Bay Area Legal Aid
From San Francisco Homeless Resource
50 Fell St., 1st Fl., 94102
415-982-1300
Legal Assistance Line: (415) 354-6360
800-551-5554
415-982-4243 (FAX)
M-F: 9am-12pm, 1pm-5pm
Legal assistance provided in the following areas, subject to legal resources.
General languages offered Spanish and Chinese, Vietnamese & Russian.
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[edit] Housing
(Phone for advice and appointments, no drop ins.)
Housing-related problems: Public, subsidized and private housing, residential hotels, housing conditions, rent control, eviction defense, lock-outs and utility shut-offs, fair housing, housing discrimination, and training advocates and community organizations.
[edit] Family Law / Domestic Violence
(Phone for advice and appointments, no drop ins)
Custody and visitation orders, divorce, legal separation or annulments, battered spouse waivers, violence against women act enforcement, temporary restraining orders, child or spousal support, training and community education.
[edit] Public Benefits Unit
Social Security Disability (SSD) Benefits, Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants (CAPI), food stamps, California Food Assistance Program (CAAP), General Assistance (GA), Personal Assisted Employment Services (PAES), Cash Assistance Linked to Medi-Cal (CALM) and other County-specific programs. Assists people receiving CalWORKS and Personal Assisted Employment Services (PAES) benefits who encounter legal problems with their employment.
[edit] Legal Barriers to Employment (LBEP)
Assists people receiving CalWorks and PAES benefits who encounter legal problems with their employment.
[edit] Health Access
Assists people to enroll in and obtain services from health insurance programs and legal assistance in the following areas: Medi-Cal, Dent-Cal, Medicare, Healthy Families Program, in-home support services, paratransit services, county medically indigent programs, mental health services, and health maintenance organizations (HMOs).
