CRLA 2011 Annual Report

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Table o ConTenTs

Irresponsible Practices 2

Without Benefi ts 5

Powerful Year 6

Heritage of Giving Back 9

Disadvantaged Communities 10

Regional Advocacy 14

Rural Justice Denied 16

Overworked Underpaid 18

Changing Lives 20

Unsafe Conditions 23

“Ya gotta love it!” 24

Firmly Planted 26

Our Mission

To fght or justice

and individual rights

alongside the most

exploited communities

o our society.

Our Vision o Justice

A rural Caliornia where

all people are treated

with dignity and respect,and guaranteed their

undamental rights.



2 CALIFORNIA RURAL LEGAL ASSISTANCE, INC.

irrespon

CRLA takes on large CentralValley Agricultural Employer

Labor



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siblepractices“Ater te frst week o work, we asked wat

we were being paid,” sas Zeerio Feradez

Gozalez, oe o more tha 80 idigeous

armworkers rom Mexico who worked or H&R

Gulud Raches Ic., a major tale grape groweri the Cetral Valle. “Whe the orema told

us that we were eig paid 20 cets per vie

istead o the 26 to 32 cets that we’d ee paid

the previous ear, we told him that was too low.

The he told us to take it or leave it ad called the

Calioria Highwa Patrol ad the Sheri.”

Most o the workers were related: spouses,

childre, rothers ad sisters, ieces ad ephews,

cousis—all part o a tightl kit commuit.

The group ot ol called CRLA or help, the

also called KFTV Uivisio, a Spaish laguage

statio i the Cetral Valle. Withi the hour,

Silas Shawver, the ormer Directig Attore or

the Freso Migrat Oce ad Ephraim Camacho,

a Commuit Worker with CRLA or 34 ears,

were o the scee.

“We eded up iterviewig people at a local

park,” recalls Ephraim. “Ma o our cliets do’t

have trasportatio, so we wet to them to get

the acts. Ad some speak ol Triqui, so we called

i Mariao Alvarez rom the Salias CRLA oce,who speaks Triqui, to help traslate.”

THE FACTS TURnED OUTTO bE PRETTy GRIM

“I some cases, i a husad ad wie worked a

row, the were couted ol as oe worker,” sas

Ephraim. “Ad the were eig paid oe piece

rate or doig two jos, pruig ad tig the

vies, which ote eed to e wired i several

places, depedig o the vie.”

Oe ma displaed a pa stu with et pa o

$70 or the 54 hours he’d worked the previous

week—ar elow miimum wage. Despite such

low wages, workers were expected to u gloves,

pruig shears ($40), ad les or maitaiig

the cuttig lades that eeded replacig ($10 per

lade) ever three to our das. Ad i the had

the audacit to complai, the were red.

but the had the power o the law o their side.

The Fair Laor Stadards Act (FLSA), uder which

this case was led, requires growers to pa arm-

workers at least the ederal miimum wage or

the umer o hours worked. Similarl, uder

Calioria law the are also resposile or paig

overtime ad premium pa, ad providig ad-equate meal ad rest periods as well as tools to

do the jo—somethig that Gulud had ailed

to do goig as ar ack as Ma 2006.

“Growers have resources to pa top lawers,”

sas Felicia Espiosa, Directig Attore or CRLA’s

Freso Migrat Oce, a oug lawer who took

over the case just a ew short moths ater eig

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hired. “Ad the leverage sigicat power i the

Cetral Valle. but i this istace, our cliets

geerated their ow power ad made sure their

voices were heard.”

As CRLA developed the case, the umer o

plaitis grew rom 29 to 82, turig case

maagemet ito a major exercise i coordiatio,

partl ecause the workers migrate etwee the

Cetral Valle ad Orego.

“The logistics were huge,” sas Felicia. “Over thecourse o two ears, I put i over 600 hours o

this case, ut the commuit workers put i over

700 hours.”

Everthig doe to litigate a wage ad hour case

or oe cliet—locate ad maitai cotact, collect

sigatures ad statemets, cop pa stus, set up

ad atted meetigs—was multiplied 82. but

all o the hard work paid o i novemer 2011

whe the court approved the $915,000 settlemet

etwee the parties that icluded attores’ ees or

CRLA ad their co-cousel, Mark Talamates (see

sidear) ad a ijuctio requirig Gulud to paworkers properl. I the do’t, CRLA ca take them

to court without havig to le aother lawsuit.

The termiated workers still have a case pedig

with the Agricultural Laor Relatios board (ALRb).

I the wi, the will also e etit led to ack wages

ad reistatemet.

”Thak God we will receive the ears o wages we

are owed,” sas CRLA cliet Gozalez. “The paid

us so little or our work. All I wat to do is what

everoe dreams o doig—to uild a little house

where I ca live ad do what I wat to do.”

For Zeerio, a gradather with seve gradchil-

dre, the moe he received ma help him all

retire ad realize the dream he had whe he rst

came to the Uited States to work.

1. Triqui is oe o ma idigeous laguages spoke i Oaxaca, Mexico.2. The Fair Laor Stadards Act (FLSA) estalishes miimum wage,

overtime pa, recordkeepig, ad child laor stadards aectig

ull-time ad part-time workers i certai jos i the private sector adi ederal, state, ad local govermets

SUCCESSFUL PARTNERShIP:TALAmANTES VILLEGAS CARRERA, LLP

“I’ve been working with CRLA or the past 15 years. I eel

like my rm is proudly part o the CRLA amily,” says Mark

Talamantes, a partner with Talamantes Villegas Carrera LLP,

CRLA’s co-counsel on the Gunlund case.

“Although there are arms like Gunlund that don’t comply

with the labor code, I think it’s less o a problem now than

it was 10 years ago because o CRLA’s success in large

wage and hour impact litigation cases. I it wasn’t or CRLA,

it would be like the Wild West out there. They’re a quiet,

humble yet infuential giant operating in the shadows o

employment law in Caliornia.

KEyS TO ThEIR SUCCESS?

“In this case, the acts were denitely on our side. The armer

had made a lot o mistakes with respect to the Caliornia la-

bor code, like ailing to keep proper records and paying only

hal o a husband and wie team who worked the same row.

“Successul litigation also takes time. Our law rm put in

825 hours on this case, and we were reimbursed accord-

ingly, but CRLA sta worked many more hours. When the

judge asked us to justi y our request or recovery o reason-

able attorneys’ ees and costs, we presented stacks o billingrecords to justiy our request. Still, even with recovery o

attorneys’ ees on some cases, these important cases would

never come orward i CRLA didn’t have donor support.

“I’m so grateul that we’ve been able to work with CRLA or

so many years,” adds Mark. “I’ve watched a new generation

o lawyers develop and become superstars. They dedicate

so much time and eort to their cases, while at the same

time showing their clients the respect and dignity that they

deserve. It’s a great honor or me to be associated with

CRLA—their lawyers are my heroes!”

Dcmr 2009 Pr crc htd y CRla ucig th wuit

d th wrkr’ cim.

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Wen Kennet Baile cae to CRLA’s ofce

in Oxnard, e was at a low point. Due to a

deilitatig ack ijur the 61-ear-old Vietam

vetera ad certied urse’s assistat was uale

to work, ut Social Securit deied him eets.

Without assistace or the ailit to work, there

was o icome. Mr. baile, his wie, ad theirpet Chihuahua were orced to live i their car

i ad aroud Oxard. The would occasioall

sta i shelters, ut were uale to sleep i the

same room ecause most shelters are geder-

segregated.

“Livig o the streets, we were mostl worried

aout our saet,” said Mr. baile. “The police

looked out or us sometimes,” ut lie without a

home put the amil costatl o edge.

The remaied i their car most das, takig

reaks to go let the dog ru at local parks.

CRLA commuit worker Gariela Vega took o

baile’s case, ad helped the couple otai the

tools ad kowledge ecessar to reappl or

eets, gather medical evidece, ad evetuall

wi—icludig $12,000 i retroactive eets

ad access to medical care.

The bailes are curretl livig i a residetial

lodge while the marshal their resources ad

tr to otai Veteras’ Admiistratio housig

assistace. I additio to securit ad the simplercomorts, like ruig water, Mr. baile ca ow

work o regaiig his health.

“First o, it elt strage to all have a place to

sta agai,” he sas. “but I’m doig real good. I’m

workig right ow o gettig m alace ack.”

