The ADA Loophole Flooding California With Lawsuits: Who Is Being Targeted?

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was designed to give people with disabilities equal access to public life. In California, home to more ADA lawsuits than any other state, a legal loophole has turned that law into a settlement machine, targeting small businesses, many already in compliance. While the cost to businesses is real, the benefit to people with disabilities is far less clear. Who is the law actually protecting?

In this episode, we sit down with Taha Saleh, owner and operator of T.A. Saleh, on what a single lawsuit threat cost him to resolve; Victor Gomez, executive director for California Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse (CALA), on who is being targeted and whether the current system is actually serving people with disabilities; and Roger Niello, state senator, on the reform bill that passed the Senate with nearly no opposition and what it would take to change it.

Views expressed in this video are the opinions of the host and guest and do not necessarily reflect the views of the California Insider Show.