2018-09-20T12:55:12-05:00 2017-12-31 954557617 Harrington Group CPAs LLP 234 East Colorado Blvd Suite M150 Pasadena CA 91101 990 2017-01-01 951684067 Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles LEGA 3238017909 1550 West 8th Street Los Angeles CA 90017 Silvia Argueta Executive Director 3238017906 2018-09-20 1 Tonetta Conner CPA P01775198 6264036801 64.88.174.3 2018-09-20 10:54:58 PD P 8397A78A26EEEFE4F0D1CC12463F2ED97210679C 662E6DE8D2A0C2D9F4A4EB5177E1DFE938C3EBE3 2017 2018-06-14 16:35:46Z X Silvia Argueta 1550 West 8th Street Los Angeles CA 90017 16021714 0 X WWW.LAFLA.ORG X 1929 CA Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles (LAFLA) seeks to achieve equal justice for low-income people 40 40 133 1381 0 0 15217466 15100884 252129 576872 84991 167701 1799917 24763 17354503 15870220 0 0 0 0 10503421 10486407 0 6000 378404 3364827 3662693 13868248 14155100 3486255 1715120 28722636 29314404 9848762 8774281 18873874 20540123 X LAFLA is the frontline law firm for poor and low income people. LAFLA seeks to achieve equal justice for poor and low-income people in greater Los Angeles. We change lives through direct representation, systems change and community education. 0 0 2530088 Housing, Communities & Eviction Defense: Addresses systems change through litigation, policy and education aimed at creating and preserving affordable housing and homeownership opportunities; Increases economic power; Preserves civil rights; Seeks environmental justice on behalf of poor and low-income residents; Partners with community-based organizations to build healthy, economically vibrant neighborhoods. Eviction Defense Center: Provides free direct representation for indigent individuals and families facing eviction; Negotiates with landlords to ensure families can stay in their homes; Defends residents of public housing and Section 8 voucher holders against losing their housing or housing subsidy; Helps clients living in uninhabitable conditions to get reductions in rent. This program worked on 4,279 cases. 4485156 Economic Stability: Assists vulnerable populations in obtaining and maintaining critical safety net benefits that helps them get food, housing, medical care or services such as child care, job training and other services to remove barriers to employment; Fights wage theft, wrongful terminations and discriminatory employment practices; Removes barriers to employment related to criminal records so that individuals can become or stay employed; Discharges student loans based on disability or school fraud. This Workgroup worked on 2,357 cases. 1840064 576872 Supporting Families: Helps survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault get restraining orders, divorces, child custody, visitation and support; Secures the return of concealed and abducted children; Supports torture victims seeking asylum in the United States with the immigration process; Represents survivors of domestic violence, human trafficking, sexual assaults and other serious crimes to obtain protection and permanent residency; Offers legal help to families facing health crises and domestic violence through the Greater Long Beach Medical-Legal Partnership; Protects vulnerable unaccompanied children throughout the immigration process; Provides comprehensive case management to victims of domestic violence and survivors of torture. This program worked on 1,714 cases. 1265044 Santa Monica Community Office: Funded by the City of Santa Monica; Provides legal services to residents of Santa Monica only; Offers domestic violence clinic and Self-Help Legal Access Center; Attorneys work with local agencies and city services to provide family law, housing, veterans benefits and immigration services. This program worked on 1,150 cases. 805028 Veterans Justice Center: Obtains life-sustaining income, health, and housing benefits so veterans can thrive; Prevents veteran homelessness by fighting wrongful evictions; Removes barriers to employment to promote veteran self-sufficiency; Advocates to upgrade unjust less-than-honorable military discharges; Works with hundreds of pro bono legal volunteers annually to hold large-scale legal clinics for homeless veterans. This program worked on 760 cases. 517518 Asian & Pacific Islander Community Outreach Project: Advocates for language services in civil courts, administrative proceedings, and other government agencies for limited-English proficient clients; Provides legal help in all areas of practice including family law, immigration and government benefits in Korean, Mandarin, Cantonese, Japanese, Khmer and Thai. This program worked on 527 cases. 57503 2 Year Housing Preservation Project: The impact of these efforts was recently expended through the initiation of the Los Angeles County Housing Preservation Project ("LACHPP"), which was made possible through funding from the State Bar of California- bank settlement proceeds Community Redevelopment Grant. This has allowed LAFLA to expand the scope of the project to include buildings with expiring covenants and neighborhoods that fall into pockets of Los Angeles County (both incorporated and unincorporated) where the most vulnerable households are facing homelessness due to conversion of their homes to market rate rents and the loss of federal, state and local subsidy programs and rent protection covenants. The program continues to provide critically-needed, comprehensive legal and capacity building services