Power in the Courts: When Tenants Fight Back Robert is an attorney who represents tenants. His law firm, Central California Legal Services, handles the vast majority of eviction defense cases in Fresno. Read More → Disclaimer Your use of this website, including posting comments will not create an attorney-client relationship. You...
Big Win For Those Who Want Low-Income Housing in Clovis After Judge Rules City in Violation Nonetheless, Kapetan’s ruling that highlighted Clovis in violation of state housing laws was viewed as a big victory by lawyer Patience Milrod, executive director of Central California Legal Services, which filed the lawsuit on...
Evicted Fresno-Area Landlord Accused of Evicting Cancer Patient Tenant, Dumping Property on Lawn Plum’s lawyer Alfred Gallegos, with Central California Legal Services in Fresno, said Plum recently went to the home in the 2100 block of Whitson Street in Selma to see if there was anything left to salvage. “There...
Evicted in Fresno: A Complex Story of Economic Burden and Profit Contributing authors are Karla Arana, lead housing organizer with Faith in the Valley, Fresno; Patience Milrod, executive director, Central California Legal Services; and Sara Hedgpeth-Harris, supervising attorney, Housing Team, Central California Legal Services. Read More → Disclaimer Your use...
‘A Tragic Example.’ Baby’s Death Shows Fresno’s Homeless With Children Need More Help Emilia Morris, legal director of Central California Legal Services, said homeless service agencies don’t have enough staff to effectively operate a system that is “so complicated and requires so much expertise.” “They are just not equipped to...
Clovis is Mostly White and That’s No Accident, Says Group Suing the City Over Housing “Clovis didn’t get to be 70% white by accident,” said Patience Milrod, executive director of CCLS. “In many ways, because race and income are so linked, when Clovis says, ‘Hey, we’re going to zone in...
Sale of Long-Vacant UMC Lauded as a Big Win for Fresno "Emilia Morris, an attorney with Central California Legal Services and an affordable housing advocate, is also optimistic. We see the consequences of this severe affordable housing shortage in our housing advocacy on a daily basis,” Morris said. “The shortage...
Being a Fresno Slumlord is About to Get More Expensive. Here’s Why. "Affordable and safe housing is a major issue for the “poorest of the poor,” according to Patience Milrod, an attorney with Central California Legal Services. About 70 percent of the calls to the nonprofit law firm are related...
Big Rent Hikes Are About to be Illegal in California. Here’s What You Should Know. ""Marcos Segura, an eviction defense lawyer with the nonprofit Central California Legal Services,said a relatively small minority of his clients in the Central Valley are evicted without cause. Most of the time, landlords accuse them...
Loking at Social Justice #38: Barbara Ronsley, paralegal, and Bao Thao, Paralegal "Paralegals Barbara Ronsley and Bao Thao share with Jim Grant how Central California Legal Services helps the community in the all important issue of Subsidized Housing. They'll describe the Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8) program, as well as...
Looking at Social Justice #37: Tran Nguyen, Staff Attorney, and Lupe Cazarez, Paralegal "Staff Attorney Tran Nguyen and Lupe Cazarez, Paralegal share with Jim Grant how their Health Consumer Team at Central California Legal Services helps the community in the areas of Health Insurance, Health Care, and Medical Debt. In...
Fresno County District ‘Victim Blaming’ Student Who Accused Coach of Abuse, Attorney Says "Alfred Gallegos, an attorney who has litigated sexual abuse cases, leads the Family Team at Central California Legal Services, which provides free civil legal assistance to low-income individuals, families, organizations and communities. Gallegos said although maybe there’s...
Looking at Social Justice #30: Nora Salazar-Hernandez, Central California Legal Services "CCLS Advocate Nora Salazar-Hernandez recently appeared on Looking at Social Justice, a podcast hosted by the Catholic Diocese of Fresno. Nora discussed her important work on behalf of CCLS’s clients experiencing issues with telephone and electricity bills, and solar...
Charity Care in the San Joaquin Valley "Hundreds of working Valley families who had sought critically needed medical care found themselves first struggling to pay the exorbitant cost of that care, and then struggling with life-changing judgments against them. Central California Legal Services and its Health Consumer Center is changing...
Americans Are Going Bankrupt From Getting Sick "In some states, hospitals are required to provide charity care to certain low-income and uninsured patients, but several advocacy groups told me that these patients sometimes get regular bills instead. “We were seeing hospitals sending debtors to debt collections without saying anything to...
Residents Sue Over RV Park’s Squalid Conditions "Marin is joined in the lawsuit by her daughter Gabriela Marin, and Brenda Herrera, another resident at Jack’s Bayou Resort. Attorneys from Central California Legal Services represent the plaintiffs. The Marins and Herrera did not list an exact dollar amount they are seeking,...