Steve Ronfeldt of Alameda County's Legal Aid Society said there is more flexibility in the county budget than officials say. "We believe there are funds that the county could obtain that...
Hundreds of people arrested on suspicion of misdemeanor crimes in Alameda County will avoid... 22% blood-alcohol level, nearly three times the legal limit. A man tried to use a fake receipt...
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Since 1984, the State Bar has disbursed approximately $783 million for legal aid in California. In 2021, we delivered approximately $60 million in grants to 100 legal services organizations that provide free legal aid to low-income Californians. The total in 2022 was nearly $150 million. Funds come from the following sources: Any lawyer who handles client funds that are too small in amount or held too briefly to earn interest for the client must hold these funds in the Interest on Lawyers’ Tru...
Legal aid in the United States is the provision of assistance to people who are unable to afford legal representation and access to the court system in the United States. In the US, legal...
Alameda County voters will face a host of measures this November, including a countywide sales tax hike, lowering the voting age in Oakland school board races and allowing non-citizens to serve on Hayward city commissions. If approved, Measure W would raise the county’s sales tax one-half cent and would generate about $150 million annually, money that supporters say could help the homeless and provide other social services desperately needed as people struggle financially amid COVID-19. ...
The Alameda County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously approved a countywide state of emergency (PDF) on homelessness in the East Bay. The order directs county staff at the Office of Homeless Care and Coordination to develop an emergency response plan, including determining how much funding is needed to significantly decrease homelessness and where to direct those resources. Supervisors said the hope is to fast-track funding and bypass regulations. But specifics around what that means ha...
Montero Chief Executive Officer Extraordinary Audit of the American Indian Model Charter Schools June 12, 2012 Alameda County Office of Education Fiscal crisis & ManageMent assistance teaM...
SANTA CRUZ — For years, Utopia Farms and other marijuana growers in Santa Cruz County have worked in the shadows, building brands they could lose at any moment. But because voters decided to legalize recreational marijuana last month, these long-illicit businesses are now being converted into legal contributors to the California economy through a new regulatory system designed to support small cultivators, bust illegal marijuana operations and turn the coastal county into a powerhouse of high-end, hand-crafted products. ...
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