BayLegal stands with survivors, victims' families, and AAPI communities and organizations in our grief, outrage, and determination to help build build collective long-term solutions to the root causes of anti-AAPI violence.

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Economic Impact Payments

If you have not yet received your Economic Impact Payment, there is still time to act. BayLegal has assembled information, resources, and how-to guides to help. Find out what steps you can take to receive your payment.

Black Lives Matter

BayLegal joins the national call to end widespread police violence and white supremacy. We condemn the ongoing state-sanctioned terror in response to this call. We commit ourselves to doing all we can to defeat racism.

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Coronavirus Response

All of our staff are continuing to work and advocate for your rights. You can reach BayLegal through our Legal Advice Line at 800-551-5554, or our Health Consumer Center at 855-693-7285. For more resources, click below:

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Is someone hurting or threatening you? Find out how and where to get help while the courts are affected by the COVID-19 emergency.

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UPDATES ON BENEFITS

We have set up a dedicated, frequently updated web page with a quick reference guide to emergency public benefits, as well as updates on changes in procedures, eligibility, and government office closures.

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Resources for Youth

Our Youth Justice Project is working throughout the COVID-19 pandemic to provide legal advice and representation to youth and caregivers on topics including school and special education, foster care, and mental health access.

INFORMATION FOR TENANTS

BayLegal has added a dedicated page with Q&As, resources, and the latest updates on the quickly-changing landscape of tenant protections and resources for renters impacted by the COVID-19 emergency.

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Advocacy News

Bay Area Legal Aid is working with a broad array of other advocacy organizations and public systems throughout the COVID-19 public health emergency to help mitigate the pandemic's impacts on low-income families and communities.

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URGENT ALERT

Your do NOT need to pay any money to receive your Economic Impact Payment. Click below for more information, and protect yourself from EIP fraud schemes.

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OUR 2019 IMPACT

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Victims of violence and their children escaped intimate partner abuse and were awarded more than $5 million in present and future support orders.

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IN THE NEWS

Genevieve Richardson, Executive Director

Executive Director’s Blog, June 2021

16 June 2021

Happy Pride! I love that this month highlights and celebrates the power of love, expression, community, and dignity. And that in this celebration is the critical recognition of the discrimination, police brutality and legal oppression that have and continue to threaten LGBTQ lives and bodies and that we must always stand up, speak out and …

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BayLegal’s Consumer Unit Begins Monthly Workshops For Individuals Facing Rent Debt

15 June 2021

Because of COVID-19, an estimated 165,000 families in the seven Bay Area counties BayLegal serves face nearly $1 billion in rent debt. The end of federal and state eviction moratoria intended to keep families in their homes during the pandemic leaves this astronomical personal debt unresolved. Even where eviction protections remain, many must deal with …

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Former BayLegal Attorneys Rebekah Evenson and Cristina Vazquez Receive 2021 CLAY Awards

14 June 2021

In March, Rebekah Evenson, Alameda County Superior Court Judge and former BayLegal Director of Litigation, and Cristina Vazquez, California Division of Labor Standards Attorney and former BayLegal Supervising Attorney, received two of the Daily Journal’s 2021 California Attorneys of the Year (CLAY) awards for their work on the case Anderson v. City of San Jose. …