| Resource Names | City | Address | Website | Resources Provided | Service Notes |
| Bay Area Legal Aid | Oakland | www.baylegal.org | |||
| Centro Legal de la Raza | Oakland | ||||
| East Bay Sanctuary | Berkeley | ||||
| Immigration Center for Women & Children | San Francisco | ||||
| International Institute of the Bay Area | Oakland | ||||
| Alameda County Justice Center (for Male Victims) | A wide range of domestic violence related services for men. | ||||
| Alameda County Bar Association | Oakland | ||||
| API Legal Outreach | Oakland San Francisco | ||||
| Family Violence Law Center | Oakland | ||||
| Family & Children Law Center | San Francisco | ||||
| Self-Help Center | Hayward | ||||
| Employment Law Center | San Francisco | ||||
| Tri-Valley Haven | |||||
| San Franciso Public Defender – Clean Slate Program | San Francisco | Downtown Main Location 555 7th Street San Francisco, CA 94103 Juvenile Location 375 Woodside San Francisco, CA 94127 | https://sfpublicdefender.org/ | After your arrest, Your lawyer will help you through every step of your case. Here’s what you can expect. Step 1: Entering a Plea and Seeking Release Step 2: Meeting With Your Lawyer Step 3: Investigating Your Case Step 4: Preliminary Hearing Step 5: Settlement Conference Step 6: Trial Step 7: Appeal Our Clean Slate program, Prop 47, Prop 64, and other services can help you clear or reduce your record and open doors to employment and housing. | Monday through Friday 8am to 5 PM Their office has the tools to connect you to services and resources that will help you get back on the right path: Mental Health Support Addiction Treatment Pre-trial Support Re-entry Support Social Work & Referrals Juvenile & Family Support Clear Your Record for Employment & Housing |
| Alameda County Homeless and Caring Court | |||||
| Clean Slate Program | Dublin and Oakland | 5149 Gleason Drive, #C155 Dublin, CA Public Defender’s Oakland: 545 4th Street, Oakland | https://www.acgov.org/defender/services/homeless.htm | ||
| East Bay Community Law Center | 2921 Adeline St., Berkeley, CA1950 University Ave., Ste 200, Berkeley CA | www.ebclc.org | Clean Slate Services The Clean Slate Practice of the East Bay Community Law Center uses strategic legal and policy tools to reduce pathways to the criminal justice system and remove barriers to employment and civic participation for people with conviction records. Clean Slate attorneys and advocates provide assistance to clients in the following areas: Post-Conviction Remedies (including early termination of probation, PC 1203.4 dismissals, Felony reductions including Prop 47 and Prop 64 Petitions) Sealing of Arrest Record—Factual Innocence Vacating Convictions for Survivors of Human Trafficking and Immigrants Employment Denials Due to Criminal Background Occupational Licensing Denials Due to Criminal Background (ex: DSS, Security Guard, CNA, etc.) Driver’s License Suspensions Reduction and Discharge of Court Fines and Fees (e.g., traffic tickets, criminal court debt) Reduction and Discharge of predatory municipal debt (e.g., parking tickets, towing fees) Civil and Human Rights Advocacy for People Experiencing Homelessness Immigration Services EBCLC’s Immigration Program provides a full-range of free legal services to low-income immigrants on a wide range of immigration issues with a focus on the most vulnerable populations—people with disabilities and chronic illness, members of the LGBTQ community, youth, and existing EBCLC clients struggling with other legal issues. Using a “kindergarten to college” model that addresses the interrelated legal needs of immigrants and their families, Immigration Program advocates provide representation and counsel for such issues as: Adjustment of status Consular processing DACA (Please click here to visit our DACA legal services page) Deportation defense Family-based immigration for already existing EBCLC clients Mitigating or eliminating the immigration effects of criminal convictions in partnership with the Clean Slate Unit at EBCLC Naturalization Political asylum Public benefits eligibility including complex eligibility issues in partnership with the Health & Welfare Unit at EBCLC Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS) including state court matters (guardianship, custody, etc.) necessary to get predicate orders for SIJS T visas for survivors of trafficking U visas for survivors of crime Waivers EBCLC’s Immigration attorneys represent clients before the Asylum Office, U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services, and Immigration Court, and on appeal before the Board of Immigration Appeals. The cases accepted for representation are dictated by the unmet