The bailes’ experiece with CRLA has let theamil secure i the kowledge that the sstem

is, i act, capale o avigatio. Whe Mr. baile

ow sees others i similar situatios, he sas,

“I tell them: talk to CRLA. The are good. We eed

more people like them, ad we eed more people

like Miss Vega.”

benefits

The Bailes’ experiece with CRLA

has left the famil more secure

withouthealt andhuan Wellbeing

Mr. d Mr. biy i rt thir ridti ht with thir pt chihuhu

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CRla oxrd

Cmmuity Wrkr




Highlights rom a powerulyear or rural LGBT rights

Civil Rigts

powerful year


An important frst step to

delivering legal services in

these communities includes

raising the visibility o

LGBT issues and creating

sae spaces to begin honest conversations about the

health and saety o LGBT

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In 2011, CRLA continued its coitent

to deending and expanding civil rigts

or lesbian, ga, bisexual, and transgender

people (LGBT) i rural Calioria. CRLA works

to uphold civil rights wiig ig chages

or LGbT people i rural commuities through

sstem-ocused litigatio, polic work, leadership

developmet, commuit outreach ad strategicparterships.

here are soe igligts ro 2011:

LITIGATIOn

Last Sprig, LGbT Program Director Da Torres led

a team o sta attores to corot homophoic

slurs ad sexual harassmet i a workplace where

idividuals were targeted or harassmet ased

o perceived sexual orietatio. A elderl ma i

his 80s ad three emale coworkers were sexuall

harassed ad the termiated or reportig their ha-

rassmet. CRLA ad the Equal Emplomet Oppor-

tuit Commissio wo a $535,000 settlemet rom

the emploer, icludig a ijuctive relie orderig

the compa to chage their policies o reportig

ad retaliatio, ad to coduct i-depth harassmet

traiig uder the jurisdictio o the ederal court.

“Each perso we represet gives us a opportu-

it to advace idividual rights ad create chage

i the commuit,” sas Da Torres.

POLICy CHAnGE AnDLEADERSHIP DEVELOPMEnT

Whe the U.S. Departmet o Housig ad

Ura Developmet (HUD) wated to update itsair housig access rules to e more receptive

to the eeds o LGbT amilies, the sought out

CRLA’s help i gatherig eedack rom diverse

sectors ad experts. CRLA hosted a da-log

evet i Sacrameto, that rought together

stakeholders – icludig local LGbT oprots,

air housig advocates, ad legal aid orgaizatios

– to commet ad provide eedack o HUD’s

proposed rule. The rule allows or urther iclusio

o LGbT people ad amilies seekig HUD services.

Stale housig or LGbT commuit memers

i rural areas meas more opportuities to

participate i civic lie ad to uild much eeded

leadership skills or maitaiig civil rights gais

i rural Calioria.

CRLA also cotiues to push or greater

cosideratio o the uique eeds o trasgeder

people, particularl with regard to those seekig

reuge i shelters, which are largel segregated

alog traditioal geder lies. Ilee Jacos,

Director o Litigatio Advocac ad Traiig ad

air housig project director, agrees, “CRLA’s

air housig advocac is more eective whe

it is iclusive o LGbT idividual rights ad the

recogitio that true access to a sae ad decet

place to live is a udametal right regardless o

sexual orietatio or geder stereotpig.”

CRla’ lGbT

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of giving backW did Robins, Kaplan, miller & Ciresi L.L.P.

begin supporting CRLA’s work? Accordig

to David Martiez, a parter at the rm’s Los

Ageles oce, “CRLA’s cliets are some o the most

diserachised ad vulerale memers o our

commuities. Most lack asic ecessities that we

all take or grated, such as access to educatio,

air wages, housig ad eve sae drikig water.

Most are uderpaid ad overworked, spedig

edless hours uder the su, et over the elds

that produce the vegetales that we eat ever da.

Ad ecause the are located i remote areas i

Calioria, most do’t have access to pro oorepresetatio. CRLA’s work across hudreds o

rural commuities i Calioria, which icludes

commuit outreach, educatio ad traiig ad

direct legal services, has a prooud ad immediate

impact o the qualit o lie o tes o thousads o

Calioria’s rural poor ever ear. CRLA’s missio to

alleviate the plight o the rural poor directl aligs

with our rm’s core value o equal access to the

judicial sstem.”

“Rois, Kapla, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P. cosiders

commuit ivolvemet to e oe o its hallmark

values. We elieve strogl that our legal traiig

comes with a core proessioal oligatio - todo good ad provide redress wherever possile,

ad most especiall or those who are uale to

help themselves. As a result o our commitmet,

our lawers are ke leaders i a wide variet o

worth commuit, legal ad support edeavors

ad orgaizatios. We are proud o our heritage

o givig ack, we elieve i hoorig the

commuities i which we practice law through

our commitmet to them, ad we look orward

to alwas maitaiig a leadership role i the

service o the uderprivileged.” – Roma Silereld,

Regional Managing Partner, Los Angeles

“b supportig our work, Rois, Kapla, Miller &

Ciresi, LLP is coectig power to justice, poolig

the resources ad expertise o a atioal law rm,

ad reivestig i the ettermet o Calioria’s

rural poor…we ca’t do it without them.” –

José Padilla, Executive Director o CRLA

AbOUT THE FIRM

Robins, Kaplan, miller & Ciresi L.L.P. is a

atioal trial rm. With over 250 attores iMieapolis, new york, Los Ageles, Atlata,

bosto ad naples, FL, the represet some

o the world’s largest compaies, most io-

vative start-ups, ad idividuals rom virtuall

ever idustr ad walk o lie, oth i ad out

o the courtroom. Its diverse ad diverget ack-

grouds ad experiece with oth plaiti ad

deese strategies allow its attores to rig

valuale perspective ad isight to its cliets’

sophisticated ad challegig issues. It is therm’s oudatioal elie that everoe should

have equal access to the civil justice sstem,

regardless o their persoal or ecoomic situa-

tio. The rm has ee repeatedl recogized

or its sigicat pro oo eorts, ad the ex-

tesive work the do or the commuit through

the rm’s private oudatios.

heritageDonor

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Cir i l.l.P.




Trougout Caliornia over al a illion

people live in Disadvantaged, Unincorporated

Counities (DUCs). DUCs rage rom ura

pockets that are excluded rom cities, to more

remote, desel settled rural commuities.

Residets i these commuities ote live without

the most asic eatures o a sae ad health

eviromet - potale drikig water, sewersstems, sae housig, pulic trasportatio,

access to health ood, sidewalks, streetlights ad

parks - due to decades o eglect ad exclusio

rom ormal decisio makig cit, cout ad

state govermets.

The Commuit Equit Iitiative (CEI) is a

iovative eort desiged CRLA to address

ad elimiate social, political ad evirometal

prolems that egativel impact residets o DUCs.

Workig with parters like with PolicLik ad

the Calioria Rural Legal Assistace Foudatio,

we are workig alogside commuit leaders to

raise awareess o DUCs, icrease ivestmet i

commuit irastructure, advocate or equitale

developmet, promote evirometal justice,

guaratee air represetatio ad uild leadership

capacit i DUCs, so that residets ca egage

meaigull i decisio-makig processes that

impact their eighorhoods ad their amilies.


What is the CommunityEquity Initiative (CEI)?healt and

huan Wellbeing

CEI is working to createsafer play spaces for children

in the San Joaquin Valley

CounitDevelopent

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communitiesLAnD USEThrough Sb 244 CEI advocac helped to chage

lad use practices ad plaig polic statewide

: (1) esurig comprehesive ideticatioad prelimiar aalsis o uicorporated

commuities through log term plaig

processes (2) promotig more eciet service

provisio ad (3) makig it ulawul to exclude

a low icome commuit rom a cit aexatio.

SUSTAInAbLE DEVELOPMEnT

Sb375 chages the wa jurisdictios go

aout plaig ad prioritize ivestmet

through “sustaiale commuities strategies”.CRLA ocuses o esurig that the eeds o

DUCs are icorporated ito these “sustaiale

commuities strategies,” to guard agaist

the perpetuatio o past eglect ad urther

disivestmet.

Major accomplishments o the irst 3-year-phase o CEI:

WATER

Expesive water ad wastewater threate the

ecoomic securit o hudreds o thousads

o low icome Caliorias. Rates are especiallhigh i disadvataged uicorporated

commuities, where water cotamiatio adds

to the cost o ottled water ad/or treatmet.

Thousads o Caliorias pa over 10% o their

icome o water ad wastewater services. Some

o the was we are addressig this crisis iclude:

n Through successul litigatio agaist the

State o Calioria, CRLA esured the

developmet ad distriutio o a SaeDrikig Water Pla

n Workig with state ad local

govermet to promote ad acilitate

service cosolidatio which would make

services more aordale

“With the help o CRLA supporters we have expanded our groundbreaking

work to the Eastern Coachella Valley where we are addressing the critical inrastructure and environmental health disparities and defciencies in the

region while developing our statewide understanding o the obstacles to

health and sustainability in rural Caliornia. ” – Phoebe Seaton, CEI Program Director

CeI t pk with cmmuity mmr utid Tur C. brd

suprvir/Tur laCo fc.




El Sentir de Los Pobres

Ocultar la verdad es mentir

En no hacer un trabajo bien se esta mintiendo usted y

abusando de los demás,

La dignidad no es agachar la cabeza y dejar que te pisoteen

sino defender tus derechos,

Cual es el secreto del bien? Hablar, saber escuchar,

y actuar después.

El mundo entero trata de vivir de el que menos tiene

Por qué trata de vivir de nosotros sin molestar al que tiene?

Mi opinión es que si voy a morir de hambre moriré pero luchando por mis derechos sin importancia hasta donde

llegue con la verdad y mis derechos

Este es el pensamiento de nosotros los pobres.

Muchas gracias.

For the past three ears, CEI has focused

most of its wor i the Sa Joaqui Valle

where we guided ad supported local

leaders from the commuities of Tooleville,

Lato, Parlaw, Laare, Plaada, Mathe

Tract, Beachwood-Frali.

