HAMILTON v. MADIGAN

No. 90-16114.

961 F.2d 838 (1992)

Monica HAMILTON; Laura Stroy; Wanda Valeck individually, and on behalf of all similarly situated persons, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Edward MADIGAN, in his official capacity as Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided April 10, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond W. Fullerton and John B. Koch, Office of the General Counsel, U.S. Dept. of Agr., Washington, D.C., for defendant-appellant.

Melinda R. Bird, Western Center on Law and Poverty, Los Angeles, Cal., Carole Grossman, Legal Services of Northern California, Sacramento, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellees.

William W. Vaughn and Bruce G. Iwasaki, O'Melveny & Myers, Los Angeles, Cal., for amicus curiae Nat. Coalition for the Homeless.

Before: CHAMBERS, NORRIS, and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges.


WILLIAM A. NORRIS, Circuit Judge:

California provides two forms of emergency housing payments to homeless families. See Cal.Welf. & Inst.Code § 11450(f)(2).1 While looking for permanent housing, a homeless family may receive $30 a day for temporary shelter for not more than 28 consecutive days ("temporary housing assistance"). Id. at (f)(2)(A). Once a homeless family locates permanent housing, it may receive money...

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