California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation (CRLAF)

CRLAF is a statewide, non-profit organization providing legal services and policy advocacy for California’s rural poor. Headquartered in Sacramento with an office in Fresno.
Organization Website

Twitter: @CRLAFoundation
Facebook: Facebook
Primary geographic focus: California Statewide, Rural
Organization Type: Provider, Research/Policy/Organizing
LAAC Membership Type: Members
Lists: IOLTA-Funded, IOLTA Support Centers
Tags: Education, Employment, Housing, Immigration
Acronym or short name: CRLAF

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CRLAF is a statewide, non-profit organization providing legal services and policy advocacy for California’s rural poor. CRLAF focuses on some of the most marginalized communities: the unrepresented, the unorganized, and the undocumented. CRLAF engages in impact litigation, community education and outreach, legislative and administrative advocacy, and public policy leadership on the state and local levels in the areas of labor, housing, education, health, worker safety, pesticides, citizenship, immigration, and environmental justice. CRLAF seeks to bring social justice to rural poor communities throughout California.

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News Story

Lawmakers to consider bill aimed at improving community benefits of nonprofit hospitals

Sam Levin
East Bay Express (Oakland)
April 20, 2015
Advocates including the California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation have co-sponsored a bill to add standards for community benefits and charity care at nonprofit hospitals.

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