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2006 General News

Holland & Knight LLP Helps Secure the Freedom of a Mentally Ill Gay Guyanese Victim of Torture from a Complex Odyssey of Over Six Years in Immigration Custody

Editorial: Cap interest rates on payday loans

  • By: Sacramento Bee (www.sacbee.com)
  • 12/26/2006
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More and more seniors find care with their kids

Katrina housing program on hold

  • By: Sacramento Bee (www.sacbee.com)
  • 12/22/2006
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Congress likely to raise minimum wage

  • By: Sacramento Bee (www.sacbee.com)
  • 12/22/2006
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Gov. calls for prison growth

  • By: Los Angeles Times (www.latimes.com)
  • 12/22/2006
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Health care's perfect storm

  • By: San Francisco Chronicle (www.SFGate.com)
  • 12/21/2006
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Criminal charges filed against Los Angeles landlord; LAFLA and McDermott, Will & Emery filed related civil case.

  • By: Los Angeles Times (www.latimes.com)
  • 12/21/2006
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Chief justice seeks lawyers for poor in civil cases

  • By: San Francisco Chronicle (www.SFGate.com)
  • 12/20/2006
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State Bar Foundation Awards Grant to Court-Based Guardianship Assistance Program

  • By: Oroville Mercury-Register
  • 12/20/2006
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"Sacramento Scene" Newsletter -- Vol. 5, #8

  • By: State Bar of California, Office of Governmental Affairs
  • 12/20/2006
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Report says poor students shortchanged

  • By: Sacramento Bee (www.sacbee.com)
  • 12/20/2006
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Mitch Kamin Elected as New President of the LAAC Board

  • By: Bet Tzedek and LAAC
  • 12/19/2006
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Bush signs 3 health care-related bills

  • By: New York Times (www.nytimes.com)
  • 12/19/2006
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Extravagances cut at for the Board of the Legal Services Corporation

  • By: Sacramento Bee (www.sacbee.com)
  • 12/19/2006
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Former labor leader founded and runs San Diego center helping workers.

UCLA School of Law Receives $1.25 Million Alumnus Gift to Support Teaching and Scholarship in Trial Advocacy

U.S. Is Proposing to Cut Medicaid’s Drug Payments

  • By: New York Times (www.nytimes.com)
  • 12/18/2006
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Fears of health and welfare cuts; Advocates for poor pessimistic about governor's budget.

Law Students Help Score Win for Immigrants in Supreme Court

Senator Removes His Block on Federal Court Nominee Based on Her Attendance at Same-Sex Commitment Ceremony

  • By: New York Times (www.nytimes.com)
  • 12/18/2006
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LAAC- Deadline of Dec 20th for Applications for new Board Members!

  • By: Legal Aid Association of California
  • 12/18/2006
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Giving Troubled Families a Say in Child Welfare

  • By: New York Times (www.nytimes.com)
  • 12/16/2006
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Assemblymember Benoit (R-Palm Dessert) calls on Governor to fund 50 new judges

Victor Geminiani Resigns as Executive Director of LAFLA

State Bar Posts IOLTA Director Job Opening

  • By: State Bar of California
  • 12/15/2006
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Escondido council stops court fight on ordinance barring landlords from renting to undocumented immigrants

  • By: North County Times
  • 12/15/2006
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LAAC's Winter 2006 Director's Corner

Low Income Advocate Alert on Medicare Part D, National Edition, December 2006

  • By: National Senior Citizens Law Center
  • 12/14/2006
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Commission seeks school system overhaul

  • By: Sacramento Bee (www.sacbee.com)
  • 12/14/2006
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California Budget Project Releases Updated Study on Minimum Wage

L.A. Area Organizations Issue Declaration For Human Rights For Immigrants

  • By: Anti-Defamation League (press release)
  • 12/13/2006
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Disabled High School Students Sue Over Lack of ‘Transition’ Services

  • By: LA Metropolitan-Enterprise
  • 12/13/2006
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Daniel Zingale becomes senior advisor to the Governor (and other changes in the governor's office)

  • By: California Insider (Sacramento Bee - www.sacbee.com)
  • 12/13/2006
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State Bar Mulls Regulating Legal Service Nonprofits

Assemblymember Dave Jones- Continuing Three-Generations of Political Activism

Dems plan to cut rates on college loans

  • By: Sacramento Bee (www.sacbee.com)
  • 12/12/2006
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Medicare Links Doctors’ Pay to Practices

  • By: New York Times (www.nytimes.com)
  • 12/12/2006
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Senate President pro Tem Don Perata Announces His Health Plan

Feb 1, 2007 Deadline to Apply to Serve on a State Bar Committee

  • By: State Bar of California
  • 12/12/2006
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California's Medi-Cal maven stepping down after 30 years

  • By: Sacramento Bee (www.sacbee.com)
  • 12/11/2006
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Project Homeless Connect Volunteer Given Award: once homeless, she now helps others

  • By: San Francisco Chronicle (www.SFGate.com)
  • 12/10/2006
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Economic benefits of valley's undocumented outweigh costs

  • By: Palm Spring's Desert Sun
  • 12/10/2006
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Health care for all California children: Editorial calls on the Governor to make good on his promise

  • By: San Jose Mercury News (Editorial)(www.mercurynews.com)
  • 12/10/2006
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After Flurry of Votes Stretching Into Morning, Federal Lawmakers Head Home

  • By: New York Times (www.nytimes.com)
  • 12/09/2006
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Changes Are Expected in Voting by 2008 Election

  • By: New York Times (www.nytimes.com)
  • 12/08/2006
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"Maptastic Advocacy": The REP Newsletter - Issue I

  • By: The Race Equity Project
  • 12/08/2006
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Marriage fight returns to Capitol, courts

Health-care reform at the tipping point

  • By: Kim Belshe, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Secretary of the California Health and Human Services Agency
  • 12/07/2006
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New Mexico governor decries border fence

  • By: Sacramento Bee (www.sacbee.com)
  • 12/07/2006
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Receiver rips prison-reform obstructions

  • By: Sacramento Bee (www.sacbee.com)
  • 12/06/2006
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Dwindling Docket Mystifies Supreme Court

  • By: New York Times (www.nytimes.com)
  • 12/06/2006
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Katrina Evacuees Remain in Grip of Uncertainity

  • By: New York Times (www.nytimes.com)
  • 12/06/2006
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Court Rejects Interpretation of Immigration Drug Law

  • By: New York Times (www.nytimes.com)
  • 12/05/2006
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APALC Polls Reveal Strong Support for Marriage Equality Amongst California’s Asian Pacific American Voters

Governor reaches out to legislators

  • By: San Francisco Chronicle (www.SFGate.com)
  • 12/05/2006
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Legal Aid of San Diego comments on County's Plan for Public-Private Partnership to fix gaps in health care system

  • By: www.signonsandiego.com
  • 12/05/2006
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California Low-Income Health Advocate Alert On Medicare Part D

  • By: National Senior Citizens Law Center and California Health Advocates
  • 12/05/2006
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LSC opens technology conference to all legal services programs

  • By: Legal Services Corporation
  • 12/05/2006
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California Economic Justice Initiative Lauched!

  • By: National Consumer Law Center and HERA (Housing & Econonic Rights Advocates)
  • 12/05/2006
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Renewed Worries on Medicare Drug Plans

  • By: New York Times (www.nytimes.com)
  • 12/04/2006
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The City Project Goes Live!

California Lawmakers Sworn In

  • By: Sacramento Bee (www.sacbee.com)
  • 12/04/2006
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US Supreme Court looks at race and schools

  • By: Sacramento Bee (www.sacbee.com)
  • 12/04/2006
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Freshman class in Legislature setting a record

  • By: Los Angeles Daily News
  • 12/04/2006
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Setting the Pro Bono Pace

Few Aiding Children Facing Deportation

  • By: National News at the LA Times (www.LAtimes.com)
  • 12/04/2006
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In Napa, vintners and agencies seek health insurance for all

  • By: Sacramento Bee (www.sacbee.com)
  • 12/03/2006
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Lawmakers begin 2007 session facing many familiar issues

  • By: San Jose Mercury News (AP Wire)
  • 12/03/2006
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Sacramento County Rezone push targets high housing cost; LSNC Comments.

  • By: Sacramento Bee (www.sacbee.com)
  • 12/03/2006
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Can S.F.'s health plan deliver?

  • By: San Francisco Chronicle (www.SFGate.com)
  • 12/03/2006
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On Foster Care Reform: Why Are These Children Dying?