Juventino Gonzalez is a resident of Lanare,

one of the first DUCs that the CEI program

assisted, in Fresno County. Afte r being

asked why he cared so much about his community, and why he does what he does

to improve his community, he offered this

very moving poem that we share with you

here – Veronica Garibay, CEI Community

Outreach and Education Coordinator

Idqut huig d

irtructur i DUC



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CRLA IN ThE CLASSROOm

Oe uique compoet o the CEI’s scope o work is a partership

with UC berkeleLaw to oer a specialized course o lad use ad

commuit equit to law studets.

“The course mars a excitig partership betwee CRLA ad

BereleLaw. It allows our studets to lear from–ad provide

legal research for–CRLA’s extraordiar lawers.

We hope that it will ispire a ew geeratio of our graduates

to practice commuit-based lawerig ad serve the eeds of

rural areas throughout their careers. For me ad other members

of the facult, the course is brigig us closer to CRLA’s wor i

was that are ispirig ad ifluetial.”

Michelle Aderso

Assistant Professor,

UC Berkeley School of Law

The Feelings of the Poor

To hide the truth is to lie

In not doing a good job you are lying to yourself and

abusing others

Dignity is not bowing our heads and allowing to be stepped

on but instead, to defend your rights

What is the secret of good? Talk, know how to listen,

and then act

The whole world tries to live off of those that have less

Why do they try and live off of us without bothering those

that have more?

My opinion is that if I am going to die hungry I am going to

die but ghting for my rights without caring where I have

to get to with the truth and my rights

These are the feeling of us the poor. Thank you.

CeI g pciit d brkylw itructr, Ju Cr Cci, tchig cur t UC brky

sch lw.




CRLA oices join orces tosupport Central Coast residents

advocacyTHE nEED: Summer 2011, Paso Roles Housig Authorit

(PRHA) residets approached CRLA or help,

complaiig o issues o discrimiatio ased o:

1) Religio

2) Marital Status

3) natioal Origi

“In these times o tight

budgets we are obviously

stronger when we can

work together as a region.” – Jeannie Barrett

CRLA Regional Director,

Santa Maria Ofce


housing

regiregional



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Santa Maria

Santa Rosa

San Luis Obispo

Oxnard

PASO ROBLES

joiningforces

THE OUTCOMECRLA rought together a

amazig group o right,

dedicated sta ad voluteersto quickl address potetial issues

o discrimiatio. The surves were

completed March o 2012 ad are

curretl eig reviewed ad compiled.

“Surveig the Paso Roles Housig

Authorit (PRHA) residets was a great

example o CRLA oces workig together

as a regio. These people were willig to work

o weekeds to make sure that the PRHA is

ollowig air housig laws. This is aother good

example o the Oxard, Sata Maria, Sa Luis

Oispo ad Paso Roles CRLA oces workig

uder a regioal model.” – Michael blak,

Directig Attore, Sa Luis Oispo.

lw tudt rm Uivrity Ca, Irvi rrivd th OneJustice u

prt pr prgrm t it with th urvy.

iv CRla fc, icudig

P R, ji rc t urvy

th huig uthrity rid t

THE ACTIOn

Ruth Parker-Agulo, a commuit worker i CRLA’s

Sa Luis Oispo oce, i cosultatio with the

Fair Housig Iitiatives Program sta i Marsvilleput together a extesive surve to corm or

reute teat allegatios. She the orgaized the

surve’s admiistratio, ote coducted i Spa-

ish, to residets i 188 housig uits.

THE PLAyERS

n CRLA Paso Roles oce ad voluteers

n CRLA Sata Maria oce ad voluteers

n

CRLA Oxard oce stan CRLA Sa Luis Oispo oce sta

ad voluteers

n CRLA Sata Rosa oce sta

n 17 Uiversit o Calioria, Irvie Law school

voluteers via the OneJustice Program

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Marin 1:9San Francisco 1:6San Mateo 1:12

Madera 1:277Fresno 1:99Kings 1:278

Ratio of attorneys to individuals living inpoverty by select California counties

MARIN

SAN FRANCISCO

SAN MATEOMADERA

FRESNO

KINGS

Source: State Bar of California


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Dear Frieds:

Whe we talk to supporters livig i large cities ad ura areas, the sometimes d it dicult to uderstad how hard it is

or low-icome rural residets to d legal help. Take the Adelso’s a low-icome amil, livig i Madera Cout, CA ad i

eed o legal assistace. Mrs. Adelso calls CRLA or help with her amil’s legal issue. Statisticall, she has just ukowigl

stepped ito a lie with 277 other rural poor idividuals seekig legal help rom a attore (see io graphic let, pg 16).

now imagie Mrs. Adelso lives i Sa Mateo…same sceario as eore…just 160 miles orthwest o Madera Co....

she is ow i lie with ol 12 idividuals at povert level seekig legal aid rom a attore. Ca ou elieve 277

low-icome idividuals must share oe attore i Madera Co.?

Access to a attore ad ree legal represetatio is a costitutioal right that ecomes more dicult to otai the urther

awa rom a ura ceter oe lives.

O the 48,000 people CRLA assists auall, there are thousads more who we simpl do ot have the acialresources to assist.

We are askig or our support to help provide legal assistace i rural Calioria…Imagie how ma more lives we could

chage ad improve…

$50 provides one individual with an appointment

at one o our legal clinics

$500 allows us create a brochure or armworkers to inorm them about their

rights to things like water, shade and bathrooms while working in the felds

$1500 helps us to represent a mother who has been wrongully fredby her employer

Help us alace the scales o rural justice with our git.

Adelate creado luz.

José Padilla ad Adrian Andrade

José R. Padilla,

Executive Director

Adrian Andrade,

CRLA Board Chairman




“We would start work at 7a,” sas Moises

Heradez, a ormer emploee o Gold Coast

Farms, a urser i Tulare Cout. “We’d spra the

plats ad the prepare orders or shippig, work-

ig util luch ad the straight through to seve

or eight p.m. without aother reak. I was alwas

tired. I’d eat whe I got o work ad the go to

ed so I could work the ext da.”

Moises ad his co-workers repeated this schedule

six or seve das a week whe the urser eeded

to ll large orders rom retailers. While the ship-

pig trucks waited, work was doe at ever pitch.

Moises did’t complai aout missig reaks or

ear o eig red. Ad he did’t kow he was

eig paid icorrectl. The i the Fall o 2009,

the workers were called together ad summarillaid o. Gold Coast had hired a middlema,

Jaguar FLC, a laor cotractor that rought i its

ow workers.

Whe Moises ad his co-workers wet to CRLA,

the discovered that eig laid o was’t the mai

legal issue—eig shortchaged o wages over

the ears was. Like ma urseries throughout

Calioria, Gold Coast had misclassied the work-

CRLA Helps Nursery WorkersSeek Justice

Labor

overwork


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“It was ispirig to see how our cliets supported

each other durig the case. The came to group

meetigs, sometimes commutig a hour to our

oces. Other times we would drive to Tulare. It

was a lot o commitmet or them, especiall ater

the oud other jos.

“CRLA eeds to do more o these cases, ad there

eeds to e more pulicit so that urser emplo-

ers will take otice ad workers will kow the’re

eig uderpaid. It’s o our radar ow. I wat the

idustr to pa attetio.”

Although happ with the settlemet, Moises will

ot e o eas street whe he receives the ack

pa he is owed.

“Ater m wie ad I were red, we ell ehid

eore we oud more work,” sas Moises. “So the

moe rom the settlemet will e used to pa o

our dets to rieds ad credit cards.”

1. The Calioria Idustrial Welare Commissio (IWC) Wage Orders

regulate wages, hours, ad workig coditios or 17 idustr clas-sicatios. Wage Order 8 comprises idustries hadlig products aterharvest, while Wage Order 14 comprises agricultural occupatios.Emploees covered Wage Order 14 are etitled to overtime pa ol

ater workig more tha 10 hours i a workda, while emploees cov-ered Wage Order 8 ad ever other wage order ear overtime aterworkig more tha 8 hours i a workda.

ers as eig covered wage order 14 (agricul-

ture) istead o wage order 8 (idustr), savig the

emploer thousads o dollars each ear. Also, the

workers geerall did ot receive a secod meal

period o das whe the worked more tha 10

hours, correct overtime, or doule time ater work-

ig 12 hours i a workda.

Over the course o the two-ear case, CRLA al-

leged that the workers were ot perormig tasks

covered Wage Order 14. Istead, the were

receivig seedligs rom other locatios, platig

to ll orders, ad shippig the trasplats to retail

stores, a jo descriptio more i lie with packig

houses, which are classied as a Wage Order 8 i-

dustr. b misclassiig the workers, CRLA argued

that the urser had ee illegall shortchagigthe workers or reaks ad overtime. CRLA also ar-

gued that the urser should provide gloves sice

the were required to do the jo. “It’s a stadard

urser practice i Calioria,” sas Felicia Espi-

osa, Directig Attore or CRLA’s Freso Migrat

Oce. “Ma are misclassiig workers. Ad i

this case, the were also expectig the workers to

pa or their ow gloves, a eormous expese

or low wage emploees. The had to replace their

plastic ad cotto gloves o a weekl asis.

underpaided“But we fnally got justice!”

he adds, a note o triumph

in his voice. “I would tell other workers to not stay

quiet. You must speak up

to be heard.” – Moises Hernandez

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One Woman’s CourageChanges Lives

lives

“Her power came rom

fnding out that she had rights.

