On This Date: April 5, 2011
#OnThisDate in 2011, Lavan v. City of Los Angeles was filed in the federal court for the Central District of California, Western Division, for a temporary restraining order, preliminary injunction, and permanent injunction, prohibiting the defendants from seizing and destroying plaintiffs' property during encampment sweeps and threatening them with arrest; a declaratory judgment that the City’s policies, practices and conduct violate Plaintiffs’ rights under the federal and state Constitution and state laws; an order certifying the plaintiff class; …