  • By: San Francisco Chronicle (www.SFGate.com)
  • 12/03/2006
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New citizenship test questions unveiled

  • By: Sacramento Bee (www.sacbee.com)
  • 12/01/2006
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Adoptive parents represented by Public Counsel win settlement

  • By: Los Angeles Times (www.LAtimes.com)
  • 12/01/2006
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Coalition prods governor to ensure all of the state's children get coverage.

  • By: Sacramento Bee (www.sacbee.com)
  • 12/01/2006
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Seeking Nominations - 2007 Louis M. Brown Award for Legal Access

  • By: ABA Center for Pro Bono
  • 12/01/2006
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NITA offers discounted CLE programs to all trial lawyers

  • By: National Institute for Trial Advocacy
  • 12/01/2006
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FEMA ordered to resume Katrina payments

  • By: Sacramento Bee (www.sacbee.com)
  • 11/30/2006
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Comments Needed on State's Most Recent Medi-Cal Estate Recovery Regulations

  • By: California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform
  • 11/30/2006
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Launch of New LSNC Website: The Race Equity Project!

  • By: Legal Services of Northern California
  • 11/30/2006
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West Virginia Medicaid Plan Prods Patients Toward Health

  • By: New York Times (www.nytimes.com)
  • 11/30/2006
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New Citizens Will Need Deeper Knowledge

  • By: New York Times (www.nytimes.com)
  • 11/30/2006
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Noncitizens key issue in state's health debate

Chico City Council Plans to Pass Anti-Camping Ordinance; LSNC Comments.

  • By: Oroville Mercury Register
  • 11/29/2006
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LNSC monitoring proposed condo conversion that could impact affordable housing supply

  • By: Ukiah Daily Journal
  • 11/28/2006
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SENIORS PETITION APPELLATE COURT IN LEISURE WORLD LAWSUIT

  • By: American Homeowners Resource Center
  • 11/28/2006
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Heinz Senate Fellowing in Issues of Aging - Call for Applications

  • By: Heinz Family Foundation
  • 11/28/2006
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States get a handle on Medicaid budgets

  • By: Los Angeles Daily News
  • 11/27/2006
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New online resource - the Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse

  • By: Washington University in St. Louis
  • 11/27/2006
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US Supreme Court set to release audiotapes of arguments involving the use of race in school assignments

  • By: Sacramento Bee - AP News (www.sacbee.com)
  • 11/27/2006
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Cost of California health-care push questioned

The Governor's 2007 policy agenda

  • By: Contra Costa Times (www.contracostatimes.com)
  • 11/26/2006
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LSNC sues manager of seniors complex, alleging abusive behavior

  • By: Roseville Press Tribune
  • 11/26/2006
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Drug Industry Is on Defensive on Medicare Issues as Power Shifts to Democrats

  • By: New York Times (www.nytimes.com)
  • 11/24/2006
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A Border Watcher Finds Himself Under Scrutiny

  • By: New York Times (www.nytimes.com)
  • 11/24/2006
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Study finds immigrants do not tax health care system

  • By: Daily Democrat (Woodland, CA)
  • 11/22/2006
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Flaws found in domestic-violence intervention program

Steinberg returns amid leadership speculation

  • By: Sacramento Bee (www.sacbee.com)
  • 11/22/2006
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Schwarzenegger Aides Land Plum Jobs

  • By: AP News at www.SFGate.com
  • 11/21/2006
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Capitol Connection Newsletter - Special Election Edition

  • By: Office of Governmental Affairs, Judicial Council of California
  • 11/21/2006
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Schools Slow in Closing Gaps Between Races

  • By: New York Times (www.nytimes.com)
  • 11/20/2006
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Health Consumer Alliance Report: Hospital charity care flatlines (Legal Aid of San Mateo comments)

Civil Gideon: Access Commission releases model statute

Protest over dwellings in San Diego canyon draws hundreds

  • By: North County Times
  • 11/20/2006
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As frustrations mount, fewer people enroll in San Diego County's food-stamp program

  • By: San Diego Union-Tribune
  • 11/20/2006
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Texas legislators introduce series of bills aimed at denying services to undocumented immigrants and their US-born children

  • By: El Paso Times (www.elpasotimes.com)
  • 11/19/2006
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Opinion: Budget shortfall has stink of reality

  • By: Sacramento Bee (www.sacbee.com)
  • 11/19/2006
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First prison nursery in California; Legal Services for Prisoners with Children comments.

State's cash flood may be receding, economists fear

  • By: Los Angeles Times (www.LAtimes.com)
  • 11/18/2006
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State slow to require citizenship papers for Medicaid benefits

  • By: LA Times (www.latimes.com)
  • 11/17/2006
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Legislative Analysist's Office releases fiscal projections.

Cut number of uninsured in half, governor pledges

  • By: Sacramento Bee (www.sacbee.com)
  • 11/15/2006
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Hospitals outraged at policy denying coverage to newborns of undocumented immigrants

  • By: DailyBulletin.com (Ontario, CA)
  • 11/14/2006
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Health Insurance Industry Urges Expansion of Coverage, Including Medicaid

  • By: New York Times (www.nytimes.com)
  • 11/14/2006
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Legal Challenges to Limit State Prison Population Filed

Insurance for kids: Back to square one

  • By: Sacramento Bee (www.sacbee.com)
  • 11/14/2006
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US: Immigrants May Be Held Indefinitely

Administration Opposes Democrats’ Plan for Negotiating Medicare Drug Prices

  • By: New York Times (www.nytimes.com)
  • 11/13/2006
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Texas Town Joins Anti-Undocumented Immigrant Trend

  • By: AP News (www.SFGate.com)
  • 11/13/2006
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Dec. 1st Deadline to Comment on AOC's Proposed Fee Waiver Legislation

Restaurant Group Sues Over San Francisco Health Plan

  • By: New York Times (www.nytimes.com)
  • 11/13/2006
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Immigrant Protection Rules Draw Fire

  • By: New York Times (www.nytimes.com)
  • 11/12/2006
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New Democratic Majority Throws Bush’s Judicial Nominations Into Uncertainty

  • By: New York Times (www.nytimes.com)
  • 11/12/2006
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Poverty in Long Beach; LAFLA comments on lack of affordable housing

  • By: www.presstelegram.com
  • 11/12/2006
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Calif. Prisons Drop Worker Safety Checks

  • By: AP News (www.Forbes.com)
  • 11/11/2006
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Slow Home Grants Stall Progress in New Orleans

  • By: New York Times (www.nytimes.com)
  • 11/11/2006
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Court Rulings, Regulatory Actions Fuel Labor Battles

Micro-lending Takes Root in California's Bay Area

  • By: HispanicBusiness.com
  • 11/11/2006
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Public Warned about E-mail Scam

  • By: Social Security Administration
  • 11/09/2006
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Huge defeat for "JAIL for Judges" proposal in South Dakota

Chief Justice George leads celebration of Central California Legal Services 40 years of service

  • By: Fresno Bee (www.fresnobee.com)
  • 11/08/2006
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California Low-Income Health Advocate Alert on Medicare Part D

  • By: California Health Advocates and the National Senior Citizens Law Center
  • 11/07/2006
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Do the Rights of the Disabled Extend to the Blind on the Web?

ABA Business Committee Accepting Nominations for 2007 Public Service Award

ABA dues waiver to become available for pro bono work

NSCLC has a new website - and it includes lots of Medicare Part D Resources

  • By: National Senior Citizen Law Center (NSCLC)
  • 11/04/2006
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Medicaid Wants Citizenship Proof for Infant Care

  • By: New York Times (www.nytimes.com)
  • 11/03/2006
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The Sacramento Scene Vol. 5, #6

  • By: State Bar of California, Office of Governmental Affairs
  • 11/03/2006
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American Bar Association Calls For Nominiations For Outstanding Female Lawyers

  • By: American Bar Association
  • 11/02/2006
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Supreme Court to release audiotape

  • By: Sacramento Bee (www.sacbee.com)
  • 11/02/2006
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Voting for Judicial Independence

  • By: New York Times Editorial (www.nytimes.com)
  • 11/02/2006
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All-Star Line Up Helps Raise Funds at the 1st Annual ICLS/IELLA Benefit Jam

  • By: ICLS and IELLA Press Release
  • 11/01/2006
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Register Now to Protect Your Right to Workers Comp for 9/11-Related Work

  • By: New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health
  • 10/31/2006
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Justices Weigh Limits on Punitive Damages

  • By: New York Times (www.nytimes.com)
  • 10/31/2006
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New Model Rule on Post-Catastrophe Pro Bono by Out-of-State Lawyers