We helped her use her power,

by way o this lawsuit, and the company settled this

case because it was orced

to recognize her power.”


healt andhuan Wellbeing

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“I cae to CRLA out o desperation,” sas

Fracisca Alvarado Garcia, CRLA’s cliet i alawsuit led the Equal Emplomet Opportuit

Commissio (EEOC). “Supervisors would touch m

rear ed, the would hug me ad make commets

aout m od, the would ‘check’ o me i the

athroom, ad the would tell me that Mexica

wome are laz, ad the reaso we have so ma

childre is ecause we like chaca-chaca

[a derogator term or havig sex].”

Fracisca wet to work ever da or ears,kowig she ad her co-workers would e

groped, propositioed, or isulted. but as a sigle

mom supportig a ie-ear-old so, she was

araid to speak up or ear o losig her jo. Fiall,

whe Fracisca olstered her courage to complai,

her worst ear was realized, she ad a male co-

worker who deeded her were red.

“Fracisca was ver isolated i terms o her da

to da experiece,” sas Adres Garcia, Directig

Attore or CRLA’s Oxard Migrat Oce. “butater she talked with us, she recogized that what

happeed to her was ot right or lawul. Her

power came rom dig out that she had rights.

We helped her use her power, wa o this

lawsuit, ad the compa settled this case ecause

it was orced to recogize her power.”

CRLA led iitial charges with the EEOC i the

Fall o 2008. Ater two ears o ivestigatio

ad a usuccessul attempt at mediatio,

the EEOC led a lawsuit agaist Cma ad its

predecessor, Taea Orchids, i Septemer 2010 o

ehal o seve other greehouse workers. CRLA

the iterveed i the EEOC lawsuit o ehal o

Fracisca.

Whe the $240,000 settlemet was allreached i novemer 2011, ater three log

ears o legal limo, the case made headlies

throughout the state o Calioria, with televisio,

radio, ad ewspaper coverage heaviest i the

Vetura Cout regio. As part o the settlemet,

the compa is oud a two-ad-a-hal-ear

coset decree (see sidear) to esure that the

will compl with Title VII o the Civil Rights Act

i the uture.

“The pulicit is a deterret or emploers,” sas

Carol Igoe, Seior Trial Attore with the EEOC.

“It keeps them rom toleratig or egagig i

this ehavior ecause ma are motivated

moe. Ad this lawsuit cost Cma ad Taea

a lot o moe.“I thik the pulicit also helps wome who

were’t ivolved i the lawsuit. It makes it a little

less scar or other wome to speak up, ad it

makes somethig that seems impossile, possile.”

“We were ale to prosecute this lawsuit eectivel

ecause o our partership,” sas Carol. “CRLA’s

commuit workers helped us maitai cotact

with the cliets. Ad their legal expertise i

terms o strateg was ver powerul—a real

“Even though the case lasted a long time, I couldn’t give up until

I ound justice. And now that

I know about workers’ rights, i

anything like this ever happens to meagain, I know to come to CRLA.”

Ms. Garcia receives her settlement payment.




actor i movig the emploer to such a high

dollar settlemet so earl. We worked together

seamlessl.”

but the questio remais: Is the agriculture

idustr’s track record o sexual harassmet

improvig i respose to these tpes o lawsuits?

“I thik it’s gettig etter ecause there’s more

iormatio circulatig amog emploers aout

what’s right ad wrog,” sas Adres. “but

much more work eeds to e doe to educate

the idustr.”

“I there was o pulic moitorig like this

lawsuit, sexual harassmet i agriculture would e

eve more pervasive,” sas Carol. ”but somethig

additioal happes whe CRLA is ivolved.

Participats gai a sese o social agec that the

carr with them ito other jos ad other aspects

o their lives. For example, aother woma ithis case has ee quite active i ghtig uair

emplomet practices i her ew jo.

“Erachisemet o rights is icredil powerul.

It starts with the idividual, the workers egi

to empower each other. I this case, erachise-

met placed power i the hads o these

low-wage workers who successull held their

oss accoutale.”

CONSENT DECREE DETAILS

“The consent decree is very robust - a positive culture shock

or this employer,” says Carol Igoe, Senior Trial Attorney

with the EEOC. “It assures employees that CYMA will hold

everyone accountable or engaging in sexual harassment

or discrimination. It also is binding on successors, so i the

company is sold and becomes a dierent legal entity, they

still have to ollow the decree. And i it’s violated, we can

get the decree extended.”

Overview o terms specied by the consent decree:

n Cyma may not discriminate or retaliate against ormer

or current employees involved in the lawsuit.

n Cyma may not discriminate against or harass

employees because o their sex, or tolerate a hostile

work environment.

n Cyma will work with an EEOC coordinator or the

duration o the decree to ensure compliance with

Title VII requirements and this decree.

n Cyma must visibly post inormation about the decree

or distribute copies to all employees annually or the

length o this decree.

n Cyma must revise its policies and procedures related

to sexual discrimination and harassment

and make them available to employees in English

and Spanish.

n The EEOC coordinator will ensure that Cyma provides

regular mandatory training (a detailed descriptiono training requirements is included in the decree)

or all employees, including managers and human

resource specialists, so that everyone knows how to

recognize, report, and investigate sexual harassment

and discrimination.

n Cyma is required to record and track attendance at

trainings, all reported incidents and investigation

details as well as associated resolutions, and provide

this inormation in annual reports to the EEOC.

“I think it’s getting better

because there’s more inorma-

tion circulating among employers

about what’s right and wrong.

But much more work needs to

be done to educate the industry.”

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conditions

unsafe

housing

Whe a cliet commuit is livig without a saet

et, da-to-da qualit o lie issues ote deote

larger sstemic imalaces – such as the case

o the Dole Gardes apartmet complex ear

Stockto where a outreak o edugs rought

CRLA ito actio with local residets.

Dole Garde residets, largel low-icome

idividuals, live i a place alread plagued

usae coditios, cockroach iestatios, xtures

allig o walls, roke widows, ad geeral

disrepair. Whe a edug iestatio added to theirhealth ad saet woes, eve prevetig them rom

sleepig at ight, the ladlord reused to correct

the situatio – ad still kept collectig ull ret.

Overseeig pulic agecies were little help – the

residets repeatedl requested ispectios ad

ater the all took place, the situatio ailed to

improve. “The uits were writte up or violatios

the cit ad cout,” said sta attore Marcela

Ruiz, “ut the prolems still remaied.”

“The ugs were ad eough whe m husad,

m older so ad I were gettig it,” said Laroda

Tirshell who still lives at Dole Gardes. “now that

m a wakes up with ites too it reall makes

me mad ad somethig has got to chage.” So the

residets elisted CRLA i lig suit. Twet-oe

Dole Gardes teats led a lawsuit i Septemer

2011, hopig to have their da i court, the

opportuit to tell their stor ad to improve the

coditios or themselves ad their eighors.

The case has received widespread press coverage,strikig a chord with a commuit that too ote

sees these tpes o violatios go ucorrected.

We cotiue to work alogside the residets o

Dole Gardes to rig aout a more sae ad

haitale livig place, while urtherig the visio

o a world where udametal rights are upheld

ad protected. Visit http://crla.org/ews-ad-

evets or updates o this case over the ext

several moths.

22.3% of Stockton Residents live at

or below the poverty level

21.5% of Stockton Residents are

African American

40.3%of Stockton Residents

are Latino

16.2% of Stockton Residents are

Unemployed

27.2% of San Joaquin County

residents (where Stockton

is located) are disabled

Source: US Census

CRLA Helps a RuralCommuit AddressHabitabilit adHealth Issues

Doyle Gardens resident

sharing concerns with

CRLA staff.

a prgt lrd Tirh (wh h ic hd hr y) hw

CRla hr prtmt.

A VISIOn OF DIGnITy AnD RESPECT FOR RURAL CITIES




In te earl suer o 2011 CRLA’s

ailbox was unusuall ull. Doatio cards

ad PaPal cotriutios i memor o Gar

Heradez streamed i with otes readig:

“Gar was a amazig ma…he is missed” or“I memor o Gar ad his sigiicat works.”

With such a outpourig o love ad support

or a ma oe quickl got a idea – aleit small

i compariso to how large o a lie he lived –

o Gar’s persoalit ad passios thaks

to the stories ad gits made to CRLA i his

memor. “He elieved i uplitig people out o

their situatios…Gar was a law irm parter,

raimaker ad a philathropist,” said Deidra

‘Red” Williams, Secretarial Supervisor at SnRDeto ad log-time colleague o Gar’s.

Refectios rom each o Gar’s rieds ad

colleagues’ iclude metio o his metorig

ad leadership qualities. Wherever he worked

everoe was treated equall… i a case was

settled or a rie pulished Gar made sure each

had ivolved was recogized. “He had a huge

visio o equalit ad social justice ad has let a

ig hole i the commuit ad i peoples’ lives,”

Friends, colleagues and amily celebrateGary Hernandez’s lie through stories &memorial gits to CRLA.

love it!”


