On January 26, 2023, Disability Rights California (DRC), Western Center on Law & Poverty, and The Public Interest Law Project filed an original petition for writ of mandate to the California Supreme Court. The petition was filed on behalf of DRC as an organization and challenges the constitutional validity of the Community Assistance, Recovery and Empowerment Act, also known as the CARE Act.
Federal lawsuit challenging the unlawful institutionalization of individuals with serious mental illness due to lack of adequate community-based services.
Monitoring class action settlement in Sacramento jails case, involving access to physical and mental health care, suicide prevention, solitary confinement, and ADA accessibility.
Monitoring of comprehensive settlement in federal class action lawsuit challenging dangerous and unconstitutional conditions in the Santa Barbara County jail impacting people with disabilities.
Recently entered settlement agreement addresses dangerous and unconstitutional conditions impacting people with disabilities living in the jail, including important new protections for transgender prisoners; DRC and co-counsel are now beginning monitoring of said settlement agreement.
