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California Rural Legal Assistance (CRLA) is excited to invite local artists to participate in our San Joaquin County Community Art Contest! If selected, your artwork may become part of a mural showing in our new Stockton office.

CRLA convoca a ¡un concurso de arte para decorar el nuevo edificio de nuestra oficina en Stockton!

Salinas, CA — Recently, California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc. (“CRLA”) and a coalition of environmental justice leaders and advocates (“the Coalition”) delivered a scientific literature review to the State Water Resources Control Board (“State Water Board”) on the health and economic risks of nitrate-contaminated drinking water for communities across California. The groups are urging the State Water Board to act quickly and require Regional Water Boards to adopt enforceable limits on fertilizer to address the growing public health crisis.

From local city councils to the Supreme Court of the United States, Pride 2026 brought joyful highs and disheartening lows. But even in difficult moments, we continue to see what’s possible.

CRLA President and CEO Jessica Manriquez Jewell shared the following letter with staff statewide to emphasize that West Virginia v. B.P.J. does not change California law and to affirm our commitment to transgender and gender diverse individuals, youth, and their families.

CRLA, Inc. Executive Director Jose Padilla shared this reflection following news of the May 7, 2021 death of the Honorable Cruz Reynoso, former Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court, law professor, and CRLA Executive Director from 1969-1972.

Juan D. survived a heart attack and emergency open heart surgery only to receive medical bills totaling over $300,000. Here's what Juan and CRLA did to get his medical bills covered.