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Highlighting the Impacts of Inequitable Parking Enforcement

Mar 27, 2023 Comments Off on Highlighting the Impacts of Inequitable Parking Enforcement
February 16 @ 5:31 am

This March 6th story by Eliyahu Kamisher in the Mercury News digs into the data on parking enforcement practices in the Bay Area’s largest cities. The picture that emerges is one of significant  disparities in the number and likelihood of citations from city to city, with citation and enforcement often…

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Relieving Traffic Debt, Removing Barriers to Housing and Stability

Dec 6, 2021 Comments Off on Relieving Traffic Debt, Removing Barriers to Housing and Stability
February 16 @ 5:31 am

Congratulations to BayLegal Senior Staff Attorney Andrea Crider and her client, who just secured $48,000 in traffic debt relief through BayLegal’s representation in Contra Costa County Homeless Court. Andrea reports that over the course of extensive advocacy in homeless court and traffic court, this is the largest amount of debt…

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Setting the Record Straight on Pandemic Eviction and the Ellis Act

May 27, 2021 Comments Off on Setting the Record Straight on Pandemic Eviction and the Ellis Act
February 16 @ 5:31 am

After long eviction battle, Enilda Rodriguez faced one of the worst days of her life. Enilda was locked out of the rental home she had shared with a roommate in San Pablo.

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BayLegal Attorney Asma Husain Successfully Advocates for Client’s Housing Accommodations

Apr 22, 2021 Comments Off on BayLegal Attorney Asma Husain Successfully Advocates for Client’s Housing Accommodations
February 16 @ 5:31 am

In addition to the work that BayLegal’s fair housing practice has done throughout the pandemic on eviction and eviction prevention, our practice also works on issues related to disability discrimination and accommodation, racial discrimination, and other forms of discrimination. These issues remain a pressing concern and seem to have accelerated…

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Bay Area Legal Aid Reaches Settlement to Protect Survivors of Domestic Violence

Nov 20, 2020 Comments Off on Bay Area Legal Aid Reaches Settlement to Protect Survivors of Domestic Violence
February 16 @ 5:31 am

This fall, Bay Area Legal Aid reached a final settlement in a lawsuit filed in 2019 to compel the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) to fulfill its legal and ethical responsibilities to survivors of domestic violence. The lawsuit was filed in response to SFPD’s long-term failure to comply with California…

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Fighting for Second Chances: BayLegal’s Reentry Unit

May 1, 2020 Comments Off on Fighting for Second Chances: BayLegal’s Reentry Unit
February 16 @ 5:31 am

“Fear isn’t holding me back as much”   Luke is the father of two boys. One is three years old, the other seven. He works for a subcontracting company in the East Bay, where he spoke to us by phone from the company’s warehouse. “We’re still working during the pandemic,”…

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Advocating for safe, habitable public housing in Richmond

Dec 10, 2019 Comments Off on Advocating for safe, habitable public housing in Richmond
February 16 @ 5:31 am

A story posted at Richmond Confidential yesterday by Mariam Zagub shines a light on the often severe barriers to safe, habitable housing that low-income tenants with disabilities can face. The story focuses on BayLegal client Michael Lewis and his attorney Henrissa Bassey, and details Mr. Lewis’ struggles with a lack…

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Raising Up Voices Impacted by Investment in Civil Legal Aid

Sep 4, 2019 Comments Off on Raising Up Voices Impacted by Investment in Civil Legal Aid
February 16 @ 5:31 am

Last month, Executive Director Genevieve Richardson introduced Skyler M. Rosellini, Staff Attorney with our Health Consumer Center (HCC) and his inspiring client, Álida Pepper, to an audience gathered to recognize the importance of investment in civil legal aid—and the need for more. The event was hosted by the American Bar…

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Spotlight on Stability

Nov 4, 2016 Comments Off on Spotlight on Stability
February 16 @ 5:31 am

Homelessness Prevention One evening in the fall of 2013, the Nativi family found themselves locked out of their home and all their belongings thrown into the yard. They had been renting a converted garage unit for several years when the property became the subject of a foreclosure sale. The Nativi’s had known nothing of the foreclosure sale…

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Spotlight on Health

Nov 4, 2016 Comments Off on Spotlight on Health
February 16 @ 5:31 am

Health Consumer Center Mark, 34, was eager to get back on track with his life and career. Seven years’ sober and looking forward to starting a family, Mark approached a local dental provider about fixing his teeth. The dentist recommended dentures, and extracted all 26 of his teeth in one…

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