JUSTICE

IN ACTION
ANNUAL REPORT 2017
All Staff Photo, 2017

Our Mission To provide quality legal services

to empower the poor to identify
Content Board of Directors
Priorities
02
03
and defeat the causes and Executive Message 04
effects of poverty within our Case Work  05
community, efficiently utilizing Financial Statements 09
all available resources. Justice in Action
    Housing  11
    Health Care 13
    Economic Stability 15
    Vulnerable Populations 17
Offices & Special Programs 18
Legal Services of Northern California Event Photos 19
(LSNC) is a program of the Legal Our Donors 23
Services Corporation (LSC). Pro Bono Support 28

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 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Kevin R. Johnson Annette Smith Josie Porras Corporon
President Secretary Executive Member

Jane B. Kroesche John F. Davis Devera Ayers

Vice President Treasurer Executive Member

Sacramento County Mother Lode Region

John F. Davis, California State Bar
Kathryn Lynn Patterson, California State Bar
Deborah Kollars, California State Bar
Mary K. DuBase, California State Bar
Luke McElwee, Gender Health Center
Bonnie Yang, My Sister’s House
Cheryl Carl, California State Bar
Timothy Brisson, California State Bar
Robert Joehnck, California State Bar
Becky Nylander, Placer Independent Resource Center
Annette Smith, Placer Independent Resource Center

Yolo County Solano County

Kevin R. Johnson, California State Bar Robert Stalker, California State Bar
Claudia Covarrubias, Rural Innovations in Social Economics Lesli M. Caldwell, California State Bar
James Wright, California State Bar Gabriela Peniche, Child Start Inc.

Butte Region Redwood Region

John Zorbas, California State Bar Jane B. Kroesche, California State Bar
Josie M. Corporon, California State Bar Amelia Burroughs, California State Bar
Nicholle Lewis, Community Legal Information Center William Spencer, Housing for All
Colin Morrow, California State Bar
Shasta Region
Devera Ayres, Faith Works
Thomas Andrews, California State Bar
Cheryl Watson, People of Progress

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OUR PRIORITIES
HOUSING
PRESERVATION

HEALTH CARE  ECONOMIC VULNERABLE

ACCESS STABILITY POPULATIONS

FAMILY
CIVIL RIGHTS EDUCATION SUPPORT &
SAFETY

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From the Executive Director and Board
President
In 2017, LSNC marked its 61st year of
providing critical legal services to tens of
thousands of needy and vulnerable
individuals, while also engaging in complex,
sophisticated advocacy--through litigation,
legislation, administrative advocacy, and
community development work--which had
a significant positive impact for our entire
client community in the areas of affordable
housing, public benefits, health, education,
and civil rights.
EXECUTIVE MESSAGE 
strong voice will continue to speak out
forcefully, in 2018 and beyond, on behalf of
our low-income clients and communities.
As Executive Director and Board President,
we are extremely proud of the
accomplishments of all of our staff and
volunteers, and we are very grateful to all
who supported our work and mission in
2017.  

Notwithstanding the shadows cast on the

future of publicly-funded legal services for GARY F. SMITH KEVIN R. JOHNSON
Executive Director Board President
the poor in the current political climate,
LSNC's 

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OUR CASEWORK
1,201
Seniors
6%
AVG. TIME SPENT Seniors Cases
Non-LSC

3.5 3,012
15%

Non-LSC
HOURS PER CASE
Cases 

TOTAL

20,0
AVERAGE COSTS

$107.97 3,531
USD PER CASE HICAP
18% HICAP Cases

STAFF

73
ATTORNEYS

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 SERVICE AREA

23
COUNTIES IN CAL.

CASES

060 NEED

12,316
LSC Cases
61%
71%
In the past year, 71% of low-income
LSC Cases
households experienced at least 1 civil
legal problem.*

*Source:  Legal Services Corporation. 2017. The Justice Gap: Measuring the Unmet Civil
Legal Needs of Low-income Americans. Prepared by NORC at the Univ. of Chicago for LSC.