to residents living in subsidized housing in underserved areas of Los Angeles county. Most recently, the team has been engaged in carrying out affirmative litigation impacting residents of three buildings where uninhabitable conditions and harassment have been used to pressure residents to abandon units prematurely. LAFLA achieved the following legal victories in 2017:Obermayr, et. al. v. 423 E. 7th Street, et.al.: A 200 unit residential hotel in Skid Row had several safety issues including a murder, bedbugs, and a broken elevator. A new owner removed critical housing services, harassed and intimated tenants, and failed to repair habitability conditions or extend reasonable accommodations. LAFLA and co-counsel filed a lawsuit in state court on behalf of 16 tenants, many of whom were over 70 years of age or had serious health problems. Plaintiffs won three preliminary injunction motions. The case settled on the eve of trial. The owner agreed to injunctive relief restoring services, making repairs, conduction employee training, allowing guests and tenant organizers into the building and establishing a reasonable accommodation policy. The owner also paid $610,000.00 in damages, attorneys fees and costs.Los Angeles Catholic Worker , et. al.v. Los Angeles Downtown Industrial Business Improvement District, et. Al.:A downtown Business Improvement District was confiscating homeless individuals' personal property, often in the predawn hours, without regard to the rights of those individuals. The impact was often life threatening, since critical items like medication were taken. To stop these abuses, LAFLA, along with co-counsel, brought a federal lawsuit in September 2014 alleging violations of the individuals' fourth and fourteenth amendment rights. The suit was filed on behalf of four men who came to us as well as two nonprofits organizations. The suit was the first of its kind brought against a BID for violating the constitutional rights of homeless people. The case was settled in June, 2017 through a consent decree. The BID agreed to stop seizing unattended property, and to take abandoned property only under extremely narrow circumstances and with at least 24 hours notice. The BID agreed to pay $25,000 in damages and fees. The settlement with the city provides significant injunctive relief, including a training bulletin to officers in the Central Division about the role of BID officers, and an agreement that the LAPD will not contact the BID to seize the belongings of homeless individuals. The city also agreed to pay $495,000 in attorneys' fees, costs and damages. U.S.A./Harrison v. Shu-Hwa Baran:A Section 8 Landlord required our veteran client to make side payments, in addition to his portion of the rent, for his apartment, in violation of the Housing Assistance Payments Contract with the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles and federal law. Because the landlord agreed not to require additional rent, and accepted payments from the United States, which were conditioned on her abiding by these regulations, the acceptance of HAP payments constituted fraud on the United States. LAFLA filed a que tem action in federal court in 2014. After a default judgment, the landlord appealed to the 9th circuit. The parties settled in 2017. The settlement was for payment of $96,747 to the client in damages and his share of fines and fees, attorney fees to LAFLA, and payment of $245,353.00 to the United States of America in fines and damages. This case established that landlords that overcharge Section 8 tenants or demand side payments are committing fraud against the United States, in violation of the False Claims Act.710 environmental justice coalition:Interstate 710 freeway links the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach to the commercial railroad, freight yards and distribution centers southeast of Downtown Los Angeles. Daily trips through this corridor, according to the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro), are expected to increase 55,000 by 2035, more than 50% increase from the current average of 36,000 trips per day. For years, Metro has looked for ways to expand the freeway which would cause an estimated 267 units of residential and non-residential structures to be destroyed and causing the displacement of several hundred families and small businesses. In addition, the expansion, or agencies, and the overall goal(s): without other forms of mitigation, would increase pollution in an area already reeling from one of the highest air pollution in the nation. In 2017 LAFLA helped draft comments on the revised and recirculated Environmental Impact Report for the project and participated in countless hearings, community meetings and consultations regarding the revised Environmental Impact Report (EIR) and the EIR comments submitted on behalf of community groups through a coalition of low income communities. LAFLA helped support local capacity of residents to have meaningful participation by offering legal education concerning the environmental review process. All of these efforts culminated in a hearing held in March 2018 in which a commitment was made by the Metro Board not to expand the freeway as a road-widening project, to limit displacement, to hire local and disadvantaged residents and to invest in zero emissions technologies. The approval process continues, but this marked a major milestone and a victory for local residents advocating for community protections. 