Last week, United States District Judge Edward Chen approved a motion for class certification of a 2023 lawsuit, filed by the Disability Rights Advocates and the East Bay Community Law Center, against the city of Berkeley. The plaintiffs allege the city violated the U.S. and the state constitutions by allowing for the “seizure and destruction” of private property owned by unhoused people with disabilities, “without adequate notice or procedural safeguards,” according to the court order regarding the motion. Chen granted both of the plaintiffs’ class certification requests, which are used to classify lawsuits as class action suits and thus create classes representing an entire group within the lawsuit. He certified a class consisting of all unhoused people with disabilities who live in public areas, shelters or vehicles in Berkeley. Read more through the link in bio. ✍️: Paarth Mishra 📸: Hayes Gaboury . . . #ucberkeley #dailycal #berkeley #housing #disabilities