by CaRLA | Jun 3, 2020 | News
In early April of 1968, the US Senate passed the Fair Housing Act, but the bill’s prospects looked bleak in the House. It appeared that enacting federal legislation to ban discrimination in housing was too much for Congress to take on. Housing had been excluded from...
by CaRLA | Nov 1, 2019 | News
This week, CaRLA and Sonja Trauss agreed to part ways. Sonja played a central role in co-founding and establishing CaRLA as the leading pro-housing legal advocate in California. Her hard work and dedication helped build CaRLA into what it is today. CaRLA remains...
by CaRLA | May 17, 2019 | Uncategorized
The Alhambra City Attorney gives a presentation to the Alhambra City Council on the current and potentially future state housing laws. “I’m just the messenger,” he says, “these laws weren’t my ideas.”...
by CaRLA | May 14, 2019 | Uncategorized
In 2017 Michael Goolsby, an attorney specializing in preying upon victims of foreclosure, faced a career crisis. He had just been disbarred by the California Bar Association after repeatedly violating rules against practicing law unlicensed in other states. With his...
by CaRLA | May 10, 2019 | Uncategorized
The Vallco Mall project in Cupertino, also called Vallco City Center, has become a flashpoint for pro-housing and anti-housing sentiment on the peninsula. The question over wether an empty mall will be allowed to become housing has inflamed tensions in Cupertino and...