  • By: ABA's Standing Committee on Client Protection
  • 10/30/2006
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Democrats Critical of New Medicare Guide

  • By: New York Times (www.nytimes.com)
  • 10/30/2006
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Filling the Gaps: Immigrants are key providers of senior care

  • By: Sacramento Bee (www.sacbee.com)
  • 10/29/2006
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Laguna Honda Residents Sue San Francisco for Discrimination

  • By: DREDF (Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, Inc.)
  • 10/27/2006
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Class Action Certified in Public Law Center's Case Against Orange County Slumlord - All Current and Former Tenants Can Sue

High court to hear autism lawsuit case

  • By: Sacramento Bee (www.sacbee.com)
  • 10/27/2006
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Bush signs U.S.-Mexico border fence bill

  • By: Sacramento Bee (www.sacbee.com)
  • 10/26/2006
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Stanford Law School’s New Center for Public Service and Public Interest Law Names First Public Service Award Recipients

  • By: www.businesswire.com
  • 10/25/2006
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California Standard Admission Agreement on Hold

  • By: California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform
  • 10/24/2006
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To Lower Costs, Hospitals Try Free Basic Care for Uninsured

  • By: New York Times (www.nytimes.com)
  • 10/24/2006
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Federal Rules Back Single-Sex Public Education

  • By: New York Times (www.nytimes.com)
  • 10/24/2006
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Legalize Gay Marriage? What About the Judges?

Judicial Council Takes Action on Court Education

  • By: Judicial Council of California
  • 10/23/2006
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Embattled OC candidate claims meaning lost in translation

A Shorter Path to Citizenship, but Not for All

  • By: New York Times (www.nytimes.com)
  • 10/22/2006
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Call for Nominations -- CLAY Awards

PAI Hosts Election Day Voter Hotline for People with Disabilities

  • By: Protection and Advocacy, Inc.
  • 10/20/2006
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Rental ban affecting undocumented immigrants divides Escondido protesters; Crowds erupt in shouting match after City Council vote

  • By: North County Times
  • 10/20/2006
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Latest edition of the California Low-Income Health Advocate Alert

  • By: NSCLC and the California Health Advocates
  • 10/19/2006
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UC Berkeley School of Law establishes new loan repayment program

Latino rights groups campaign against rental ban

  • By: North County Times (Escondido, CA)
  • 10/18/2006
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Social Security benefits to rise in 2007

  • By: Sacramento Bee (www.sacbee.com)
  • 10/18/2006
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Medicare to cease automatic enrollment

  • By: Sacramento Bee (www.sacbee.com)
  • 10/18/2006
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Expunged Criminal Records Live to Tell Tales

  • By: New York Times (www.nytimes.com)
  • 10/17/2006
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Some Democrats Send a More Conservative Immigration Message

  • By: New York Times (www.nytimes.com)
  • 10/17/2006
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California investigates note to Latinos telling them voting is illegal

Court quiet a year after new bankruptcy law

  • By: Orange County Register
  • 10/17/2006
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State Bar Honors Lawyers who Promote Pro Bono and Diversity

  • By: State Bar of California
  • 10/16/2006
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Grace Quinn, LA attorney who founded Levitt & Quinn to help the working poor, dies at 91

  • By: San Jose Mercury News
  • 10/16/2006
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Placer County Board of Supervisors approves extension for affordable housing stakeholders; LSNC comments

Rebecca Isaacs, ED of the Inner City Law Center and LAAC Board Member, named as new ED of the LA Housing Services Authority

  • By: LA Housing Services Authority
  • 10/12/2006
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North Carolina judge orders CA prepaid legal services and insurance companies to stop bilking seniors

  • By: The News & Observer
  • 10/12/2006
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Good news for Medicaid

  • By: www.monstersandcritics.com
  • 10/12/2006
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Launch of Comprehensive Spanish-Language HIV/AIDS Web Site for Women

Latest Issue of Clearinghouse Review

WCLP, PAI and Bay Legal Bring Legal Action to Enjoin Delayed Determinations on Disability-Based Medi-Cal Applications

  • By: LA Metropolitan News-Enterprise
  • 10/11/2006
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Yolo judge won't extend tuition aid to undocumented students

  • By: Woodland Daily Democrat online
  • 10/11/2006
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California Women Lawyers Leader: Group Needs to Diversify

  • By: LA Metropolitan News-Enterprise
  • 10/11/2006
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The Bar Association of San Francisco Establishes Charitable Giving Goal for Law Firms

  • By: SF Bar Association
  • 10/11/2006
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Text of Chief Justice Ronald M. George’s State of the Judiciary Address

  • By: LA Metropolitan News-Enterprise
  • 10/10/2006
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Golden State needs to ready for golden years

Chief Justice George Endorses Free Legal Services in ‘Core’ Civil Matters

  • By: Metropolitan Enterprise Online
  • 10/10/2006
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Court rejects Roe v. Wade companion case

  • By: Sacramento Bee, AP News (www.sacbee.com)
  • 10/10/2006
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Gibson Dunn Receives Pro Bono Services Award From Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles

  • By: Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
  • 10/10/2006
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Sex Trafficking - San Francisco a Center for International Crime Networks

  • By: San Francisco Chronicle (www.SFGate.com)
  • 10/09/2006
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Federal Judge Allows Discrimination Suit against California School for the Deaf

Sacramento considers ordinance on housing for the poor; LSNC comments

  • By: Sacramento Bee (www.sacbee.com)
  • 10/09/2006
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CANHR’s Legisation Update 2006

  • By: California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform
  • 10/06/2006
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A mover and shaker takes charge - Shelly Sloan, the 82nd President of the State Bar steps into office

  • By: State Bar of California
  • 10/05/2006
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U.S. gets agencies to adapt for persons with disabilities

  • By: Sacramento Bee (www.sacbee.com)
  • 10/05/2006
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SB 1609 (Simitian) - protection for seniors from predatory lending relating to reverse mortgages

  • By: San Mateo County Daily Journal
  • 10/04/2006
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Governor signs two bills sponsored by the California Immigrant Welfare Collaborative (CIWC)!

An Unexpected Source of Revenue - Legal Nonprofits Could Benefit From Residual Class-Action Funds

LSNC involved in the passage of new city ordinance allowing Mendocino county to lend aid to tenants in need

  • By: Ukiah Daily Journal
  • 10/04/2006
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Senior Legal Hotline Faces Major Funding Crunch

  • By: Sacramento Bee (www.sacbee.com)
  • 10/03/2006
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Governor's Late Vetoes

  • By: San Francisco Chronical Editorial (www.SFGate.com)
  • 10/03/2006
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Across Nation, Housing Costs Rise

  • By: New York Times (www.nytimes.com)
  • 10/03/2006
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Read the Governor's Veto Messages

Governor signs law aiding victims of abuse

  • By: The Palm Spring Desert Sun
  • 10/02/2006
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Roberts Court May Be Defined in Second Term

  • By: New York Times (www.nytimes.com)
  • 10/02/2006
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Wal-Mart to Add Wage Caps and Part-Timers

  • By: New York Times (www.nytimes.com)
  • 10/02/2006
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New elderly may stress state funds

  • By: www.InsideBayArea.com
  • 10/02/2006
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Judge Orders State to Promptly Investigate Complaints of Nursing Home Neglect & Abuse

Democrats reviving Social Security issue

  • By: Sacramento Bee (www.sacbee.com)
  • 10/02/2006
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Governor Vetoes Language Access Bill

Schwarzenegger Signs, Vetoes Wide Range of Measures

Second appeals court upholds California's high school exit exam

  • By: San Jose Mercury News (www.mercurynews.com)
  • 09/29/2006
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Drug Policy Alliance Wins Fight to Have Medical Marijuana Covered

Governor Signs Legislation to Improve Probate Conservatorship Cases

2006 Federal Practice Manual for Legal Aid Attorneys Now Available

  • By: Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law
  • 09/28/2006
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BASF Names Executive Director of its Volunteer Legal Services Program

  • By: Bar Association of San Francisco
  • 09/28/2006
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Forensic Skills Seek to Uncover Elder Abuse

  • By: New York Times (www.nytimes.com)
  • 09/27/2006
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San Francisco Seeks Reentry for Returning California Prisoners

Sept. 30th Deadline to Comment on Time Limits for Discovery in UD Cases

  • By: California Law Revision Commission
  • 09/27/2006
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Panel recommends health care guarantee

  • By: Sacramento Bee (www.sacbee.com)
  • 09/26/2006
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Governor signs SB 10 (Dunn) - and Chief Justice Hails Step Forward in Upgrade of Courthouse Facilities

