HOUSING AND EMPLOYMENT
Department of Fair Employment and Housing – State agency for complaints of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation based on race, national origin, ancestry, color, language, gender, sexual orientation, disability of medication condition, pregnancy, religion, family status, veteran status. Remember that complaint must be made within one year of incident(s).
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) housing discrimination complaints
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission – Federal agency for making complaints about discrimination based on race, national origin, gender, sex, disability, religion. In California, deadline is 300 days to file a complaint. May be as short as 180 days in other states.
Division of Labor Standards Enforcement – for complaints of unpaid wages, overtime, missed breaks, retaliation for complaining about wages or working conditions, etc. Wage complaints must be made within 3 years. Retaliation complaints must be made within six months.
Legal Aid Society Employment Law Center – Information on Workers Rights – free clinics for consultations and possible representation, many fact sheets on workers rights.
East Bay Community Law Center – (information about tenants and workers rights, free clinics)
Centro Legal de la Raza, in Oakland – (information about immigrant, tenants and workers rights, free clinics)
La Raza Centro Legal – (information about immigrant, tenants and workers rights, free clinics)
Instituto Laboral de la Raza – (information about workers rights, free clinics)
Causa Justa / Just Cause – free tenant counseling and case management for low-income residents of Oakland and San Francisco
San Francisco Tenants Union – drop in tenant counseling clinic and lawyer referrals for San Francisco residents
Eviction Defense Collaborative – emergency legal services and rental assistance for San Francisco tenants facing eviction
Tenants Together – Statewide renters’ rights organization
IMMIGRATION
International Institute of the Bay Area – (information, free clinics, and representation in matters of immigration)
La Raza Centro Legal – (information about immigrant, tenants and workers rights, free clinics)
Community Law Center in Santa Clara –
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS WHEN DEALING WITH THE POLICE:
National Lawyers Guild SF Bay Area Chapter -(Resources available on knowing your rights when dealing with police)
National Lawyers Guild national organization –
Electronic Frontier Foundation – (Information on electronic privacy rights)
American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California –