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Aug 28, 2025 April 22 @ 2:14 pm

Challenges Facing Social Security Recipients in San Francisco

This article by Sylvie Sturm at SF Public Press — along with a related podcast — explores the impacts of budget cuts, staffing reductions, and increasing digitization of services at…

Jul 21, 2025 April 22 @ 2:14 pm

Response to the CA Attorney General’s Amicus Brief in the Court Reporter Case

Last week, Family Violence Appellate Project and Bay Area Legal Aid, represented by Community Legal Aid SoCal, Covington & Burling LLP, and Bay Area Legal Aid, filed a response to…

Jun 16, 2025 April 22 @ 2:14 pm

Bay Area Legal Aid Launches Our 2024 Annual Report

We are proud to share BayLegal’s 2024 Annual Report and in it a few examples of how our work, civil legal aid, transforms lives and restores dignity, safety, health, stability and…

Jun 2, 2025 April 22 @ 2:14 pm

Tenant Right to Counsel Prevents Homelessness

Last week, ads promoting the value of Eviction Defense Collaborative’s Tenant Right to Counsel (TRC) program went up in San Francisco’s Van Ness and Civic Center Muni stations. They were…

May 27, 2025 April 22 @ 2:14 pm

BayLegal Wins Significant Consumer Rights Appeal

Last week a BayLegal client won a significant appeal of an order denying our client’s motion to vacate a default judgment in a consumer debt collections case. In an opinion…

May 1, 2025 April 22 @ 2:14 pm

SF Legal Aid Providers Make the Case for Our Impact

This article by Sylvie Sturm in yesterday’s San Francisco Public Press spotlights what the availability of free civil legal aid means for the stability of low-income San Franciscans and as…

Dec 11, 2024 April 22 @ 2:14 pm

Court Reporter Shortage – media coverage

Journalism focused on or citing our petition to the CA Supreme Court related to civil litigants’ right to a verbatim record includes:

Nov 27, 2024 April 22 @ 2:14 pm

“They made me stronger”: BayLegal’s client advocacy builds power

Dear Friends: Legal help makes the difference in having or not having housing, food, safety, and healthcare.  Our attorneys and advocates know firsthand that legal advocacy and strong public systems…

Dec 8, 2023 April 22 @ 2:14 pm

Bay Area Legal Aid Secures Statewide Injunction Against Achievable Solutions, Inc. (ASI) in Landmark Fraudulent Debt Collection Case

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Bay Area Legal Aid (BayLegal) Secures Statewide Injunction Against Achievable Solutions, Inc. (ASI) in Landmark Fraudulent Debt Collection Case Oakland, California, December 4, 2023— Bay Area Legal…

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