Center for Law in the Public Interest Closes Down - the Work Continues with The City Project

  • By: Center for Law in the Public Interest
  • 09/26/2006
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Lawmakers delay passport plan at borders

  • By: Sacramento Bee (www.sacbee.com)
  • 09/26/2006
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Congress Is Winding Down, but Much Is Left Undone

  • By: New York Times (www.nytimes.com)
  • 09/25/2006
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Medicare Refund Mixup Part of Larger Tangle

  • By: New York Times (www.nytimes.com)
  • 09/25/2006
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Latest Edition of "The CANHR Advocate" available for download

  • By: CANHR (California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform)
  • 09/25/2006
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Poor People Deserve Right to Counsel for Serious Civil Cases

  • By: Daily Journal: Forum Column
  • 09/25/2006
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Better future for foster kids seen as governor signs bills

  • By: San Jose Mercury (www.mercurynews.com)
  • 09/23/2006
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California Budget Project Information about CA Propositions

  • By: California Budget Project - www.cbp.org
  • 09/22/2006
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Pickers Are Few, and Growers Blame Congress

  • By: NY Times (www.nytimes.com)
  • 09/22/2006
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After 4-Year Delay, State Funds for After-School Programs Set to Be Delivered

  • By: Los Angeles Times (www.latimes.com)
  • 09/22/2006
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Let Us Now Praise Tough Cookies: Who, in the populist tradition, fight for the rights of the less fortunate

Governor Approves 50 New Judgeships for California's Trial Courts

Editorial - Follow-up: Governor to sign foster care bills

  • By: San Francisco Chronicle (www.SFGate.com)
  • 09/22/2006
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Four California Firms Rate Perfect on GLBT Equality

Medicare drug costs debated

  • By: Sacramento Bee (www.sacbee.com)
  • 09/21/2006
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Special Report: Left Behind - Workers and Their Families in a Changing Los Angeles

  • By: California Budget Project (www.cbp.org)
  • 09/21/2006
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Federal court backs warrantless inspection of welfare-applicant homes

  • By: San Diego Union-Tribune
  • 09/20/2006
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The Crime of Pushing a Shopping Cart; Central California Legal Services Comments on new Fresno ordinance

  • By: www.IndyBay.org (Central Valley)
  • 09/20/2006
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Governor remains undecided on legislation aimed at reforming state’s ‘broken’ conservator system

California could lose $50 million in AIDS money over 5 years

  • By: www.SFGate.com (AP News)
  • 09/20/2006
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Governor vetoes workers' comp bill

  • By: SF Chronicle (www.sfgate.com)
  • 09/20/2006
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Housing bond would boost programs for the poor

  • By: San Francisco Chronicle (www.sfgate.com)
  • 09/20/2006
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Senators, judges face off over breaking up 9th circuit

Congress Debates Immigration Bills

Deal Reached in LA Homeless Camping Case

  • By: AP News (findlaw.com)
  • 09/19/2006
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Free MCLE on substance abuse prevention

HEARING SCHEDULED ON PROPOSED CHANGES IN RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT

  • By: State Bar of California
  • 09/19/2006
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Governor signs LA schools bill

  • By: Sacramento Bee (www.sacbee.com)
  • 09/18/2006
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No Apology — Governor Defends Appointment Record

Access legislation goes to the Governor

Inspector general criticizes CRLA; CRLA Responds

  • By: San Jose Mercury News
  • 09/15/2006
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Audit says legal aid group violated laws; CRLA responds.

  • By: Sacramento Bee (www.sacbee.com)
  • 09/15/2006
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A CANHR win - Judge orders state to speed up nursing home investigations

Undocumented immigrants frequently denied compensation

  • By: San Jose Mercury News
  • 09/15/2006
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Supreme Court to post transcripts online

  • By: Sacramento Bee (www.sacbee.com)
  • 09/14/2006
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Deportations foster sense of fear, anguish

  • By: Santa Cruz Sentinel
  • 09/14/2006
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Child Trafficking Conference Focuses on Identifying and Assisting Victims - LAFLA and Public Counsel are among the sponsors

  • By: Press Release on Yahoo News
  • 09/14/2006
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State Minimum Wage Gets a Raise

  • By: Los Angeles Times (www.latimes.org)
  • 09/13/2006
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State Minimum Wage Gets a Raise

  • By: Los Angeles Times (www.latimes.org)
  • 09/13/2006
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Lobby groups want drug plan fee dropped

  • By: Sacramento Bee (www.sacbee.com)
  • 09/13/2006
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Clarification sought on law to aid elders

  • By: Ventura County Star
  • 09/09/2006
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Victims of human trafficking fight for promised federal college money

  • By: San Jose Mercury News (www.MercuryNews.com)
  • 09/09/2006
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USDA AWARDS $5 MILLION IN FOOD STAMP PARTICIPATION GRANTS

House crafting new border security bill

  • By: Sacramento Bee (www.sacbee.com)
  • 09/08/2006
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SF Police Underreport Domestic Violence - Bay Area Legal Aid Comments

  • By: San Francisco Chronicle at www.SFGate.com
  • 09/07/2006
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Legal Precedent Set for Web Accessibility

  • By: National Federation of the Blind
  • 09/07/2006
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Legislative Updates on Bills Affecting Access, Legal Services, and the Courts

Schwarzenegger affirms veto of universal health care measure

  • By: Sacramento Bee (www.sacbee.com)
  • 09/05/2006
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2007 Equal Justice Conference - Request For Proposals

  • By: American Bar Association and National Legal Aid & Defender Association
  • 09/01/2006
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Census: Incomes, uninsured numbers rise

  • By: The Oroville Mecury-Register Online
  • 08/31/2006
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Gwen Araujo Justice for Victims Act on Way to Governor

  • By: Transgender Law Center
  • 08/31/2006
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Sweeping Changes in Elder Care Pass

  • By: Los Angeles Times (www.LAtimes.com)
  • 08/31/2006
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Governor gets health care, minimum wage bills

  • By: Sacramento Bee (www.sacbee.com)
  • 08/31/2006
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DREDF Seeks Info on Dental Care Access for Children with Disabilities

Assembly approves universal health care

Editorial: Playing Games With Health - SB 1534 (Ortiz)

  • By: San Francisco Chronicle (SFGate.com)
  • 08/30/2006
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Some Bills Hit the Veto Trail

  • By: Los Angeles Times (www.LAtimes.com)
  • 08/30/2006
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Women Suddenly Scarce Among Supreme Court Justices’ Clerks

  • By: New York Times (www.nytimes.com)
  • 08/30/2006
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NY Times Editorial: The Falling Paycheck

Bush visits Gulf Coast; stresses progress

  • By: NY Times (www.nytimes.com)
  • 08/29/2006
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Preschools hold little hope for new funding

  • By: Whittier Daily News
  • 08/29/2006
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Bet Tzedek, APALC, LAFLA and Sweatshop Watch Look to Governor to Sign SB 1468, The Car Wash Worker Law

  • By: Yahoo Finance! Press Release
  • 08/29/2006
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U.S. Poverty Rates Level Off

  • By: Sacramento Bee (www.sacbee.com)
  • 08/29/2006
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Time for state to end the legal system language barriers

  • By: Contra Costa Times (Guest Commentary)
  • 08/28/2006
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Judicial Council approves new San Bernardino Justice Center

  • By: San Bernardino County Sun
  • 08/28/2006
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Supreme Court decision in People v. Garcia!

  • By: Legal Aid Association of California
  • 08/28/2006
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Legislative win for legal services - Governor signs AB 2301, new source of funding!

Saving health aid for needy: Sen. Ortiz's bill affirms right of cities, counties to offer medical aid to illegal immigrants.