2645093 11500401 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 34 0 1 133 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 X 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 CA X X Linda Quintana Director of Fiscal Management 3238017909 1550 West 8th Street Los Angeles CA 90017 Debra L Fischer Esq President 1.00 X X 0 0 0 James M Burgess Vice President 1.00 X X 0 0 0 Michael Maddigan Secretary 1.00 1.00 X X 0 0 0 Sean Eskovitz Treasurer 1.00 X X 0 0 0 Karen J Adelseck Client Chair 1.00 X X 0 0 0 Wesley Walker Client Vice Chair 1.00 X X 0 0 0 Robert L Adler Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Chris M Amantea Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Terry B Bates Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Elliot Brown Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Colin Cabral Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Sean A Commons Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Carissa Coze Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 E Martin Estrada Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Joseph B Farrell Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Marc Feinstein Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Felix Garcia Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Tracy D Hensley Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Silvia Hernandez Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Angelita Herrera Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 James E Hornstein Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Amy Lerner-Hill Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Clementina Lopez Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Jose Lopez Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 John Maldonado Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Louise Mbella Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 James M McAdams Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Adam S Paris Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Joseph Paunovich Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 R Alexander Pilmer Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 C Cleo Ray Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Craig Roberts Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Kareen Sandoval Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Kahn A Scolnick Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Marc M Seltzer Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Linus Shentu Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Martin T Tachiki Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Ronald B Turovsky Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Patricia Vining Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Brianne Wiese Board Member 1.00 X 0 0 0 Silvia Argueta Executive Director 50.00 1.00 X 216772 0 27938 Linda Quintana Dir.of Fiscal Management 50.00 X 112204 0 29187 Barbara Schultz Dir. Litigation & Policy 50.00 X 156091 0 33932 Ronnette Arnold Managing Attorney 50.00 X 123341 0 30842 Fernando Gaytan Managing Attorney 50.00 X 121635 0 12810 Lynn Etkins Chief Devel. & Marketing Dir. 50.00 X 137006 0 12808 Yolanda Arias Managing Attorney 50.00 X 130622 0 15586 997671 0 163103 7 0 1 0 Dell Marketing LP One Dell Way RR1-33 Round Rock TX 78682 Marketing 310818 One Justice 433 California St Ste 815 San Francisco CA 94104 Consulting 222706 Purvium Corp 203 SW Cypree Street Newport Beach CA 92660 IT Support 106100 3 528321 10975804 3596759 129991 15100884 Attorney fees 541100 505924 505924 Litigation/Jury Duty 541100 38198 38198 Clinical support 900099 32750 32750 576872 167701 167701 151494 528321 151494 0 Miscellaneous income 900099 24763 24763 24763 15870220 576872 0 192464 386101 328932 44437 12732 7629874 6476963 883183 269728 433448 376849 48231 8368 1189721 1034368 132383 22970 847263 738324 80668 28271 90489 90346 143 88432 4200 84232 6000 6000 376739 168734 207515 490 363422 287540 71669 4213 168097 154938 11519 1640 836573 465265 355544 15764 39093 35857 3097 139 340414 259060 78936 2418 91328 91328 91874 84531 6746 597 Equip. rental/maintenan 454369 229193 224222 954 Service to clients 415647 415647 Library 135205 132342 2863 Other expenses 67909 56246 9835 1828 103102 69738 31072 2292 14155100 11500401 2276295 378404 1006183 3378764 5530877 624879 4048382 2584937 65133 65642 13262600 13262600 311920 259010 9421918 5044997 4460624 4376921 20210 4649665 16707 111986 28722636 29314404 1655311 1752946 178074 294454 482 111986 8014895 6614895 9848762 8774281 X 15234135 18575888 3631082 1955578 8657 8657 18873874 20540123 28722636 29314404 1715120 -48871 0 X 0 1 X 1 1 1 X 18571055 15654701 13317069 15217466 15100884 77861175 18571055 15654701 13317069 15217466 15100884 77861175 77861175 2505 64702 64802 94680 167701 394390 95221 19647 47222 1790228 24763 1977081 80232646 2925185 0.97040 0.97310 X 0 482 111504 111986 1 X 8657 8657 8657 8657 8657 8657 8657 8657 1.00000 0 0 10000 1521412 1531412 4529720 1691624 2838096 8175 8175 0 3015111 3007698 7413 337500 337500 0 4376921 X 28883177 -48871 13061828 13012957 15870220 0 15870220 27216928 13061828 13061828 14155100 0 14155100 Part IV, Line 2b: LAFLA holds funds in trust for its clients relating to settlements awarded by the courts and deposits held for filing and other fees. Part V, Line 4: Endowment funds are appropriated by the Board