LAAC has filed its amicus brief in People of California v. Cathy Dawn Garcia, aruing that the doctrine of collateral estoppel must apply to bar criminal prosecution for welfare fraud when a favorable administrative decision held the underlying overpayment was caused by county error.

Many thanks to Gary Smith, Executive Director of LSNC and President of LAAC's Board, and Dick Rothschild and Dora Lopez, Western Center on Law & Poverty, for their outstanding work on this brief on behalf of LAAC.

Click here for more information and a PDF version of LAAC's brief, which is stored in the "Community Resources" library of this website!