  • By: Sacramento Bee (www.sacbee.com)
  • 08/27/2006
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State's top educator says many poor lag behind rich on exams

Conservator Reform Awaits Capitol Action - Bet Tzedek Comments

  • By: Los Angeles Times (www.latimes.com)
  • 08/24/2006
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NY Times Editorial on Welfare Reform: Mission Unaccomplished

  • By: NY Times (www.nytimes.com)
  • 08/24/2006
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U.S. now detaining non-Mexican immigrants at the boarder

  • By: Sacramento Bee (www.sacbee.com)
  • 08/23/2006
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Domestic partners bill sparks personal attacks in State Assembly

  • By: San Jose Mercury News (www.mercurynews.com)
  • 08/23/2006
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Gap persists on high school exit exam

  • By: Los Angeles dailynews.com
  • 08/22/2006
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California Low-Income Health Advocate Alert On Medicare Part D

  • By: National Senior Citizens Law Center and California Health Advocates
  • 08/22/2006
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Pro Bono Awards Recipients

  • By: The State Bar of California
  • 08/22/2006
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Medicare Advantage (MA-PD plans) and stand alone prescription drug plans (PDP plans) Comparison Chart

  • By: National Senior Citizens Law Center
  • 08/22/2006
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State Supreme Court Rejects Appeal of Caregivers Seeking Inheritance - Bet Tzedek Comments

  • By: Los Angeles Times (www.latimes.com)
  • 08/22/2006
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Welfare reform: Progress, pain

  • By: San Jose Mercury (www.mercurynews.com)
  • 08/22/2006
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San Francisco Chronicle Editorial: a Full Bench Press

Escondido votes to draft ban on renting to illegal immigrants

  • By: North County Times (Inland)
  • 08/22/2006
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Analysis: Two Cheers for Welfare Reform

  • By: Sacramento Bee (www.sacbee.com)
  • 08/21/2006
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Fresno Community Medical Centers hopes this year for its first black ink since 2003.

  • By: Fresno Bee (www.fresnobee.com)
  • 08/20/2006
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New law helps same-sex couples

  • By: Sacramento Bee (www.sacbee.com)
  • 08/18/2006
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Feds estimate 10.5M undocumented immigrants

  • By: Sacramento Bee (www.sacbee.com)
  • 08/18/2006
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LSNC sues Sacramento County for failure to timely process expedited food stamps

  • By: Sacramento Bee (www.sacbee.com)
  • 08/18/2006
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Disorder in Courthouses Poses a Trial

  • By: Los Angeles Times (www.LATimes.com)
  • 08/17/2006
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Office Space Available in San Francisco

Wisconsin Courts Publish Nation’s First Hmong Legal Glossary

  • By: Wisconsin Director of State Courts Office
  • 08/17/2006
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Medi-Cal Eligibility Procedures Manual (MEPM) is now available on line

  • By: Medi-Cal Eligibility Branch
  • 08/17/2006
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Anti-illegal immigrant activist runs for SoCal school post

  • By: San Jose Mercury News (www.MercuryNews.com)
  • 08/16/2006
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County Hospital Health Care Costs - Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County Comments

  • By: SF Examiner (www.examiner.com)
  • 08/16/2006
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Notice to Employers re: Abascal Fellowship

  • By: UC Hastings College of the Law
  • 08/16/2006
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LAAC is now Accepting Nominations for the 2006 Family Law Awards!

  • By: Legal Aid Association of California
  • 08/16/2006
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More people become citizens

  • By: San Jose Mercury News (www.MercuryNews.com)
  • 08/15/2006
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Governor says he opposes bill about bilingual textbooks

  • By: San Jose Mercury News (www.MercuryNews.com)
  • 08/15/2006
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AB 2301 was enrolled and arrived at the Governor's desk this morning - letters needed this week!

NEW Equal Justice Works "E-Guide" to Public Service in Law Schools

  • By: Newsweek/Equal Justice Works
  • 08/15/2006
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Request for Proposals for 2007 Partnership Grants: September 19th Deadline

  • By: The Legal Services Trust Fund Program
  • 08/15/2006
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First Lady Maria Shriver launches "Connect California", working with legal services program on EITC assistance programs.

Luxury spending by LSC Board Members threatens funding

  • By: Sacramento Bee (www.sacbee.com)
  • 08/14/2006
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SB 1609 (Simitian): Keeping the wolf from Grandma's door

  • By: Santa Cruz Sentinel.com
  • 08/14/2006
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New Medi-Cal rules likely to cause delays

Is $6.75 enough?

  • By: Oroville Mercury-Register Online
  • 08/12/2006
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Appeals court upholds exit exam

  • By: San Jose Mercury News (MercuryNews.com)
  • 08/12/2006
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Groundbreaking Video to Help Unaccompanied Immigrant, Asylum Seeking Children in the United States

  • By: Women’s Commission for Refugee Women and Children
  • 08/11/2006
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Justice Laurie D. Zelon Joins ABA Board of Governors

  • By: Metropolitan News Enterprise
  • 08/10/2006
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New Nursing Home Consumer Guide

  • By: National Senior Citizens Law Center
  • 08/10/2006
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Educators, lawmakers push for textbooks aimed at non-English speakers

  • By: Sacramento Bee (www.sacbee.com)
  • 08/10/2006
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AFL-CIO, nonunion day laborers team up to fight for worker rights

Study: Immigrants Not Hurting U.S. Jobs

  • By: Associated Press (SFGate.com)
  • 08/10/2006
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Report: States reducing number of uninsured kids

  • By: AP/Philadelphia Inquirer
  • 08/09/2006
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Advocates urge Congress to expand guest-worker opportunities

  • By: Sacramento Bee (www.sacbee.com)
  • 08/09/2006
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Washington state tries to rule out aid for sex-change surgery; Transgender Law Center comments

Helpful Information on the Medicare Part D plans available to low income people in CA

  • By: National Senior Citizens Law Center
  • 08/08/2006
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The Capitol Connection, Vol. 8, Issue 4

  • By: Office of Governmental Affairs, Judicial Council of California
  • 08/08/2006
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Schwarzenegger Opposes Licensing of Conservators (and Bet Tzedek Comments)

  • By: Los Angeles Times (www.latimes.com)
  • 08/07/2006
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Governors Wrestle With Medicaid Changes

  • By: AP/San Francisco Chronicle
  • 08/07/2006
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Opinion: Just building more prisons not best solution for state

  • By: Modesto Bee (www.Modbee.com)
  • 08/06/2006
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Returning lawmakers face a flurry of bills

  • By: Sacramento Bee (www.sacbee.com)
  • 08/06/2006
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Speaker vows bipartisan solutions to legislation that affects Californians

  • By: California Progress Report
  • 08/05/2006
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CRLA represents students cited by police after participating in protest

  • By: The Lompoc Record (www.lompocrecord.com)
  • 08/05/2006
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Counseling helps quizzical mortgage holders

  • By: Inside Bay Area (www.InsideBayArea.com)
  • 08/05/2006
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Editorial: Crime and Punishment?

  • By: Sacramento Bee (www.sacbee.com)
  • 08/05/2006
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Sutter Health settles lawsuit. Uninsured Patients Say They Were Gouged

  • By: San Jose Mercury News
  • 08/04/2006
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Juggling the funds (federal reimbursement for costs of incarcerated undocumented immigratants)

  • By: The Desert Sun (Palm Springs)
  • 08/04/2006
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CANHR ALERT: Resident Safety in Heat Waves

  • By: California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform
  • 08/03/2006
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August 23rd deadline to Comment on Family Law Privacy Notices

  • By: Judicial Council of California
  • 08/03/2006
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Hazleton's illegal immigration law a trendsetter

  • By: TimesLeader.com (Northeastern Pennsylvania)
  • 08/01/2006
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CMS releases DRA guidance

  • By: California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform
  • 08/01/2006
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DREDF Launches Foster Children with Disabilities Resource Center

Schwarzenegger's plan to build more prisons to cost $6 billion

  • By: San Jose Mercury News (www.mercurynews.com)
  • 08/01/2006
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Seniors conflicted over Medicare benefit

  • By: Sacramento Bee (www.sacbee.com)
  • 08/01/2006
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Holocaust Survivors File for Over $2 Million in Reparations Claims From the Hungarian Government, Assisted by Bet Tzedek Legal Services

Legal Victory by CRLA Improves Prospects for New Affordable Housing in Santa Cruz, California by Removing Duplicative Environmental Impact Study Requirement

Groups File Lawsuit to Block Ordinance Regarding Hiring Procedures for Day Laborers in Vista, California

Comments Needed on U.S. DOT Proposed ADA Transit Reg Changes

Welfare Watchers

  • By: Western Center on Law & Poverty
  • 07/24/2006
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California Low-Income Health Advocate Alert on Medicare Part D

  • By: National Senior Citizens Law Center and California Health Advocates
  • 07/24/2006
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PUBLIC COMMENT on State Bar proposed malpractice insurance disclosure rules

Local leaders take over immigration debate

  • By: AP News (Tracy Press, Tracy, CA)
  • 07/20/2006
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NAACP 'storms' Capitol Hill for Voting Rights Act

  • By: AP News (www.SFGate.com)
  • 07/20/2006
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Hastert Aims to Solve Immigration Problem

  • By: AP Breaking News (www.SFGate.com)
  • 07/20/2006
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Senate Panel Freezes Head Start, Grants

