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Katrina to Maria: Pet Evacuation in the Eye of the Storm
Get PDFIn 2006, Congress passed the Pet Evacuation and Transportation Standards (PETS) Act, a landmark act for emergency preparedness. PETS requires a community’s emergency plan account for the needs of families with companion or service animals. PETS provided protection to pets and their families during Hurricane Sandy, Harvey, Irma, and Maria. The image of evacuation has changed a lot from Katrina to Harvey. Eicher, an evacuee during Hurricane Harvey, shouted to first responders, “We have two kids with down syndrome, a pig and a three-legged dog.” The first responder’s reply: “Sounds good, (let’s) do this.” During preparation for Hurricane Irma, hotels along the evacuation route accepted pets and waived pet fees to accommodate families. One hotel raved that they took in over 900 dogs during the storm and reduced their pet cleaning fee from 50. But what about the families without a car, that cannot afford a hotel or the $50 pet cleaning fee
Kentucky Bench & Bar
Get PDFColin Crawford, as Dean of the University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law, published numerous short articles in the Bench & Bar, a publication of the Kentucky Bar Association. Some of these are attached to this entry
Poverty Law Symposium 2018
Get PDFPresentations:
Ladie Adriano: “Child Support Enforcement and the Incarcerated Obligor”
Stephanie Huang: “Civil Gideon for Family Law”
Devin Fathi: “Systematic Inequality of the Third Gender”
Gisele Martinez: “California’s Death Penalty and Proposition 66”
Jordan Davis: “Legalize It: Cash Crop or Tool of Economic Oppression”
Harris Emran: “Support Your Local Bondsman; Get Arrested”
Maneesha Birdee: “More Housing Near Public Transit: Relocating the Bay Area’s Poor”
Douglas Blatecky: “Safe Injection Sites in San Francisco”
Minna Fernan: “Criminalization of Homeless People in San Francisco is not the Answer”
John Adams: “When Yesterday’s Choices are Making for Tomorrow’s Bad Decisions: How California may Tackle Poverty with Education”
Katherine Stanford: “A Discriminatory Tool: On the Road to Reforming the Money Bail System”
Tasha Sameem: “The Collateral Consequences of a Conviction; the Need for Greater Access to Dismissals and Enhanced Legislation”
Crystal Mendoza: “Broadening the Promise of Gideon in Civil Deportation Removal Proceedings”
Caitlin Verano: “Why Working Families Deserve a Better Child Care System”
Roxana Araujo: “Low Wage Work: When Enough is not Enough”
Katie Wilde: “The Criminalization of Humanitarianism and Mutual Aid
A Battle Over Oysters: Drakes Bay Oyster Co. v. Jewell and Its Aftermath
Get PDFThis comment summarizes the saga of Drakes Bay Oyster Company (DBOC), located in Point Reyes National Seashore (Seashore) in Marin County, California, just north of San Francisco. Owned and operated by the Lunny family, DBOC battled the National Park Service (NPS) in an attempt to compel the NPS to renew its special use permit (SUP). The SUP allowed DBOC to operate within Point Reyes National Seashore. This conflict pitted environmentalists against each other. Supporters of local, sustainable agriculture were on one side of the environmental debate. Traditional environmentalists, representing the other side, advocated for returning uninhabited areas to an untouched state
All California Companies Should Mind Their ABCs in Classifying Workers
Get PDFWhat is the proper legal standard in determining whether a worker is an employee or an independent contractor under California’s wage and hour laws
David Franklyn, Renowned Intellectual Property and Technology Law Professor, Joins Golden Gate University
Get PDFGolden Gate University (GGU) welcomes David Franklyn, a prominent law professor recognized nationally as a preeminent expert on intellectual property (IP) and technology law. Director of the McCarthy Institute for IP and Technology Law at the University of San Francisco since 2000, Franklyn also consults with global technology companies serving as an expert witness in trademark and IP cases