Angelica fought the power for her unhoused client arguing that merely existing is not a crime. Angelica challenged Austin’s Camping Ban. Even though her client only faced the lowest misdemeanor level charge, for him it meant everything. Her work forced the City of Austin to face the problem head on.

• https://www.kxan.com/news/local/supreme-court-declines-to-hear-homeless-law-appeal-how-it-impacts-austin/
• https://www.kut.org/austin/2018-10-12/austin-ordinance-banning-homeless-camps-challenged-in-court
• https://www.statesman.com/story/news/2021/10/29/austin-camping-ban-arrests-covid-revise-soon/8538360002/
• https://www.kut.org/austin/2019-09-17/council-members-offer-revised-plan-that-phases-in-restrictions-on-camping-or-resting-in-public
• https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/texas-governor-pardons-uber-driver-murder-b2546472.html