  • By: AP Breaking News (www.SFGate.com)
  • 07/20/2006
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Study Documents ‘Ghetto Tax’ Being Paid by the Urban Poor

Democrats press Bush on Voting Rights Act

  • By: AP News (Sacramento Bee, www.sacbee.com)
  • 07/19/2006
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Prison plan shifts women

  • By: Inland Southern California
  • 07/19/2006
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Legal path loses ground: undocumented immgrants' support dips in poll

Unequal Access: Immigrants and Health Care

  • By: ILW.com Immigration Daily
  • 07/19/2006
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Senator Kuehl's essay on Social Services in the 2006 State Budget

  • By: Senator Sheila Kuehl
  • 07/18/2006
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Calif. Senate Panel Limits ‘Panic’ Defense

  • By: New York Blade Online (www.newyorkblade.com)
  • 07/17/2006
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State budget allots $100 million for preschool aid

  • By: Whittier Daily News (www.whittierdailynews.com)
  • 07/16/2006
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More judges have been OK'd in state budget, but officials say more are needed

  • By: North County Times (www.NCTimes.com)
  • 07/15/2006
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Prison Law Office & state reach settlement on juvenile offenders

Judge shortage strains state courts

  • By: California Bar Journal
  • 07/14/2006
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Court reinstates Nebraska gay marriage ban

  • By: Sacramento Bee (AP News)
  • 07/14/2006
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Senate Appropriations Committee Approves $358.5 Million for LSC in FY 2007 Budget, $31.9 Million More Than FY 2006 Appropriation

  • By: Brennan Center's Legal Services E-lert
  • 07/14/2006
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CA Chamber of Commerce praises court's Prop 64 ruling

  • By: CA Chamber of Commerce Press Release
  • 07/14/2006
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FEMA ordered to pay Utilities

  • By: Public Interest Law Project
  • 07/13/2006
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Judge stops changes to Prop 36

  • By: Capitol Notes, KQED (John Myer's blog)
  • 07/13/2006
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Senator Sheila Kuehl's essay on the State 2006 Health Budget

  • By: Senator Sheila Kuehl
  • 07/13/2006
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House rejects changes to Voting Rights Act

  • By: Sacramento Bee (AP News)
  • 07/13/2006
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Voting Rights Act Renewal Divides GOP

  • By: Los Angeles Times (www.latimes.com)
  • 07/12/2006
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Los Angeles - sharp debate on skid row efforts

  • By: LA Times (www.latimes.com)
  • 07/12/2006
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State education board stripped of funding over textbook decision

  • By: AP (www.fresnobee.com)
  • 07/12/2006
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The Rule of Law: Recognizing the Power of the Courts, Finally (Op-Ed)

  • By: The New York Times
  • 07/12/2006
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Analysis: Bush switches on Guantanamo

  • By: San Francisco Chronicle (www.SFGate.com)
  • 07/12/2006
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San Francisco: accord reached on health plan for uninsured

  • By: San Francisco Chronicle (www.SFGate.com)
  • 07/12/2006
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Drug policy group sues governor for altering Prop. 36

  • By: AP Breaking News (SFGate.com)
  • 07/12/2006
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House GOP Favors New Detainee Legislation

  • By: AP Breaking News (SFGate.com)
  • 07/12/2006
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GOP Schedules More Immigration Hearings

LA County officials postpone decision on sheriff's reality TV

Schwarzenegger signs drug bill

Cooley Godward Sends Volunteers to Gulf Coast to Kick off Pro Bono Initiative

Groundbreaking Trial Could Help Decide Katrina Insurance Claims

  • By: The Associated Press
  • 07/11/2006
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San Francisco: court arguments begin on same-sex marraige

  • By: San Francisco Chronicle
  • 07/11/2006
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State lawyer faces tough questions arguing against gay marriage

  • By: AP News (www.SFGate.com)
  • 07/11/2006
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Illegal Immigration Bills Passed in Colo.

  • By: AP (www.SFGate.com)
  • 07/10/2006
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Fight over same-sex unions hits courts in SF on Monday

  • By: San Francisco Chronicle (www.SFGate.com)
  • 07/10/2006
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Campaign for Governor 2006: Angelides says price of prison reform is high

  • By: San Francisco Chronicle (SFGate.com)
  • 07/10/2006
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Clinton praises Bush on immigration reform

  • By: AP Breaking News (at SFGate.com)
  • 07/09/2006
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The Basic 2006-7 Budget: An Essay by Senator Sheila Kuehl

  • By: Senator Sheila Kuehl (website)
  • 07/09/2006
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Medi-Cal spending goes up for undocumented immigrants

Plan: Expand the prison system in California

Governor proposes sending inmates to other states

  • By: AP News (at SFGate.com)
  • 07/08/2006
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Legislative Analyst's Office - Major Features of the 2006 California Budget

  • By: Legislative Analyst's Office
  • 07/07/2006
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Citizenship Rules Eased For Medicaid

Immigration Hearing Held at Border (San Diego)

LSC Board Nominee Jonann Chiles Confirmed by Senate

  • By: Brennan Center's Legal Services E-lert
  • 07/06/2006
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California Needs a Full Bench

  • By: SF Chronicle Editorial
  • 07/05/2006
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GOP to focus on immigration at unusual nationwide hearings, including one in San Diego

  • By: AP Breaking News (SFGate.com)
  • 07/05/2006
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2006 Budget mixed bag for legal services; Governor axes fund for LRAP, court interpreters, but EAF is in the SAL

Judicial Branch Fares Well in 2006 Budget

  • By: State Bar of California, Sacramento Scene Newsletter
  • 07/05/2006
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On health care, Governor's view is hard to diagnose.

Supreme Court Intervenes in cross case from San Diego.

  • By: AP Breaking News (SFGate.com)
  • 07/03/2006
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Medicaid Rule Called A Threat To Millions. Proof of Citizenship Needed for Benefits.

House Defeats Attack on Voting Rights Protections

Groups challenge Medicaid citizenship law

  • By: Reuters / San Diego Union-Tribune
  • 06/28/2006
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Budget Details Emerge

  • By: John Myers, KQED Capitol Notes, California Report Blog
  • 06/27/2006
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Fewer teens have babies or dropout, but more live in poverty

Legislature sends 2006 Budget Act to the Governor

  • By: California Budget Project, www.cbp.org
  • 06/27/2006
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State leaders announce budget deal

New Succession Legal Aid Project for Katrina Victims

  • By: New Orleans Legal Assistance
  • 06/26/2006
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May Revenues Up $379 million!

  • By: State Department of Finance
  • 06/25/2006
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States Make Own Plans for Health Insurance. Without federal guidance, legislatures try different fixes for a national problem.

House Appropriations Committee Approves 12.7 Million Dollar Cut in LSC Funding

  • By: Brennan Center's Legal Services E-lert
  • 06/23/2006
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Anticipating Immigration Reform Legislation, San Francisco Approves Resolution to Finance Civil Legal Aid for Undocumented Immigrants

  • By: Brennan Center's Legal Services E-lert
  • 06/23/2006
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NHeLP releases report on Deficit Reduction Act of 2005

FEMA Trailer Evictions Stopped; Court Ruling in McWaters Class Action against FEMA

  • By: Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
  • 06/22/2006
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Top court rules against illegal immigrant

Top court affirms sex discrimination award

Republicans Slate New Immigration Hearings

  • By: AP Breaking News (SFGate.com)
  • 06/22/2006
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In Search of......... The Big Five

  • By: John Myers, KQED, California Report (Capitol Notes Blog)
  • 06/22/2006
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Sheldon H. Sloan Elected State Bar of California President

  • By: State Bar of California
  • 06/21/2006
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State Budget Still Stuck on Immigration - Democrats drop plan to insure all kids, GOP still not satisfied

The Advocate - Summer Issue 2006

  • By: California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform
  • 06/20/2006
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The Impact Fund: Advancement of Social Justice Grant Deadline

LSC Funding Down $12 Million from FY 2006 in June 15 House Subcommittee Markup

Lex Mundi Establishes Global Pro Bono Legal Foundation

  • By: The Foundation Center
  • 06/19/2006
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Ordeal of Entering U.S. Legally - No Plan in Congress Will Solve the Complexities, Experts Say

Top Court Won't Block Part of (Medicare) Drug Program

  • By: AP Breaking News (SFGate.com)
  • 06/19/2006
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High Court Reaffirms Parolee's Searches

  • By: AP Breaking News (SFGate.com)
  • 06/19/2006
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Top Court: Victims' Statements Admissible