Donor

Gry Hrdz pig with

hi pgui ccti

“

Ya go“

Ya gotta

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said Teri Heradez his wie ad parter or over

21 ears.

Gar’s persoal ad proessioal lie t together

seamlessl. Cliets were his rieds ad work a

extesio o his perso. “We had a rule, i Gar wasgoe or more tha 48 hours o usiess I also

wet o that trip with him,” said Teri who used to

work with CRLA’s Developmet Departmet ad

orgaized our rst Tardeada udraiser.

Whe Gar died o Frida, Ma 27, 2011 rom

a pulmoar emolism, Teri chose CRLA as the

eeciar o all memorial doatios. “I was

lookig or somethig that represeted his values.

He’s kow José Padilla ad CRLA or ears ad it

seemed like the right thig to do.”

Oe visit to his oce ad ou would have

immediatel saw his sese o humor ad lovale

eccetricities…i a 2006 iterview i “Sa

Fracisco Attore” aout ba Area lawers who

collect uusual thigs, Gar jokes aout his love

or peguis: Hernandez, who has penguin items

in his oce and at home, cites the dictionary

denition o penguins as “shortlegged, fightless

aquatic birds.” He quips, “I’m sure I have a

personal anity because that also applies to me.”

“People reall ejoed workig with him,” Red

remarked odl. Whe Gar worked o a project,

ot ol was the al product amazig…utall those workig with him came awa rom the

experiece as etter people.

We are grateul to e oe o Gar’s al projects,

ad we are thakul to his amil ad rieds or

cotiuig his metorship ad visio or equalit

through givig to CRLA .

GARy’SWORK WITh

SNR DENTON

The last irm where he worked, SNR Denton, deinitely

eels his absence. From SNR Denton’s in memoriam

webpage: Gary joined the Firm in 1997 in our San

Francisco office directly from government. Previously

a deputy city attorney for the City and County of San

Francisco, Gary had just concluded service as the California deputy insurance commissioner and chief of

enforcement in charge of insurer enforcement and market

conduct, fraud investigations and management of all

failed insurers in the state.

SNR Denton’s profile in Insurance Regulation, and the

depth of our team’s talent in handling state regulatory

compliance, company and agency formation, and

regulatory approval and administrative law matters on

behalf of insurers and holding companies, is merely a

reflection of the vision Gary first set upon implementing

almost 15 years ago.

Gary’s profound commitment to serving clients creatively

and responsively will be carried forward by the team

of exceptional lawyers and professionals he recruited,

trained, advanced and inspired.

(From www.snrdenton.com)

“He had a huge vision o equality and social justices and

has let a big hole in the community and in peoples’ lives.” – Teri Hernandez

He believed in upliting peopleout o their situations…Gary

was a law frm partner, rain-

maker and a philanthropist.”




In is 22 ears as a CRLA counit worker

in Oxnard and Coacella, Eanuel Benitez

as seen it all: rampat workplace saet viola-

tios, discrimiatio, harassmet, uihaitale

housig ad rutal livig coditios. but he’s also

see the irrepressile stregth o Calioria’s eld

workers ghtig or their rights ad recogitio

uder the law. Ad beitez kows this stregth

rsthad – as a ormer eld worker himsel,

beitez’s eet remai rml plated i the real

elds ad struggles o rural Calioria.

How long have you worked with CRLA, and howdid you come to the organization?

I’ve worked here or 22 ears. I ega as a arm-

worker i the Salias valle, ad the I ecame

ivolved with the Uited Farm Workers i the 70’s.The I came to CRLA as a commuit worker, rst

i Oxard ad ow i Coachella.

What does a CRLA community worker do?

Well, all kids o thigs! With the work CRLA does,

we alwas have the law ehid us. but o oe else

is out there eorcig the laws. Cal OSHA or other

govermet agecies do’t have the resources to

e out i ever workplace.

CRLA Sta Q-and-A:Community Worker, Emanuel Benitez

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CRLA STAFF

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So mostl we iteract with the workers. We visit

the elds ad make sure that there’s toilets ad

drikig water.

We show people etter was to use tools, give

them resources or heat stress relie. We also do

traiigs i laor law ad thigs like that or thewhole commuit.

It helps that I was a arm worker, ecause I’m

ale to relate to people ad I uderstad the

issues rsthad – how the workig eviromet

reall is out there. Ad orgaizig with the UFW

helped me a lot ecause whe I got to CRLA,

I had alread spet 15 ears i the eld talkig

with workers.

What kinds o cases have you been involved induring your time with CRLA?

I’ve worked o so ma cases – Laor Commissio

ad Emplomet Developmet Departmet

cases, workplace issues, like emploers orcig

the workers to use short-hadled tools to weed.

Cases trig to get toilets or workers i the eld,

which we helped make stadard. I’ve worked o

discrimiatio ad harassmet cases with wome

i packig houses, where the’re ot allowed to do

a “ma’s” jo like drivig ork lits or whe the’reot allowed to use the toilets, so the’re orced to

wear diapers.

More recetl I’ve worked o grape testig i

Coachella Valle, where workers or a huge grower

were eig orced to taste-test uwashed grapes

i the elds to d out i the grapes had eough

sugar ad were ripe ad read to e harvested. We

wo a ijuctio that orced the grower to stop

this practice.

You’re amous within CRLA or this map you used tohave on your ofce wall. Can you tell us about it?

Whe I traserred rom Oxard to Coachella i

Ma 1999, I started workig o a ig housig

discrimiatio case agaist the Cout o Riverside.

The Coachella Valle is home to lots o migratarm workers ecause the are ale to pa low

ret i moile home parks ad have a ase here,

ad the travel to harvest i bakerseld ad other

ear places. So there are all these upermitted

trailer parks. Ad i Riverside, the cout tried

to close aout 300 o them ad orce all these

people out o their homes. We wo the case

ad had a agreemet with the cout or aout

$21 millio, where park owers were required

to provide sewer ad electrical irastructure adteats could exchage old moile homes or

ew, sae oes.

So i the middle o the summer i 1999, I arrived

i Coachella to work o this case– it’s hot here, it

eels like ou’re gettig uckets o re throw o

ou. Ad m jo was to drive aroud ad visit all

these moile homes i uicorporated rural areas,

ad I did’t kow the area at all, or how to get

aroud. So I acquired a map, ad made it ito

a adveture. I’d put a dot at each place I visited

a moile park. It helps me get a hadle o cases,

ad see where I’ve ee ad where I’m goig.

Are things getting better now or armworkersin Caliornia than they were 20 years ago?

Well, we have ee ale to make some ig

chages. but there are still violatios—it does’t

stop. Ad ou have to alwas e vigilat. As soo

as the emploers do’t see ou out i the elds

a more, the same issues will start comig ack.

I ou wat to keep makig chage, ou alwas

have to e o top o it, ad e phsicall preseti these workplaces ad i these commuities.

Moitorig is essetial to esurig workplace

saet ad eld saitatio.

Ater two decades, what keeps you doing thiswork every day?

For me, it’s atural. I’m just glad I’ve ee ale to

have the opportuit. I ega as a armworker ad

I alwas wated to reach more people ad talk to

more people ad help them i their positios.

Whe ou see people’s aces ater the’ve wo a

case – or example, a worker comes to ou ad

the’re eig deied eets ad the’re out o

work. The whe ou’re ale to help this perso

pa their ret ad eed their amil – it’s amazig.

Or or wome eig sexuall harassed, whe ou’re

ale to e a part o them raisig their voices, to e

heard – it’s icredile. I’d almost do it or ree.

