Funding for local legal aid nonprofits is now partially dependent on a federal lawsuit.
President Donald Trump’s Jan. 27 cut to funding grants applies to grants to local housing protection and veteran disability programs.
Trump’s order would cause Legal Aid Riverside to cut its office by a third if the injunction halting it were to be removed, said Adam Reed, Legal Aid Riverside Executive Director.
LAR started in 1982, and gives aid to 3,000 people annually.
“Our ability to serve eviction protection to undocumented and indigent individuals, that is tied to this funding. Without it, we simply will