  • By: AP Breaking News (SFGate.com)
  • 06/19/2006
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Federal appeals court to rule on use of English-only initiative petitions

  • By: LA Times (www.latimes.com)
  • 06/19/2006
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LAAC Mourns the Loss of Board Member, Patricia G. Price

Links to the state Budget Act of 2006 (AB 1801)

FEMA to curb disaster cash, and maybe fraud

  • By: SFGate.com (AP News)
  • 06/16/2006
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Democrats Say Key Superfund Information Is Being Withheld from the Public

California Low-Income Health Advocate Alert On Medicare Part D

  • By: National Senior Citizens Law Center and California Health Advocates
  • 06/16/2006
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Judge Rules That U.S. Has Broad Powers to Detain Noncitizens Indefinitely

  • By: The New York Times
  • 06/15/2006
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High Court Backs Police No-Knock Searches

  • By: SFGate.com (AP Breaking News)
  • 06/15/2006
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Selling Illegal Immigrants the American Dream

  • By: SFGate.com (SF Chronicle)
  • 06/15/2006
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Budget Talks Snag on Health Insurance for Undocument Immigrants' Children

  • By: SFGate.com (SF Chronicle)
  • 06/15/2006
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Senate Poised to Pass $94.5B Spending Bill

  • By: SFGate.com (AP Breaking News)
  • 06/15/2006
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California Delays Implementation of Medi-Cal Citizenship Documentation Requirements

State Budget Deadline Likely to Be Missed Again

  • By: AP Breaking News (SFGate.com)
  • 06/14/2006
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Bishops Urge Congress on Immigration

  • By: AP Breaking News (SFGate.com)
  • 06/14/2006
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Budget Briefing (Sacramento Bee California Insider Weblog)

  • By: Daniel Weintraub, Sacramento Bee Columnist
  • 06/13/2006
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House passes war, Katrina spending bill

  • By: CNN.com (Associated Press)
  • 06/13/2006
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Can It Be? Lawmakers may hit (budget) deadline

  • By: San Francisco Chronicle (SFGate.com)
  • 06/13/2006
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Hastert Deals Blow to Immigration Bill

  • By: AP Breaking News (SFGate.com)
  • 06/13/2006
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Agency to Examine "No Child" Loophole

  • By: AP Breaking News (SFGate.com)
  • 06/13/2006
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States' Changes Reshape Medicaid. New Restrictions Aim to Save Money.

Feds push to enroll more in prescription-drug plans

2006 LAAC Dan Bradley Fellows Announced!

  • By: Legal Aid Association of California
  • 06/12/2006
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Excerpts from Supreme Court Death Penalty Rulings

  • By: Sacramento Bee (Associated Press)
  • 06/12/2006
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Supreme Court Justices OK Lethal Injection Challenges

  • By: Sacramento Bee (Associated Press)
  • 06/12/2006
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Civil Rights Lawyers Call for Action

NLADA Announces Winners of the Prestigous 2006 Kutak-Dodds Prizes - Pennsylvania's Sharon Dietrich Receives Civil Legal Aid Award

  • By: National Legal Aid and Defender Association
  • 06/09/2006
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AB 2301(funding for legal services) AMENDED

State to Delay Benefit Rule. U.S. law set to take effect July 1 requires proof of citizenship for Medi-Cal coverage. Officials fear hasty action could bar legitimate enrollees.

Citizenship Mandate for Medicaid is Condemned

  • By: San Diego Union-Tribune
  • 06/06/2006
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Plenty of Room on the Fall Docket

  • By: washingtonpost.com
  • 06/05/2006
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Elder Law Conference Materials Available

  • By: California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform
  • 06/05/2006
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The Community Public Health Legal Preparedness Initiative

  • By: American Bar Association
  • 06/05/2006
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Fair Housing Center Launches Hurricane Relief Project To Assist Homeowners With Mortgage And Insurance Issues

  • By: Fair Housing Action Center
  • 06/02/2006
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Few clouds in forecast as budget talks start: $7 billion state tax windfall goes far to soften the usual partisan wrangling

Editorial: Crisis in the courts- California urgently needs more judges

Stars Come Out for Famers (Los Angeles South Central Farm)

Young Adults Lacking Health Insurance

  • By: AP / San Francisco Chronicle
  • 05/24/2006
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Immigration Bill Expected To Pass Senate This Week. Hastert May Block Version That Divides House GOP.

Class Action Settlement: John Doe 2, et al. v. County of San Bernardino, et al., Case No. EDCV 02-962 SGL

  • By: Disability Rights Legal Center
  • 05/20/2006
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Class Action Suit Filed Against FEMA Today

  • By: Public Interest Law Project
  • 05/19/2006
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House Passes $2.8 Trillion Budget Plan

  • By: AP/Houston Chronicle
  • 05/18/2006
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2006-07 Governor's Proposed Budget: links to the budget and additional resources!

Immigration Services at the International Institute of the East Bay

  • By: International Institute of the East Bay
  • 05/15/2006
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New Report Reveals Widespread Abuse, Broken Oversight In California Nursing Homes

  • By: California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform
  • 05/15/2006
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Momentum Grows to Halt Medicare Penalty

  • By: AP/San Francisco Chronicle
  • 05/14/2006
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U.S. Judge Calls for LA Jail Reforms: The jurist expresses dismay at crowded cells in the county's main downtown facility.

People v. Cathy Garcia - CA Supreme Court Oral Argument Scheduled for June 2nd

AB 2302 (court interpreters bill) scheduled to be considered by the Assembly Appropriations Committee on May 24th

FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT RULES IN FAVOR OF SSI BENEFICIARY

  • By: Elder Law and Advocacy
  • 05/12/2006
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Poverty in California: Moving Beyond the Federal Measure

  • By: Public Policy Institute of California
  • 05/12/2006
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1 million more sign up for Medicare drug program

Law Firms in Hurricane Zone Draw on Hard-Won Lessons

  • By: The National Law Journal
  • 05/10/2006
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Senate Advances Health Care Coverage Bill

  • By: AP / Atlanta Journal-Consitution
  • 05/09/2006
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Government Makes Final Medicare Plan Push

  • By: AP/San Francisco Chronicle
  • 05/08/2006
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Responding to the Legal Needs of Hurricane Victims

  • By: Pro Bono Institute
  • 05/03/2006
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Medicare in Poor Financial Health, Trustees Say

California Low-Income Health Advocate Alert On Medicare Part D

  • By: National Senior Citizens Law Center and California Health Advocates
  • 05/02/2006
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LIBERTY UNDER LAW: SEPARATE BRANCHES, BALANCED POWERS- LAW DAY EDITORIAL

  • By: Chief Justice Ronald M. George
  • 05/01/2006
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2006 ABA Pro Bono Publico Award recipients announced

  • By: American Bar Association
  • 04/28/2006
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ABA Section of Business Law 2006 National Public Service Award Winners

  • By: American Bar Association
  • 04/28/2006
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Government Sued Over Failure to Implement Medicare Drug Law’s protections for low-income people

  • By: National Senior Citizens Law Center
  • 04/26/2006
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U.S. Tax Court releases an opinion on LRAP

Packed Prisons Brace for New Crush

Pro Bono Attorneys Sought for Guantanamo Bay Prisoners

  • By: Trial Lawyers for Public Justice
  • 04/20/2006
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GIS Advisory Board and Update

  • By: Legal Services National Technology Assistance Project
  • 04/20/2006
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New APALC report: Language Data by Legislative District

  • By: Asian Pacific American Legal Center
  • 04/19/2006
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Western Center Selects Syd Whalley as its New Executive Director

  • By: Western Center on Law & Poverty
  • 04/18/2006
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Lawyers, doctors team up for health: Boston Medical Center goes national with legal aid program

LSNTAP and PTLA Collect Legal Aid Names for Settlement Agreement

  • By: Legal Services National Technology Assistance Project
  • 04/11/2006
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LAAC Announces its 2006 Awards of Merit Recipients!

  • By: Legal Aid Association of California
  • 04/10/2006
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AB 2301 has Moved out of the Assembly and into the Senate

  • By: Legal Aid Association of California
  • 04/07/2006
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NCYL Launches New Website: www.youthlaw.org ; Releases 2006 Foster Care Reform Litigation Docket

  • By: National Center for Youth Law
  • 04/06/2006
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AB 2301 and AB 2302 passed out of the Assembly Judiciary Committee

  • By: Legal Aid Association of California
  • 04/05/2006
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Public Review and Comment Period for the State of California Consolidated Plan (FY 2005-2010)'s Draft 2006-2007 Annual Update is now open

  • By: Department of Housing and Community Development
  • 04/03/2006
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Non-English Speakers Want Their Say in Court

Drug plan loses its safety net. Transition period for Medicare benefit expires today.

