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Join BayLegal at El Tímpano’s resource fair | Únase a BayLegal en la feria de recursos de El Tímpano

| By BayLegal
Categories: Announcements, Homepage, News
This Saturday: El Tímpano’s Resource Fair Are you looking for resources and services in Spanish in the Bay Area? Join BayLegal and other community organizations at @El Tímpano’s Feria de Recursos. Get to know local organizations that provide support to immigrants in areas like health, immigration, housing, and more. Come with the whole family and celebrate …

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A note from our Executive Director

| By BayLegal
Categories: eNewsletter Story, Executive Director blog, Homepage, News
On March 8th, International Women’s Day, I celebrated my 6th anniversary as the Executive Director. Working with our dedicated team of expert advocates across the Bay Area is a privilege. They are deeply committed to addressing poverty and discrimination, working alongside clients daily to improve individual lives and society as a whole. 2024 is also …

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BayLegal’s new Director of Litigation — Brenda Adams

| By BayLegal
Categories: Announcements, Attorneys, eNewsletter Story, Homepage, Litigation, News
We are excited to announce that Brenda Star Adams has joined BayLegal as our Director of Litigation. Brenda previously worked for BayLegal in our inter-personal violence prevention team handling family law and immigration cases, and before that she was a housing litigator with the Eviction Defense Center.  Since leaving BayLegal, she worked for Equal Rights …

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Here’s the T: Trans Visibility — an event co-sponsored by Bay Area Legal Aid

| By BayLegal
Categories: Announcements, Attorneys, eNewsletter Story, Homepage, News
We invite you to join BayLegal and our co-sponsors at the San Francisco Public Library’s Koret Auditorium for a panel discussion on the legal and policy barriers and challenges facing trans people in education, healthcare access, public participation and civil rights. Participants will include youth activists, public officials and legal professionals. BayLegal is proud to …

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Nuevos recursos legales y otros en español y mam | New legal and other resources in Spanish and Mam

| By BayLegal
Categories: eNewsletter Story, Homepage, News, Resources
Looking for services and resources in Spanish and Mam in the Bay Area? Check out El Timpano’s new Guía de Recursos, a curated and vetted guide to programs and organizations that serve the East Bay’s Latino and Mayan immigrants.     ¿Busca recursos y servicios en español y mam en el Área de la Bahía? …

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Legal clinic resources for Contra Costa County!

| By BayLegal
Categories: Announcements, eNewsletter Story, Homepage, News, Resources
In-person Housing Rights and Domestic Violence Restraining Order Clinics Contra Costa County residents: BayLegal has updated our information on our Contra Costa Domestic Violence Restraining Order legal clinics, available in both remote formats and in-person hosted by a community partner organization. We have also added in-person Housing Rights clinics at our Contra Costa County office …

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

| By BayLegal
Categories: Announcements, Attorneys, eNewsletter Story, Homepage, News
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE BAY AREA LEGAL AID MEDIA CONTACT Taylor Brady tbrady@baylegal.org (510) 250-5234   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 Aid (BayLegal) achieved a significant legal victory in its claims against Achievable Solutions, …

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New Youth Justice resource: Know Your Rights – AB 181

| By BayLegal
Categories: Advocacy, eNewsletter Story, Homepage, News, Resources
Thanks to BayLegal YouthJustice law clerk Sophie Tohl and intern Armaan Sharma for this one-page guide to a new diploma pathway for young people with disabilities, established under California’s AB 181. Please circulate widely to any students you serve who entered ninth grade during the 2022-23 school year or later, and who might qualify for …

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Derechos para inquilinos in Contra Costa (Facebook Live en español)

| By BayLegal
Categories: Announcements, Attorneys, eNewsletter Story, Homepage, News
Derechos para inquilinos en Contra Costa Presentado por El Tímpano y coorganizado por Bay Area Legal Aid una conversación con Alejandra Perez Orozco, Abogado de vivienda de Bay Area Legal Aid Hablaremos sobre las leyes locales y estatales y compartiremos recursos de organizaciones locales que ofrecen ayuda legal y fondos de asistencia económica. 13 de …

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Your Donation Helps BayLegal Close the Justice Gap for Tens of Thousands in the Bay Area

| By BayLegal
Categories: eNewsletter Story, Fundraising, Homepage, News
This #GivingTuesday, and throughout the year-end charitable giving season, BayLegal is counting on our individual, law firm, and organizational friends, allies, and partners to provide critical support for our work with a donation to the 2023 Annual Campaign. BayLegal’s ability to close the justice gap for individuals and communities in the Bay Area too often …

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Post-Moratorium Spike in Contra Costa County Evictions—And Where Tenants Can Find Help

| By BayLegal
Categories: eNewsletter Story, Homepage, News
This story by Daniel Hennessy, published last Friday in the Richmond Confidential, and quoting BayLegal’s Contra Costa County Managing Attorney Adam Poe, examines court data from Contra Costa County and substantiates what tenant advocates, legal aid firms and our clients have been experiencing over the course of this year: eviction proceedings for nonpayment of rent …

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Housing Resource for Young People Who Are Leaving or Have Left Foster Care

| By BayLegal
Categories: eNewsletter Story, Homepage, News, Other, Resources
BayLegal is pleased to share this PDF resource for the FYI program. Foster Youth to Independence (FYI) housing vouchers can help young people who are leaving or have left foster care to remain housed, and can also help connect recipients to other support programs. Download the PDF below, and share widely if you work with …

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