Media Coverage

Challenges Facing Social Security Recipients in San Francisco

Aug 28, 2025 Comments Off on Challenges Facing Social Security Recipients in San Francisco
February 16 @ 3:23 pm

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 the Social Security Administration, particularly for low-income benefits recipients in San Francisco. The article quotes Joanna Parnes, BayLegal Managing Attorney…

SF Legal Aid Providers Make the Case for Our Impact

May 1, 2025 Comments Off on SF Legal Aid Providers Make the Case for Our Impact
February 16 @ 3:23 pm

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 an effective homelessness prevention strategy. Legal aid organizations in San Francisco face steep decreases in service capacity for the City’s…

BayLegal client and attorney featured in story on SF Tenant Right to Counsel

Mar 10, 2025 Comments Off on BayLegal client and attorney featured in story on SF Tenant Right to Counsel
February 16 @ 3:23 pm

This story from NBC Bay Area last week (in both print and broadcast versions) highlights the impact of San Francisco’s Tenant Right to Counsel (TRC) program in leveling the legal playing field for low-income tenants facing eviction. BayLegal’s San Francisco Managing attorney Raegan Joern and client Nicholas Christie are quoted…

Court Reporter Shortage – media coverage

Dec 11, 2024 Comments Off on Court Reporter Shortage – media coverage
February 16 @ 3:23 pm

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