(See Gale Holland’s excellent story in the Times on Mitchell v. LA as well as our other stories on the subject for the background to this post).

Recall that in April, Judge Otero issued an injunction in relation to the confiscation of the property of homeless people on Skid Row. The City of Los Angeles, meanwhile, professes not to understand the injunction and has filed a motion for clarification of the order. A scheduled hearing on this motion was postponed once and today all parties filed a joint stipulation asking for another postponement and the Judge filed an order granting the request. The hearing is now scheduled for Monday, August 15, at 10 a.m. in Otero’s courtroom downtown.¹ The stated reason is that productive mediation in front of Magistrate Judge Carla Woehrle is both fruitful and ongoing.

1. I’m too lazy to look up where it is right this second. If for whatever reason you can’t find it and need to know it drop me an email or a comment and, with that incentive, I will figure it out.