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September 14, 2022

San Luis Obispo County Residents Clear Criminal Records with Help from ECHO, People’s Justice Project, California Rural Legal Assistance, San Luis Obispo College of Law, and San Luis Obispo Defenders

Free clean slate clinic will help eligible homeless residents remove a barrier to accessing housing and employment opportunities.

October 13, 2022

We stand with Angelenos holding elected officials accountable

Anti-Indigenous, anti-Black, homophobic, and racist comments are unacceptable.

October 25, 2022

Civil Rights Groups Sue City of Sebastopol for Ordinance Aimed at Displacing Residents Living in Their Vehicles

ACLU Foundation of Northern California, Disability Rights Advocates, Legal Aid of Sonoma County, and California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc. filed suit against the city of Sebastopol for enacting an ordinance that prohibits vehicles “used for human habitation” from parking anywhere within city limits during the day. 

December 27, 2022

My Last Ask As Executive Director

Your year-end gift can create a more just California

December 28, 2022

Welcome CRLA's New Executive Director

"The Board voted unanimously to place our unconditional trust in Jessica Jewell’s leadership and expect only great things from her stewardship.”

January 24, 2023

CRLA Statement Regarding Gun Violence in Half Moon Bay, Monterey Park, and Goshen

All people deserve to live free of violence. We will continue to fight alongside vulnerable communities to ensure they have access to justice and resources that build community safety and wellbeing.

 

April 17, 2023

Farmworkers Who Picked Driscoll’s Strawberries in Oxnard File Suit Alleging Stolen Wages

VENTURA, CA (April 17, 2023) — Seventeen farmworkers filed a lawsuit today in the Ventura County Superior Court of California, alleging that they were not fully paid for picking Driscoll’s strawberries during the 2022 harvesting season. A press conference will be held outside the Ventura County Superior Court, 800 S Victoria Ave, Ventura, CA 93009 on April 19, 2023 at 4:00pm.

March 16, 2023

Jessica M. Jewell takes helm of CRLA, Inc., largest legal aid organization serving rural California

Modesto-based attorney Jessica M. Jewell, first woman to lead California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc., sees power of rural residents to shape civil rights in post-COVID climate change era

June 30, 2023

LGBTQ+ Program Expands Access to Name and Gender Marker Corrections

Name and gender marker corrections open the door to a life of safety, stability, and authenticity for CRLA clients. Yet many people may feel intimidated by the process or unsure of their rights or where to start. Legal services can make the difference for them.

 

October 30, 2023

Groups Challenge Water Boards’ Orders as Harmful to Disadvantaged Communities and Fisheries

The State Water Board’s September 2023 decision has statewide policy and downstream impacts and represents the state government’s unwillingness to confront decades of pollution by the agricultural industry—despite rising nitrate contamination and resulting lack of clean, safe, affordable drinking water for many communities.

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