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Donald N. Hubbard

Insured Retirement Institute

Law Oces o Fellomand Solorio

Lewis, Feinberg, Lee, Renaker& Jackson Michael Loeb

Loretta Lynch & Jack Davis

Karen & John Martinez

Janet McGinnis

William McNeill III &Jennier Bell

Monterey County WomenLawyers Association

Michael E. & Mary C.Murphy

John F. O’Toole & Jean Hom

Amy Pack

Hon. Richard Paez &Diane Erickson

Mary Louise Pratt &Renato Rosaldo

Michelle Reinglass

Jack Carson Revvill

Michael & Lisa Rhodes

Dorothy & Kevin Rivette

Mario Rosas & Miriam Soto

Gloria & Jerry Santillan

Mark & Lucia Savage

Schoenleber & Waltermire

Brad Seligman & Sara CamposJohn W. Semion

State o CA – Department o Pesticides

Carl Steiner & Mihoko Yamagata

Chris Strachwitz

The Law Oces o FloraGarcia-Sepulveda

The San Francisco Foundation

John M. True III &Claudia Wilken

David & Teresa Valladolid

Catherine Weatherord

Robert L. Cortez Webb

$249 - $100

Ron Abraham

Gabino Aguirre

Angelo N. Ancheta

Henry P. & Virginia F.Anderson

Nellie Andrade

Ana M. Aparicio

Jesse T. Arnold

Robert M. Ashen & Ann Garry

Hulett & Cathy Askew

Robert Atkins

Dr. Maria Balderrama

Barbagallo & Stuehrk LLCMichael Barnes

Manuel Barrera

Kandi Beaman

Emanuel Benitez

Charles A. Bird

Frank Bloch

John C. & Jennier B. Boger

Edward J. & Marion Bronson

Linda Brown

Jonathan Brynga

Berge & Alice Bulbulian

Bushnell Caplan et al LLPBruce Callarman & Paula

Fujiwara

Rodolo & Karen Cancino

Rudy & Rosalinda Cardenas

Jana & Dennis Castanares

Darlene M. Ceremello &Jessea N.R. Greenman

Melissa Chacon

Diane Chin

Madeline Chun

Jacob Clingerman

Community Health Charities

donors2011 CRLAGiving

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Consulate General o Mexico

Gary Cooper

J Lee Covington

Crail-Johnson FoundationElsa & Forrest Crumpley

John J. Davis Jr & LorettaLynch

Roberto & Teresa De la Rosa

Yolanda Diaz

Nancy Dicenzo

Hon. Donal Donnelly

Patricia Dozier

Julie Drake & Kim Tucker

Pedro Echeverria

Robin Edwards

Arnold C. EllisEmployers’ Holdings, Inc

Pierre Epstein

Joseph Fanucci &Katherine Desinger

Maxine Fasulis

Robert Finkelstein & Lisa Chen

Ed Fletcher

Antonio Flores

William Forthman

Virginia Franco

John & Sharon Funk

Noah GaetaAlicia Gamez

Joanne Garvey

Marjorie Gelb &Mark Aaronson

Frederick J. Gibbons

Felicia Gilbert

Joel Gomberg & Melly C. Levy

Maisie Greenawalt

Richard & Robyn Greene

Peter B. & Ann M. Gregory

Raael Gutierrez

Paul Gutierrez

Ralph Gutlohn

Harrington & Ingram

John Harris

Otis P. HealdHernandez-Stern Family Fund

o the CA CommunityFoundation

Leticia Herrera &Mark D. Levine

Alan & Susan Houseman

John Huerta & Pamela Byrne

George & Peggy Hunt

Delia Ibarra

Deeana Jang

Hon. Alan Jaroslovsky

Ronald Javor

Marian Johnston

Just Resolutions McCollum& Associates

Marc Kasky

Thomas J. & Jane M. Kensok

Paul Kivel & Mary Luckey

Luis & Lee Lainer

Mary Geissler Lanzone

Lisa Larson

Law Oce o Frederick J.Gibbons, Inc.

Law Oce o Susan A. Nunn

Law Oces o Gail D.SoloLaw Oces o Lorraine L.

Loder

Bill Lee & Carolyn Yee

Barbara & Robert Leidigh

Je Levinson

Sherman & Alison Lewis

George Livaditis

David Loeb

Romulo Lopez & RoseanneMartinez

Evelyn C. Lundstrom

Jason Luz

Maria Gallo & James Baldwin

Paul & Sheila Marsh

Colin McRae

Enrique & Linda MelgarGilbert Mendez &

Elena Huie-Mendez

Thomas C. Mitchell

Jose Montenegro

Monterey Peninsula FriendsMeeting

Moreno & Perez

Pia Moriarty & Bob Hurd

Brian Murtha

Rick Nahmias

Sarah Nettels

Network or Good

Amy Newell

Susan Nunn

Emily Oranos

James Pachl

Pedro Paez

Chris & Bettina Paige

Betty Patterson

Richard Pearl &Deborah Collins

Ronald K. Perry & Lori LewisJohn S. & Kathleen J.Peterson

Robert & Norma PlacenciaPMI Mortgage Insurance Co.

Arthur Polansky

Harrison Pollak &Natalie Friedman

Caryl Potter

Bonnie Powell

Edith Ramos

Michael Rawson &Constance De La Vega

Cynthia Reich

Susan Reynolds

Richard Rivera

Robert & Patricia SwitzerFoundation

Jill & Richard Rodewald

Nora RomanBarbara Rose

Kirby Sack & Pamela Merchant

Stephen E. Selkowitz &Barbara P. O’Hare

Marci B. Seville

Silas Shawver

Georgia K. Sisson

Carolyn Soneld

Michael Stern &Antonia Hernandez

Nancy Strohl & Peter Siegel

Kim Stuart

Leah Sugarman

Hon. Robert Taoya

Mark Talamantes &Karen Carrera

Roger & Delia Talamantez

Betsy Temple

Paul Scott Tepper

Joe Toyoshima

Shirley Trevino

Paul David Tu

David B. Turner

Hon. Juan & Rosalia Ulloa

Sonia Urzua & Craig Wol

Visa

Michael & Johanna Wald

Cheryl Wallace

Gene Weinstein

Ira Weisberg &Debra Klugman

Thomas S. & Susan Weisner

Winston W. Wheeler

Ellen Widess & Rick Warren

Joseph & Virginia Woods

Hugo Zamudio

Graciela E. Zavala &Felix Garcia

Miriam Zuk

Uder $100Laura K. Allen

Adrian S. Andrade

Rosemary Duggin Bacy

Bank o America Foundation

Barrow Family Trust

Jeanette & Myer Bello

Gene Bernardi

Josephine Black

Allen Bloom & Elysa M.Waltzer

Steven H. & Karen Bovarnick

Mary Ann BrownsteinMolly Burns

Jose and Anita Cardoza

Ines Carreras

Joyce L. Carrillo &Kevin Hansen

Tina Castanares

Angel Castillo

Chartered Property CasualtyUnderwriters Society

Raael Chase

Alicia Christensan

Tamara Collins-ParksRoberto Concepcion

Clare M. Conk

Michael L. Crowley

Douglas & Gisela Daetz

John Damato

Amin David

Guadalupe Davila

Jonathan Davila

Cara Davis

Justin Davis

Alegria De La Cruz

Dora De La Rosa

Paul & Anne DeCarli

Helen Dungar

Roger Dunn

Stephen DurishMatilde & Charles Eggleton

Cecile Elder

Jerry Everhardt

Linda Faith

Robert C. & Gail W. Feenstra

Beatrice G. Fernandez

Alejandro Fernandez

Lucia Fernandez

Fidelity BrokerageServices, LLC

Stephen F. & Sarah Foland

Jack & Carolyn ForbesDoug Freeman

Ines Galindo

Daniel Galindo

Geneva Gayler

Ruth A. Gibson

Howard Goldblatt

David Gonzales

Juan & Ramona Gonzalez

Arthur & Doreen Gray, Jr.

Robert Greenwood

Tanya & Robert

GuzmanTimothy H. Hallahan

Rachael Hazen

Harold & Lilo Heller

Marlene Hellman

Mari Heredia

Leodore & Karen CarlquistHernandez

Jose L. Hernandez

Rusten Hogness &Donna Haraway

Mary Jo Housman

John G. Hurst

Richard & Pam Jaquez

Je Jardine & Olivia Flores

John Barbara Jimenez

Charles JonesBennett Katz

Gary & Ilene Katz

John Kautsky

Jennier Keating

Donald E. Kelley Jr. & SusanGetman

Stephen J. Kessler & DanielaHureazanu

Louise A. LaMothe

Law Oces o RhondaWilkinson Domingo

Martina Lopez

Sylvia & Raymond LubowDavid & Sandra Lyons

Emily Maglio

Omar Malavor

Eric Manne

Meredith McMinn &Mary T. Barry

Lewis Melahn

Alejandro Melgoza

John Miller

Debra Mipos

Maria Montejano

Jose MontejanoHelen R. Moore

Joseph Mulcrone

Laird Nelson

Nancy Newman

Lindsay Nichols

Frank Oen

Lus Onsco

Yolanda Orozco

Antonio Ortiz

Elizabeth Owen

Christine & AnthonyPagano

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Rosendo & Rosalinda Pena

Thomas J. Phillips & StephanieD. Ericson

Dominga PinedaJames & Sheridan Piper

Lee & Elizabeth Pliscou

Humberto Quintana

Tele Ramirez

Pedro and Betty Ramirez

Dorri & Bernard Raskin

Mark E. Redmond

Henry Reynoso

Alan & Cheryl Rinzler

Thomas Rivell

Cole Roberts

Peter RobrishJames O. & Lorraine K. Rogers

Isidoro & Raaela Romero

Margarita & Ray Romo

Barbara & Oren Root

Stean Rosenzweig &Claudia Jackson

Elizabeth RumeltA SPECIAL THAnk yOU TO THE FOLLOWInG FOR

nOMInATInG CRLA FOR Cy PRES AWARDS In 2011

SPECIAL THAnkS TO OUR CRLA v USA PRO BOnO

DEFEnSE COUnSEL

CRLA WOULD LIkE TO THAnk THE FOLLOWInG FOR PROVIDInG PRO BOnO

AnD/OR CO-COUnSEL SERVICES

In-kInD /UnDERWRITInG InSTITUTIOnAL GIVInG

Kingsley & Kingsley

Anderson, Ogilvie

Brewer LLP

Cadena Churchill LLP

Hadsell Stormer Keeny

Richardson & Renick, LLP

Initiative Legal Group

Leonard Carder LLP

Pope, Berger & Williams LLP

Saveri and Saveri, Inc

Tracee Lorens

Watsonville Law Center

Arnold & Porter LLP (formerly Howard Rice)

•BernardA.Burk

•MartyGlick

•RobHallman

Law oces o Nancy Palandati

Chandra SpencerLaw Oces o Baltodano &

Baltodano LLP

Law Oces o Brancart

& Brancart

Law Oces o

Michael J. Deniro

Law Oces o

Nava & Gomez

Neighborhood Legal Services

o Los Angles County

Smith and Bryant, Inc.