needs of the community. Seeking information about the public charge rule? See these fact sheets from the Immigrant Legal Resource Center. For more information on our Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) legal services please click here. Consumer Justice & General Clinic Services Información sobre la Clínica en español. Click here for information specific to the Coronavirus, including current clinic operations and information around student loans and stimulus payments. The Consumer Justice & General Clinic provides brief services to low-income consumers facing a wide variety of issues, including including but not limited to: debt collection, student loans, credit reporting, predatory lending, identity theft, and consumer scams. Attorneys and advocates may provide the following types of assistance: Educating consumers about their rights and options for debt they cannot pay. Financial assessments to help consumers develop strategies for prioritizing and resolving debts. Defending consumers from debt-collection activities, including lawsuits. Protecting consumers’ assets by contesting wage garnishments, bank levies, and other creditor liens. Educating consumers through materials and outreach about deceptive, unfair, illegal, and/or predatory consumer programs and practices. Assisting low-income homeowners, including those defrauded by home improvement or PACE financing. More information here. Assisting borrowers to discharge their federal student loans, bring them out of default, or enter into a more affordable repayments agreement. Defending consumers in disputes regarding repayment of private student loans. Correcting credit-reporting errors. Assisting victims of identity theft. Defending against and litigating unlawful conduct by predatory businesses and operations that target immigrant communities. Reducing barriers to housing (i.e., bad credit keeping you out of housing). Assisting with storage unit disputes. Providing support for consumers whose cars have been towed. Información sobre la Clínica en español. Click here for information specific to the Coronavirus, including current clinic operations and information around student loans and stimulus payments. Education Defense & Justice for Youth Services EBCLC’s Education, Defense & Justice for Youth (EDJY) program represents young people caught at the intersection of the juvenile justice and education systems. Education Defense & Justice for Youth attorneys and advocates can provide the following types of assistance in juvenile delinquency, school discipline, special education, and juvenile record sealing cases. Housing Services EBCLC’s Housing Program focuses on defending eviction lawsuits brought against low-income tenants. The program emphasizes defense of long term tenancies to preserve the value of rent controlled units. EBCLC also prioritizes subsidized tenancies such as those in Section 8 and conventional public housing programs, as well as on behalf of tenants with disabilities. Last, housing attorneys bring affirmative lawsuits to enforce state laws relating habitability standards, discrimination, and retaliation, as well as enforcement of local rent and eviction control ordinances. Housing attorneys and advocates can provide assistance on the following types of issues: Defense of Eviction/Unlawful Detainer cases Section 8/Housing Authority termination hearings Rent board hearings General counseling on tenants’ rights Assistance to individuals to represent themselves Public outreach/education trainings Representation in affirmative lawsuits against housing providers Keep Oakland Housed program COVID-19 Resources for Renters on Eviction & Eviction Moratoriums | Clean slate services, Housing (Eviction), Immagration (DACA), Community Economic justice clinic, Consumer Justice Clinic, Education defense and youth services, Health and welfare services | |
| Legal Assistance for Seniors | Oakland | 333 Hegenberger Rd #850 Oakland, CA 94621 | https://lawyers.justia.com/legalservice/legal-assistance-for-seniors-9041 | ||
| HICAP California Health Advocates | Sacramento | Sacramento (main office) California Health Advocates 5380 Elvas Avenue, Suite 221 Sacramento, CA 95819 | https://cahealthadvocates.org/hicap/ | ||
| Senior Legal Hotline | Sacramento | 515 12th Street Sacramento, CA 95814 | https://lsnc.net/slh | ||
| Tri-Valley Haven | http://www.trivalleyhaven.org/get-help.html | 925-449-5845 Mental Health Intake VM Line tanisha@trivalleyhaven.org | 3663 Pacific Avenue, Livermore, CA 94550 | ||
| Immigration Institue of the Bay Area | |||||
| Eviction Defense Center | www.evictiondefensecenteroakland.org | ||||
| Project Sentinel | www.housing.org |