justice Coalition, Dignity and Power Now, and nine inmates named as plaintiffs in the suit said, "Prisoners are going to die at an incredible rate unless something is done to address these horrible conditions." For...
Advocates Sue LAPD Officer Who Suffocated Blind 63-Year-Old African American Man Strapped to Hospital Gurney
April 1, 2020, lawyers from the Civil Rights law firms Hadsell Stormer Renick & Dai and Law Office of Matthew Strugar sued the Los Angeles Police Department and its officers for arresting, beating, and suffocating Michael Moore, a 63-year-old legally blind African...
HSRD Attorneys Join the Women’s March 2020!
Attorneys Tanya Sukhija-Cohen, Ellie Song and Theresa Zhen Women's March, Los Angeles, January 2020
Advocates File Suit To Stop Calpers’ Illegal Cuts To Public Employees’ Retirement Benefits
PRESS RELEASE Date: January 7, 2020Re: Huasha Liu, et al. v. Board of Administration, California Public Employees Retirement System, et al., Case No. 19STCP04056Press Contacts: Brian Olney, Esq. - (626) 585-9600, Lisa Holder, Esq. - (323) 683-6610ADVOCATES FILE SUIT...
HSRD Attorneys File Class Action Lawsuit Against Airline Caterer Sky Chef
HSRD partners Randy Renick and Cornelia Dai filed the case on behalf of Sky Chef employees, in Los Angeles Superior Court on Wednesday, December 11. The suit alleges that the employees have been underpaid for their overtime hours since January 1, 2019, and are owed...
HSRD Attorneys Fight to Save Affordable Housing – Claim Short Term Rental Companies Violate the LA Home Sharing Ordinance
HSRD attorneys Randy Renick and Nancy Hanna filed a complaint with the LA Department of City Planning on December 18, 2019. They claim short-term rental platforms, including AirBnb, VRBO, and others - have not complied with the LA Home-Sharing Ordinance, and continue...
HSRD Obtains Preliminary Injunction, Stopping Garden Grove from Illegally Leasing 102 Acres to For-Profit Developer
December 17, 2019, Judge Mary Strobel of the Los Angeles Superior Court granted a preliminary injunction preventing the City of Garden Grove from illegally leasing the Willowick Property, currently a municipal golf course, to a for-profit developer until the City...
