Law That Built Neighborhoods.

Law That Built Neighborhoods.

From stopping a freeway that would have bulldozed South L.A. to drafting a fee‑shifting law that bankrolls public‑interest suits, CLIPI proved small legal teams can convert statutes into lasting parks, housing, and civil‑rights protections.

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At our first fundraising event in 1987, dinner in the main lobby of the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. First, the four founders, left to right, me, Brent Rushforth (the Mormon), Ric Sutherland (Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund, now EarthJustice, to become its ED, then tragically killed in a car crash), John Phillips (later Ambassador to Italy)

At our first fundraising event in 1987, dinner in the main lobby of the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. First, the four founders, left to right, me, Brent Rushforth (the Mormon), Ric Sutherland (Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund, now EarthJustice, to become its ED, then tragically killed in a car crash), John Phillips (later Ambassador to Italy)