  • By: San Francisco Chronicle
  • 03/31/2006
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DREDF Mourns Parent Advocate Pam Steneberg

Medicare escapes cuts in House budget plan

  • By: AP / Philadelphia Inquirer
  • 03/30/2006
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Katrina did not Raise Awareness of Poverty, Study Finds

NLADA seeking RFPs for 2006 Sub Law Conference in San Jose

  • By: National Legal Aid & Defender Association
  • 03/21/2006
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Budget Watch, March 2006

  • By: California Budget Project
  • 03/20/2006
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Spring 2006 "The CANHR Advocate" newsletter online.

Katrina Update 6 -- and April 6 DC-Area Reception

  • By: Mississippi Center for Justice
  • 03/19/2006
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Katrina-Damaged Cars Pour into Used Market

Emergency MMA Drug Supply Program Period Extended

  • By: National Senior Citizens Law Center
  • 03/18/2006
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Law Students Travel to the Gulf Coast to Help During Spring Break

Immigrants May Lose Access to the Courts: Court Stripping Provision in Arlen Specter’s Immigration Reform Bill Prompts Rally by Advocates

Senate Approves Budget, Breaking Spending Limits

Governor Says Bonds Will Be on November Ballot

  • By: San Diego Union-Tribune
  • 03/17/2006
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Federal Court Orders California to Provide Mental Health Services to Foster Children

New Brochure Helps Pro Bono Attorneys Work More Effectively with

  • By: ABA Center for Pro Bono
  • 03/15/2006
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Bush Admits Rocky Start to Drug Plan

Federal aid programs expand at record rate

Medicare maxing out pharmacies

  • By: AP/Contra Costa Times
  • 03/14/2006
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Nominations for Presitigious Kutak-Dodds Prizes Open!

  • By: National Legal Aid & Defender Association
  • 03/14/2006
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State Task Force to Hold Public Hearings On Probate Conservatorships in Trial Courts

  • By: Judicial Council of California
  • 03/10/2006
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Supreme Court Decision in Frye v. Tenderloin Housing Clinic

  • By: Legal Aid Association of California
  • 03/09/2006
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Recent Court of Appeal Decision: Consevatorship of Kane

  • By: California Courts of Appeal
  • 03/09/2006
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New NHeLP Publication: Summary of State Law Requirements Addressing Language Needs in Health Care (Jan. '06)

  • By: National Health Law Program
  • 03/07/2006
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Verizon Wireless Extends Participation in Federal Communications Commission's Katrina Lifeline Program

Supreme Court Sides with Military on Recruiters' Access to Campuses

Superior Court dismissed lawsuit challenging Sacramento County's affordable housing ordinance

  • By: Legal Services of Northern California
  • 03/06/2006
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DHS released Medi-Cal recovery regulations - comments due by March 16th.

  • By: California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform
  • 03/06/2006
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Tenants Gain Relocation Assistance and New Residences From Stockton, California in Suit Challenging Evictions from Single Room Occupancy Hotels, Assisted by California Rural Legal Assistance

  • By: The Brennan Center
  • 03/06/2006
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Day-Labor Group Starts Trek

Individuals Needing Help with New “Medicare Part D” Enrollment Gain Advocates as LSC Programs Receive Foundation Grants to Tackle Problems in California

  • By: The Brennan Center
  • 03/03/2006
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The Legal Services Corporation requests letters of intent for its Technology Initiative Grants

  • By: Legal Services Corporation’s
  • 03/03/2006
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Pine Tree Legal Assistance Suing Online Company Over Misleading Web Ads

Video to Educate Hurricane Survivors on Insurance Issues is Now Available

  • By: Gilbert Heintz & Randolph LLP
  • 03/02/2006
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State Bar Awards Deadline is March 15

  • By: The State Bar Office of Legal Services, Access & Fairness Programs
  • 03/02/2006
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HUD's Draft Strategic Plan Available for Public Comment

  • By: U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
  • 03/02/2006
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CA Supreme Court Decision in Connerly v. State Personnel Bd. - amicus groups added as real parties in interest NOT liable for attorneys fees

  • By: Supreme Court of California
  • 03/02/2006
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Judicial Council issues new fee waiver income limits!

Legal Aid of Napa Valley Announces New Executive Director

  • By: Legal Aid of Napa Valley
  • 02/27/2006
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Six Months After Katrina: Who Was Left Behind - Then and Now

The Impact Fund Spring Grant Deadline

California Low-Income Health Advocate Alert On Medicare Part D

  • By: National Senior Citizens Law Center and California Health Advocates
  • 02/16/2006
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ILRC Announces New Executive Director

  • By: Immigrant Legal Resource Center
  • 02/16/2006
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CONSUMER CREDIT CARD MINIMUM PAYMENT DOUBLES

  • By: Los Angeles Center for Law and Justice
  • 02/09/2006
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President's 2007 FY Budget for Legal Aid

  • By: National Legal Aid & Defender Association
  • 02/09/2006
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Lawyers Must Close the Justice Gap

  • By: California Bar Journal
  • 02/09/2006
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Bankruptcy Rewrite Predicted to Bring a Flood of Appeals

LAAC is now Accepting Nominations for the 2006 Awards of Merit!

  • By: Legal Aid Association of California
  • 02/08/2006
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National Community Law Trust Network Announces new National Listserv

  • By: National Community Land Trust Network
  • 02/07/2006
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COURT FACILITIES BOND

  • By: State Bar of California, Office of Governmental Affairs
  • 02/06/2006
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After Katrina Policy Briefs

Drug-Plan Woes Spread Past Medicare. Inquiries have swamped the Social Security Administration, an official's e-mail says.

State Takes Hit in Budget. California will feel much of the impact of a narrowly approved federal measure, losing at least $1.7 billion in assistance.

Responding to the Legal Needs of Hurricane Victims

  • By: Pro Bono Institute
  • 02/01/2006
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Congress Prepares to Vote to Deny Benefits To Thousands of Nursing Home Residents

  • By: California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform
  • 01/27/2006
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Online Tool Helps Hurricane Victims with New EITC and ACTC Rules

  • By: Internal Revenue Service
  • 01/26/2006
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California Low-Income Health Advocate Alert On Medicare Part D

  • By: National Senior Citizens Law Center
  • 01/26/2006
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BOOST FOR JUDICIARY BUDGET

  • By: State Bar Office of Governmental Affairs
  • 01/24/2006
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AB2034 Program Experiences in Housing Homeless People with Serious Mental Illness

  • By: Corporation for Supportive Housing
  • 01/20/2006
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Nonprofit Law Groups Could Win Reprieve

States take action as Medicare falters

  • By: AP / New Orleans Times-Picayune
  • 01/13/2006
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Seniors denied Rx drug benefits

LEGAL SERVICES REPRESENTATIVE NEWLY APPOINTED TO ACCESS TO JUSTICE COMMISSION

  • By: State Bar of California
  • 01/13/2006
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Emergency MMA Drug Supply: Important Pharmacy Bulletin

  • By: Official Medi-Cal Website
  • 01/13/2006
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Share office space with NILC and CIWC

  • By: National Immigration Law Center
  • 01/12/2006
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Prescription benefit deadline extended for Louisiana Evacuees

  • By: The Times-Picayune
  • 01/11/2006
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2006 Child Custody Grant Advocate Program Announced

  • By: American Bar Association Child Custody and Adoption Pro Bono Project
  • 01/06/2006
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Ready, Willing and Able to Surf? -- Legal Aid Association Uses Web to Reach Public-Interest Attorneys -- Internet Helps Reach Public-Interest Lawyers

A Call to Action: ABA President Urges Lawyers to do Pro Bono Work

San Francisco: Schools Plan Hits Black Neighborhoods

  • By: San Francisco Chronicle
  • 01/06/2006
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New Mandated State Mediation Program to Settle Post-Hurricane Claims Disputes

  • By: American Arbitration Association (AAA)
  • 01/05/2006
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Domestic Violence Client Screening Tool for Attorneys

  • By: ABA Commission on Domestic Violence
  • 01/03/2006
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FEMA: Evacuees in Hotels Get New Deadline

State Bar Holds Workshops on Apppointments Process

  • By: Office of Legal Services, Access & Fairness Programs
  • 01/03/2006
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Start of Medicare Drug Plan Sees Successes and Struggles

The Price of Katrina Hospitality

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