Stephanie Haner

Western Center on Law& Poverty

Maeve Elise Brown

Brian Brosnahan

Herman Meyers

Marcos Camacho, a LawCorporation

Talamantes/Villegas/Carrera, LLP

Earthjustice

Fitzpatrick, Spini & Swanston

Law Oce o Betsy Alberts

Yana Berrier

Jack Dickson

Frederick GibbonsTimothy Evans

Smith Johnson, Inc

Law Oces o Margaret Elder

Mario Martinez

Weeun Wang

Nicholas Maritz

Gabriela Navarro-Busch

Law Oces o Angie King

Law Oces o Douglas Hilton

Andy Greenselder

Nellie Andrade

Avi Resort & CasinoSylvia Baiz

Balboa Park

Barrio Logan Winery

Belli Capelli Salon

Bradord Portraits

Memo Cavada

Dobson’s Bar and Restaurant

El Fandango Restaurant

Daniel Hernandez

Hornblower Cruises

Law Oces o Moreno & Perez

Dolores Leal

Maker’s Mark

Enrique & Linda Melgar

Enrique Morones

Museum o Photographic ArtsTomas Olmos

Pandora Jewelry

Zac Placencia

Yolanda Romero

Rowley Children’s Portraiture

Thomas and Lorna Saiz

San Diego Chargers

Community Foundation

Southwest Airlines

Delia Talamantez

Reyes Topete

Mario Torero

Sylvia & Al Torres

USS Midway Museum

Alliance Healthcare Foundation

Caliornia Coalition or Rural HousingCaliornia Endowment

Caliornia Healthcare Foundation

Caliornia Wellness Foundation

Cesar Chavez Foundation

City o Capitola

City o Santa Cruz

City o Watsonville

Clinicas de Salud del Pueblo

Coalition to Abolish Slavery & Tracking

County o Santa Clara

County o Santa CruzDavid & Lucile Packard Foundation

David Bohnett Foundation

Foundation to Promote Open Society

Fresno Regional Foundation

William & Flora Hewlett Foundation

Impact Fund

James Irvine Foundation

Legal Aid o Sonoma County

Legal Services Corporation

National Health Law Program

Pew Charitable Trusts

Regional Access Project Foundation

Rural Community Assistance Corp.

Small Change Foundation

Stanislaus County Area Agency on Ageing

Stanislaus County Community Services Agency

State Bar o Caliornia

Union Bank Foundation

US Department o Housing and Urban Development

US Department o Labor

Watsonville Law Center

Women’s Foundation o Caliornia

Thomas & Lorna Saiz

Nitasha Sawhney

Susan Schechter & Brian Garcia

Farrel & Shirley SchellRev. Don & Dee Schilling

Donald Schlotz

Fred & Phyllis Schoen

Charles & Ruth Schultz

W. Hubbard Segur

Lawrence J. Simon

Peter Smalbach

Claudia E. Smith

Valerie E. Sopher

Samuel Sorich

Sue Stead

Kevin Stein & Helen Bruno

Tom Suiter

Sutherland and Gerber

Talamantes/Villegas/Carrera, LLP

Frances Taylor

Francis Toldi

J. Breck & Nancy Tostevin

University o Caliornia

Betty Urban

Juan Valdovinos

Teresa ValenciaPhillip Vedder

Jose Villarreal

Barry L. Wasserman &Judith Michalowski

David Wegbreit

Idell Weydemeyer &David Meredith

Brian & Karen Wheeler

Laura Whitney & Michael Korte

George & Marilyn Winard

Mary M. Withington

George WoyamesRussell J. Yamaichi

Raael & Virginia

Yngojo Jr.

Laura Yrigollen

Rosa Zamora

Nellie Zavala

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nancials2011-2010

STATEmENTS OF FINANCIAL POSITIONDecember 31, 2011 and 2010

ASSETS 2011 2010

current assets

Cash and cashequivalents $1,759,484 $1,642,543

Grants receivable 725,505 748,528

Pledges receivable 11,445 34,628Other receivable 135,419 76,854

Prepaid expenses,deposits, andemployee advances 169,338 157,100

Other assets 1,630 1,425

Total current assets $2,802,821 $2,661,078

non-current assets

Client trust funds 157,896 475,917

Property andequipment 1,324,121 1,399,264

Total non-current assets $1,482,017 $1,875,181

Total assets $4,284,838 $4,536,259

LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS 2011 2010

current liabilities

Accounts payable $230,515 $182,702

Accrued liabilities 844,674 910,333

Refundable advances 966,236 606,720

Current portion ofnotes payable 38,867 40,680

Total current liabilities $2,080,292 $1,740,435

non-current liabilities

Client trust funds payable 157,896 475,917

Notes payable 572,246 609,751

Total non-current liabilities $730,142 $1,085,668

Total liabilities $2,810,434 $2,826,103

net assets

Unrestricted 262,832 374,978

Unrestricted boarddesignated 1,037,777 1,046,106

Temporarily restricted 173,795 289,072

Total net assets 1,474,404 1,710,156

Total liabilitiesand net assets $4,284,838 $4,536,259

STATEmENTS OF ACTIVITES AND ChANGES IN NET ASSETS Year Ended December 31, 2011 Year Ended December 31, 2010

TEmPORARILy TEmPORARILy UNRESTRICTED RESTRICTED TOTAL UNRESTRICTED RESTRICTED TOTAL

REVENUE AND SUPPORT

Grant revenue $20,000 $13,165,132 $13,185,132 $2,741 $14,014,631 $14,017,372

Donated Services 1,257,000 - 1,257,000 1,382,050 - 1,382,050

Contributions 563,022 3,477 566,499 301,434 27,549 328,983

Attorneys fees and costs recovery 179,000 188,993 367,993 60,517 75,462 135,979

Special event revenue 168,881 - 168,881 204,435 - 204,435

Other revenue 45,806 48,341 94,147 38,146 76,358 114,504

Net assets released fromprogram restrictions 13,521,220 (13,521,220) - 14,232,641 (14,232,641) -

Total revenue and support 15,754,929 (115,277) 15,639,652 16,221,964 (38,641) 16,183,323

ExPENSES

Program services 13,518,009 - 13,518,009 14,001,775 - 14,001,775Management and general 1,589,963 - 1,589,963 1,774,470 - 1,774,470Fundraising 767,432 - 767,432 712,515 - 712,515

Total epenses 15,875,404 - 15,875,404 16,488,760 - 16,488,760

Cange in net assets (120,475) (115,277) (235,752) (266,796) (38,641) (305,437)

NET ASSETS

Beginning of year $1,421,084 $289,072 $1,710,156 $1,687,880 $327,713 $2,015,593

End of year $1,300,609 $173,795 $1,474,404 $1,421,084 $289,072 $1,710,156

CRLA is unded in part by the Legal Services Corporation. As a

condition o the unding it receives rom LSC, it is restricted rom

engaging in certain activities in all o its legal work, includingwork supported by other unding sources. CRLA may not expend

any unds or any activity prohibited by the Legal Services

Corporation ACT, 42 U.S.C. 2996 et seq. or by Public Law 104-

134. Public Law 104-134 504(d) requires that notice o these

restrictions be given to all unders o programs unded by the

Legal Services Corporation. For a copy o these laws or any other

inormation or clarifcations, please contact Michael Courville at

(415) 777-2794 x338.

Donations 4%

Other 1%

Fundraising 4%

Management& General 11%

Legal ServicesCorporation Grant

58%

State Bar17%

OtherGrants

20%

Program Services

85%

revenue expenses

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CRLA BOARD OF

DIRECTORS

Adrian Andrade Chairperson

Brian Murtha Vice Chairperson

Dee Schilling Secretary

Ena Lopez

Juan Valdovinos

Isidoro Romero

Javier Maldonado

Tele Ramirez

Nettie Amey

Elizabeth Madrid

Roberto Gonzalez

Anne Fletcher

Manuel Barrera

Jose J. Rodriguez

Pedro Paez

Omar Malavor

Luis Magana

Jesus Pelayo

Adalberto Gomez

Hugo Zamudio

Maricruz Ladino

Teresa Valencia

Ana Solis

Mahdi Najmi

Humberto Quintana

Laura Yrigollen

Christine Santana

Ramon Romero

Jose Villarreal

Christopher Ho

Carole Harper

Janet McGinnis

Luz Herrera

Graciela Zavala

David Martinez

Irene A. Ramirez

Frank Ramirez

Rudy Cardenas

Craig McCollum

Ann Cerney

Henry Marquez

Navneet A. Singh

Robert F. Farrace

Donald Hubbard

Olo Hellen

Gabriela Navarro-Busch

Susan Ratzkin

Mark Talamantes

Jack Carson Revvill

Antonio Valladolid

Juan Torres

Clare M. Conk

Richard Fajardo

Delia Flores

Myrna Martinez-Nateras

Miguel Baez

Roberto De La Rosa

Thomas J. Saiz

Ena Lopez

Kevin Williams

Javier Maldonado

Marta Ramirez

Manuel Barrera

Pedro Paez

Eduardo Ramirez

Alejo Flores

Ramon Martinez

Juan Valdovinos

Ignacio Torres

Armando Sanchez

Erain Martinez

Laura P. Gil

ExECuTIVE STAFF

José R. PadillaExecutive Director

Bill Hoerger Dir. o Lit. Advoc. &

Traing

Ilene JacobsDir. o Lit. Advoc. &

Traing

Michael MeuterDir. o Lit. Advoc. &

Traing

Cynthia RiceDir. o Lit. Advoc. &

TraingLee Pliscou

Dir. o Com. Programs

CENTRAL

ADMI NIST RATIO N

EXECUTIVE OFFICE

Ana Garza

Teresa Santiago

Juan Carlos Cancino

DEVELOPMENT

Mike Courville, Dir.

