California Court of Appeal
SMITH v. LOS ANGELES COUNTY BD. OF SUPERVISORS, B150973
A county pilot program, making a home visit a condition of eligibility for CalWORKs benefits, does not conflict with the CalWORKs statutory and regulatory scheme. If the visits constitute a search under the 4th Amendment, they are justified under the "special needs" rationale.
Appellate Information
- Decided 12/26/2002
- Published 12/26/2002
Judges
- EPSTEIN, Acting P.J.
Court
- California Court of Appeal
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles, Yolanda Arias, Silvia Argueta; Western Center on Law & Poverty, Robert D. Newman, Richard A. Rothschild; San Fernando Valley Neighborhood Legal Services, Inc., Kate Meiss, Dora Lopez; ACLU Foundation of Southern California, Dan Tokaji and Mark Rosenbaum, Los Angeles, for Plaintiffs and Appellants.
- For Appellees:
- Lloyd W. Pellman, County Counsel, Leela A. Kapur, Assistant County Counsel, Anita D. Lee and Nina J. Webster, Principal Deputies County Counsel for Defendants and Respondents.