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We will never forget you, Steve
Public interest legal services lost a great warrior, leader, and mentor this week. Stephen Ronfeldt, a co-founder of PILP, Director of Litigation of the Legal Aid Society of Alameda County, member of the inaugural class of the Reginald Heber Smith fellows and the 2018 recipient of the Loren Miller Legal Services Award, passed away peacefully on December 1 at home with his loving family around him.
To learn more about Steve’s amazing work and career see his CV on our website here.
To read Steve’s obituary published in the San Francisco Chronicle, click here.
Who We Are
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
The California State Bar has released the Legal Aid Impact Report, reporting on cases closed in 2017
The California State Bar is excited to share the Legal Aid Impact Report. The report is based on the first full year of … Read more
The state will file companion litigation against the City of Huntington Beach accusing it of willfully refusing to comply with state housing law
January 25, 2019 – Kennedy Commission and low-income veterans, represented by The Public Interest Law Project, Public … Read more
The City of Los Angeles has finally dispensed with a longstanding illegal policy and practice that gave individual City Councilmembers unbridled power to decide if, whether, and where supportive and affordable housing projects are built in the City. As a … Read more
Onwards
Public interest legal services lost a great warrior, leader, and mentor this week. Stephen Ronfeldt, a co-founder of PILP, Director of Litigation of the Legal Aid Society of Alameda County, member of the inaugural class of the Reginald Heber Smith fellows and the 2018 recipient of the Loren Miller Legal Services Award, passed away peacefully on December 1 at home with his loving family around him.
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