for use in current operations. Part X, Line 2: LAFLA is exempt from taxation under Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3) and California Revenue and Taxation Code Section 23701d. Generally accepted accounting principles provide accounting and disclosure guidance about positions taken by an organization in its tax returns that might be uncertain. Management has considered its tax positions and believes that all positions taken by LAFLA in its federal and state exempt organization tax returns are more likely than not to be sustained upon examination. LAFLA's returns are subject to examination by federal and state taxing authorities, generally for three and four years, respectively, after they filed. Access to Justice 679815 528321 151494 95169 56325 679815 528321 151494 95169 56325 151494 0 X X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Silvia Argueta Executive Director 196772 0 20000 0 0 0 19800 0 8138 0 244710 0 0 0 Barbara Schultz Dir. Litigation & Policy 151091 0 5000 0 0 0 16969 0 16963 0 190023 0 0 0 Ronnette Arnold Managing Attorney 119591 0 3750 0 0 0 6244 0 24598 0 154183 0 0 0 Part I, Line 7 Silvia Argueta, Barbara Schults, and Ronnette Arnold received non-fixed bonus compensation in 2017. X 8 129991 High and Low Average 0 0 0 Part I, Column (b): Number of contributions is determined by the number of donors. Form 990- Mission Statement Continuation: in greater Los Angeles. We change lives through direct representation, systems change and community education. LAFLA is a nonprofit law firm that protects and advances the rights of the most underserved - leveling the playing field and ensuring that everyone can have access to the justice system. In our 90-year history, LAFLA has provided free civil legal services to poor and low-income people in Los Angeles County who had nowhere else to turn. Now with five neighborhood offices, three Domestic Violence Clinics and four Self-Help Legal Access Centers, LAFLA serves communities as diverse as Pico Union and Westlake, East Los Angeles, the Westside, South Los Angeles, Koreatown and Long Beach. LAFLA is the first place thousands of poor people turn to when they need legal assistance for a crisis that threatens their shelter, health and livelihood. LAFLA takes care of the most vulnerable people in our community: the working poor, homeless, unemployed, elderly, disabled, domestic abuse survivors, victims of torture and human trafficking, and veterans of Los Angeles, by providing free legal services. LAFLA also provides free legal education, outreach, and self-help assistance to litigants and community members, allowing for additional access to justice for low-income persons in need. Over 98% of the people served by LAFLA are low-income by virtue of their poverty level or of their residence in a low-income community. In 2017, we served over 100,000 low-income persons, including more than 7,700 children, and also provided important legal information and education to over 39,000 self-represented litigants. We also held clinics and workshops attended by 5,000 persons, and gave referrals to another 22,000 persons. We are committed to promoting access to justice, strengthening communities, fighting discrimination, and effecting systemic change through representation, advocacy and community education. LAFLA has a culturally diverse staff who provide critical legal services, counseling and referrals at five offices in the neighborhoods of Pico-Union and Westlake, East Los Angeles, South Los Angeles, Santa Monica and Long Beach. They speak many languages including Spanish, Korean, Cantonese, Mandarin, Khmer, Japanese and Vietnamese. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 7a Pursuant to Legal Services Corporation regulations, most directors are appointed by bar associations or community organizations. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11b The Form 990 is prepared by an outside accounting firm based on information provided by the Director of Fiscal Management; it is then reviewed by the Executive Director, the Director of Fiscal Management, the CFO and the Audit Committee. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c At least annually, the Board of Directors, Officers and staff of LAFLA are required to review LAFLA's Conflict of Interest policy and complete a annual statement affirming that they have a) received a copy of the Conflict of Interest Policy, b) read and understood the policy, and c) agree to comply with such policy. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 15 The Executive Committee of the Board reviews the compensation of the Executive Director annually. A compensation survey is also conducted of similar organizations. Other organization officers or key employees' compensation is determined by comparability data and a compensation study as well as review by the Board of Directors. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19 The organization makes the Form 990 available on Guidestar.org and also makes governing documents, conflicts of interest policies and financial statements available to the public upon request. Los Angeles Legal Aid Justice Center Inc 1550 West 8th Street Los Angeles CA 90017 475286319 Support the activities of the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles. CA 501(c)(3) Line 12c, III-FI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Los Angeles Legal Aid Justice Center Inc K 302083 FMV