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San Benito County to Provide General Assistance Aid to County’s Neediest Residents
The Board of Supervisors in San Benito County adopted GA regulations for the first time in at least three decades. After CRLA and PILP, on behalf of County residents, demanded increased access to benefits, the County agreed to update its regulations.
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The Public Interest Law Project (PILP) provides crucial litigation and advocacy support to local legal services and public interest law programs throughout California. Our work brings affordable housing to lower income families and homeless people, provides access to services and public benefits for lower income persons and persons with disabilities, and protects neglected and abused children and persons displaced by major disasters and government action. Learn more
News and Updates
WCLP and PILP eliminate $40 medical deduction from GA grants for most of California
September 25, 2014 – General Assistance/Relief (GA or GR) is a public benefit of “last resort” for people who cannot qualify for any other cash aid. … Read more
Report by Hilda Chan, Soros Justice Advocacy Fellow 2012-2014
April 11, 2014 – Since 1997, San Diego County has required all families applying for welfare (“CalWORKs”) to submit to warrantless, suspicionless, unannounced home searches and interrogations by District Attorney Investigators. … Read more
April 2, 2014 – On April 1, 2014, the Board of Supervisors in San Benito County adopted General Assistance regulations for the first time in at least three decades. After California Rural Legal Assistance (CRLA) and The Public Interest Law … Read more
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Happy Retirement!
Please join us Thursday, November 20 for a celebration of Steve Ronfeldt’s “Not Quite Retirement.” The party is from 6:15 to 8:30 p.m. It will be held at Faz, located at 1111 Broadway, Oakland.