Bay Area Legal Aid

Bay Area Legal Aid, a nonprofit civil legal services company, provides legal assistance to low-income Bay Area residents. The company provides legal counsel, advice, full representation, and outreach and training in the practice areas, which comprise expanding affordable housing, homelessness prevention, access to essential health care, and helping families achieve economic security and escape domestic violence. It serves working poor, elderly neighbors, military veterans, people with disabilities, and single mothers. The company was founded in 2000 and is based in Oakland, California with regional offices in Oakland, Richmond, San Francisco, San Jose, Redwood City, and San Rafael. It also operates a satellite office in Napa; and domestic violence restraining order clinics in San Francisco and Redwood City.