LANCASTER – The City of Lancaster has filed a lawsuit against the Housing Authority of the County of Los Angeles (HACoLA), officials announced Tuesday. The lawsuit aims to recoup nearly $400,000 the city spent defending itself in legal battles over the Antelope Valley’s now-defunct Section 8 fraud investigation program, according to a city news...
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Lancaster sues to recoup costs from Section 8 legal battle
Mayor commends terminated Section 8 fraud investigators
LANCASTER – At Tuesday’s City Council meeting, Mayor R. Rex Parris recognized the area’s three Section 8 fraud investigators, who were terminated after the L.A. County Board of Supervisors voted to cut their funding following a discrimination lawsuit. According to a city news release, Lancaster has suffered an increase in crime since the dismissal...
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Mayor: “The NAACP was duped… I’m waiting for an apology”
LANCASTER – As The AV Times reported Monday, the NAACP has formally withdrawn a housing discrimination complaint against Lancaster, which alleged a pattern of harassment by city leaders against black and Latino residents on the Section 8 program. In accordance with the withdrawal, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has terminated...
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Mayor blasts County for allowing probationers & parolees to “cut the line for Section 8 housing”
LANCASTER – Lancaster Mayor R. Rex Parris reacted strongly to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisor’s recent approval of a policy that allows homeless probationers and parolees to qualify for government-subsidized housing and cuts the criminal history review period for drug-related and violent crimes from three to two years. The policy changes are...
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Lancaster alleges ‘housing discrimination’ in ongoing Section 8 conflict
LANCASTER – The Housing Authority of the County of Los Angeles has discriminated against non-African Americans looking to participate in the Section 8 program, has engaged in discriminatory racial steering practices, and has failed to enforce the terms of the Section 8 program it administers. This is what the City of Lancaster alleges, according...
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Parris on Section 8 press conference: What they’re telling you is a lie!
LANCASTER – At a press conference Thursday, civil rights groups lauded the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors for approving a settlement agreement in response to a lawsuit that accuses Lancaster and Palmdale of discriminating against Section 8 tenants. The groups called on the two cities to follow the County’s lead. Not going to...
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Civil rights activists: It’s a great day for Section 8 tenants!
PALMDALE – Civil rights organizations suing Lancaster and Palmdale over its treatment of Section 8 tenants held a press conference Thursday to celebrate a recent victory for their cause – a settlement agreement with Los Angeles County, which bars deputies from riding along on Section 8 compliance checks and prevents the cities from receiving...
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Mayor: Proposed Section 8 settlement is outrageous!
LANCASTER – Reacting to the proposed settlement by the County Board of Supervisors that addresses Section 8 discrimination allegations, Lancaster Mayor R. Rex Parris issued the following statement: “The public should be outraged that the County entered into a backroom deal to settle litigation (litigation that the County isn’t even a party to) which...
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Section 8 settlement details
LANCASTER/ PALMDALE – Deputies can no longer ride along on Section 8 compliance checks, law enforcement can no longer know which homes are Section 8 homes, and there will be no extra Section 8 housing investigators for Lancaster and Palmdale. This according to the details of a proposed settlement agreement approved late Tuesday by...
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Settlement reached in Section 8 discrimination allegations
LOS ANGELES – Late Tuesday, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors reached a settlement related to the allegations that Section 8 recipients face harassment in Lancaster and Palmdale. The settlement comes in response to a federal lawsuit filed June 7, 2011, which alleges Black and Latino families using Section 8 were victims of...
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DOJ attorneys, investigators hear from AV residents
LANCASTER –More than 200 residents converged at the Center of Light Church in Lancaster Tuesday night for a chance to speak directly with investigators and attorneys from the U.S. Department of Justice. “The purpose of tonight is to hear from you, to hear from the community,” Justice Department lawyer, Charles Hart, told the crowd....
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DOJ meets with AV community leaders
PALMDALE – Three attorneys and three investigators from the U.S. Department of Justice met with several community leaders Tuesday evening at the Greenhouse Café in Palmdale. The meeting was part of the DOJ’s ongoing investigation into alleged discriminatory policing by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Lancaster and Palmdale stations as well as the separate,...
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Section 8 investigators on hold, 90 more days
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to extend its moratorium on funding for Section 8 fraud enforcement in Lancaster and Palmdale for 90 days. The Board made the decision after hearing testimony from nearly a dozen residents. The majority of those who testified spoke in favor of continuing the moratorium. Some...
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Section 8 recipients in the AV speak out
PALMDALE – Nearly 20 residents grabbed the microphone at the Section 8 Community Forum Thursday night to give first-hand accounts of what they called abuse and harassment by Palmdale and Lancaster deputies. “As we came into this area with our vouchers, we have been harassed,” said Toni Clark. Clark said during a traffic stop...
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NAACP calls for indefinite suspension of Section 8 investigators
PALMDALE – The NAACP is appealing to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors to continue to postpone funding for Section 8 enforcement until the federal lawsuit against the cities of Lancaster and Palmdale is resolved. In June, the NAACP joined The Public Counsel Law Center in filing a federal lawsuit against the cities...
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Palmdale mayor responds to ethnic cleansing slur, Section 8 lawsuit
PALMDALE – Palmdale Mayor Jim Ledford responded Thursday to a widely reported statement by TCAL Board member Jesse Smith that accused elected officials in Palmdale and Lancaster of making an effort “to do ethnic cleansing.” “This statement is deplorable and beyond the pale,” said Ledford. “The horribly insensitive use of the term ‘ethnic cleansing’...
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NAACP to host Section 8 Community Forum in the AV
Do you live in Section 8 housing in Lancaster or Palmdale? Have you faced racial discrimination or been harassed by law enforcement officials during housing checks? If so, then the NAACP and The Community Action League are inviting you to “Come Find Out About the Lawsuit Against the Cities of Lancaster and Palmdale.” The...
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