Austin Cummings

Dolores Garay

Kim Jones

IT DEPARTMENT

Joshua Leong, Dir.

Felix Hernandez

Marques Varnado

FINANCE

Frank Bittner, Dir.

Carol Banbury

Elena Mak

Robert Sikin

HUMAN RESOURCES

Pat Beardsley, Dir.

Marlene Dutt

Asha McGarrell

LITIGATION UNIT

Gladys Briscoe

Gloria Howell

Dee Filicia

COACHELLA

Arturo Rodriguez, Dir.

Megan Beaman

Emanuel Benitez

Ruth Estrada

Carmen Lopez-Rodriguez

Lorena MartinezLaura Massie

Maria Cristina Mendez

DELANO

R. Timara Arancibia, Dir.

Pauline Lara

Petra Martinez

Oscar Teran

Elizabeth Aakhus

EL CENTRO

Beatriz Garcia, Dir.

Maria Guerena

Franchesca Gonzalez

Rosa Madueno

Lupe Quintero

Veronica Tamayo

FRESNO

Felicia Espinosa, Dir.

Phoebe Seaton, Dir.

Kara Broduehrer

Ephraim Camacho

Kirby Cannon

Cresencia Cruz

Eloise Esmael

Olivia Faz

Veronica Garibay

Irma Luna

Elizabeth Trujillo

Norma Ventura

Ruby Renteria

LAMONT OFFICE

Fausto Sanchez

GILROY OFFICE

Teri Scarlett, Dir.

Jose Chapa

Nora Gorena

Justin GrossMADERA OFFICE

Baldwin Moy, Dir.

Angelica Cuevas

Yvette Garcia

Angela Lozano

MARYSVILLE OFFICE

Dylan Saake, Dir.

Candice Coolidge

Regina Davidson

Sonia Garibay

Julie HallBonnye Hughes

Preet Kaur

Sean O’Connell

Navneet Singh

Susan Williams Podesta

MODESTO OFFICE

Jessica Jewell, Dir.

Andrea DeTellis

Emily Long

Raquel Hateld

Arsenio Mataka

Linda Rodriguez

Yvonne Sanchez

Gloria Tobias

Christina Teixeria

Elica Vaaie

Enid Picart

Rebecca Tinoco

Sun Cao

MONTEREY

Teri Scarlett, Dir.

Diana Barba

Victoria Canepa

Maria Serena

OCEANSIDE

Prairie Bly, Dir.

Jennier Bonilla

Carlos Maldonado

Yolie Rios

Paloma Torres

OxNARD

Andres Garcia, Dir.

Ron Kurlaender, Dir.

Je Ponting, Dir.

Irma Avila-Espinoza

Rosie Cisneros

Hector Delgado

Antonio Flores

Cecilia Flores

Jessenya Hernandez

Eileen McCarthy

Maydole Topete

Gabriela Vega

SALINAS

Michael Marsh, Dir.

Mariano Alvarez

Victoria Canepa

Elena Dineen

Hector de la Rosa

Maria Elena Hernandez

Lisel Holdenried

Irma Huerta-Ramirez

Angeles Jimenez

Maureen Keer

Jesus Lopez

Sarah Martinez

Maria Serena

SAN LuIS OBISPO &

PASO ROBLES OFFICES

Michael Blank, Dir.

Myrna Alvarez

Susan King

Ruth Parker-Angulo

SANTA BARBARA

Kirk Ah-Tye, Dir.

Blanca Rosa Avila

Patricia Sierra

SANTA CRuZ

Chea Berra

Irish Tapia

SANTA MARIA OFFICE

Jeannie Barrett, Dir.

Corrie Arellano

Mary Jacka

Sylvia Torres

Irma Trejo

SANTA ROSA OFFICE

Jeerey Homan, Dir.

Hilda Cisneros

Patricia Fink

Monica Guzman

Dulce Leal Romero

Robert Lotero

Lorenzo Oropeza

Alredo Sanchez

STOCKTON

Blanca Bañuelos, Dir.

Marcela Ruiz, Dir.

Daniel Torres, Dir.

Martha Acevedo

Cecilia Arredondo

Kristina Burrows

Sylvia Escobar

Joana Horning

Kristine Moore

Richard Oliver

Karen Smith

Monica Sousa

Esmeralda Zendejas

WATSONVILLE

Gretchen Regenhardt,Dir.

Shirley Conner

Janet Dollar

Phyllis Katz

Judy M. Vazquez

and staff2011 board of directorsfgting or justice,

canging lives



José R. Padilla, Executive Director

631 Howard Street, Suite 300

San Francisco, CA 94105-3907

TEL (415) 777-2752

FAX (415) 543-2752

[email protected]

www.crla.org

COACHELLA

1460 6th Street

P.O. Box 35

Coachella, CA 92236

(760) 398-7264/7261

FAX (760) 398-1050

DELANO

R. Timara Arancibia, Dir.

629 Main Street

Delano, CA 93215

(661) 725-4350 9am-4pm

FAX (661) 725-1062

EL CENTRO

Beatriz Garcia, Dir.

449 Broadway

El Centro, CA 92243

(760) 353-0220

FAX (760) 353-6914

FRESNO

Felicia Espinosa, Dir.

Phoebe Seaton, Dir.

2115 Kern Street, Suite 370

Fresno, CA 93721

(559) 441-8721

FAX (559) 441-8443

LAMONT

9715 Main Street

Lamont, CA 93241

(661) 845-9066/4965

MADERA

Baldwin Moy, Dir.

126 North “B” Street

Madera, CA 93638

(559) 674- 5671

FAX (559) 674- 5674

MARYSVILLE

Dylan Saake, Dir.

511 “D” Street

P.O. Box 2600

Marysville, CA 95901

(530) 742- 5191

FAX (530) 742-0421

MODESTO

Jessica Jewell, Dir.

1111 I Street, Suite 310

Modesto, CA 95354

(209) 577-3811

FAX (209) 577-1098

OCEANSIDE

Prairie Bly, Dir.

215 S. Coast Highway,

Suite 201

Oceanside, CA 92054

(760) 966-0511

FAX (760) 966-0291

OxNARD, MIGRANT

Andres Garcia, Dir.

Je Ponting, Dir.

P.O. Box 1561

Oxnard, CA 93032

338 S. A Street

Oxnard, CA 93030

(805) 486-1068

FAX (805) 483-0535

OxNARD, BASIC

338 South “A” Street

Oxnard, CA 93030

(805) 483-8083

Fax (805) 483-0535

SALINAS, BASIC

3 Williams Road

Salinas, CA 93905

(831) 757-5221

FAX (831) 757-6212

SALINAS, MIGRANT

Michael Marsh, Dir.

3 Williams Road

Salinas, CA 93905

(831) 757-5221FAX (831) 757-6212

SANTA CRuZ

501 Soquel Avenue, Suite D

Santa Cruz, CA 95062

(831) 458-1089

FAX (831) 458-1140

SANTA MARIA

Jeannie Barrett, Dir.

2050 “G” South Broadway

Santa Maria, CA 93454

(805) 922-4563

FAX (805) 928-0693

SAN LuIS OBISPO

Michael Blank , Dir.

1011 Pacic Street, #A

San Luis Obispo, CA 93410

PASO ROBLES

3350 Park Street

Paso Robles, CA 93446

(805) 239- 3708

FAX (805) 239-4912

SANTA ROSA

Jeerey Homan, Dir.

725 Farmers Lane, #10

Bldg. B

Santa Rosa, CA 95405

(707) 528-9941

FAX (707) 528-0125

STOCKTON

Blanca Bañuelos, Dir.

Marcela Ruiz, Dir.

Daniel Torres, Dir.

145 E. Weber Avenue

Stockton, CA 95202

(209) 946- 0605

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Printing: Trade Lithography

Photos: David Bacon andCRLA archives

Writers:

Irresponsible PracticesWritten by Jilanne Homan

Without BenetsWritten by Manjula Martin

Powerul YearWritten by Manjula Martin &Mike Courville

Heritage o Giving Back Written by Austin Cummingsand Kim Jones

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Disadvantaged CommunitiesWritten by Mike Courville

Changing LivesWritten by Jilanne Homan

Overworked UnderpaidWritten by Jilanne Homan

Regional AdvocacyWritten by Austin Cummings

Unsae ConditionsWritten by Manjula Martin

“Ya gotta love it!”Written by Austin Cummings

Firmly PlantedWritten by Manjula Martin



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Documents

CRLA 2011 Annual Report