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LSC-FUNDED CASES
Others
12%

Consumer
Housing Preservation 6,472
7%
Public Benefits 1,266
Individual Rights 1,106
Health 1,062
LSC CASES

12,316
Consumer 904
Health
Miscellaneous 849
9%
Family 315 Housing
Juvenile 179 53%
Employment 117
Education 46
TOTAL LSC CASES 12,316 Indiv. Rights
9%

Public Benefits
10%

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 Housing
Preservation

TOP 5 
LEGAL ISSUES
Health Care Public
Access Benefits

Consumer Individual
Protection Rights

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 STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL CONDITION
As of December 31st each year
2017 2016 
ASSETS   
Cash and cash equivalents $ 633,615 $ 515,915
Restricted cash $ 6,661 $ 3,567
Grants and contracts receivable $ 519,041 $ 736,893
Other receivables $ 16,429 $ 13,980
Prepaid expenses and deposits $ 227,934 $ 204,746
Investments $ 2,191,045 $ 2,754,122
Property and equipment $ 2,068,411 $ 2,062,709
TOTAL ASSETS $ 5,663,136 $ 6,291,932

LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS

LIABILITIES
Accounts payable $ 128,167 $ 63,773
Accrued liabliities $ 659,006 $ 713,028
Notes payable $ 408,146 $ 581,678
Deferred revenue $ 384,929 $ 549,647
TOTAL LIABILITIES $ 1,580,248 $ 1,908,126
NET ASSETS
Unrestricted $ 1,616,415 $ 1,918,804
Unrestricted board designated - endowment $ 142,440 $ 132,125
Unrestricted board designated - self insurance $ 250,597 $ 249,728
Unrestricted fixed assets, net of related debt $ 703,831 $ 557,302
Temporarily restricted $ 964,275 $ 1,120,517
Permanently restricted $ 405,330 $ 405,330
TOTAL NET ASSETS $ 4,082,888 $ 4,383,806

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS $ 5,663,136  $ 6,291,932 

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 STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES
Period: January 1, 2017 - December 31, 2017

   
Unrestricted  Temp. Restrict.  Perm. Restrict.  TOTAL
REVENUE AND SUPPORT
Grants and contracts $                     -   $      9,655,361 $                      -  $        9,655,361
Donated goods and services  9,899 311,146 321,045
Contributions 203,871 203,871
Attorney fee awards 144,976 144,976
Other income 58,614 38,293 96,907
Interest income 26,323 26,323
Rental income 17,325 17,325
Net assets released from purpose restrictions 10,161,042 (10,161,042)  -  
TOTAL REVENUE AND SUPPORT 10,622,050 (156,242) -  10,465,808

EXPENSES
Program services 8,912,309 8,912,309
Fundraising 182,516 182,516
Management and general 1,680,843 1,680,843
TOTAL EXPENSES 10,775,668 -  -  10,775,668

CHANGE IN NET ASSETS BEFORE OTHER INCOME (153,618) (156,242)  - (309,860)

OTHER INCOME
Gain on investments  8,942 8,942

CHANGE IN NET ASSETS AFTER OTHER INCOME (144,676) (156,242)  -  (300,918)

NET ASSETS, BEGINNING OF YEAR 2,857,959 1,120,517  405,330 4,383,806

NET ASSETS, END OF YEAR  $      2,713,283  $         964,275  $         405,330  $         4,082,888

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Housing Preservation
ABOUT
California is suffering from two
overlapping crises: a lack of affordable
housing and growing homelessness. While
these crises are prevalent throughout
California, LSNC's clients are hit
particularly hard by these crises due to
their low incomes and limited assets and
resources.  Preserving existing housing for
our clients is a top priority for our eight
field offices. One tool LSNC utilizes to
preserve affordable housing is to
represent clients in eviction proceedings,
called unlawful detainers, to ensure that
clients who currently have housing do not
lose it and become homeless. 

SARGENT SHRIVER CIVIL COUNSEL

PROJECT
Since 2011, LSNC’s Yolo County office has
operated a Sargent Shriver Civil Counsel
Project aimed at protecting vulnerable low-
income tenants in Yolo County through
representation in housing cases. The

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project seeks to level the playing field that
has historically favored property owners
in eviction matters. Since its founding, the
project has represented 639 tenants and
families in eviction lawsuits. LSNC has
 provided housing services in nearly 1000
additional cases. While most of LSNC’s
clients ultimately moved out of their
homes, almost all of them moved because
we negotiated settlement and avoided an
unlawful detainer judgment. Our
advocacy provided a “soft landing” for
many clients to find replacement housing
and 82% of them had a positive credit
outcome.
In 2017, the Shriver Implementation
Committee released its report showing
the effectiveness and importance of
providing balanced representation:
significantly fewer cases  ended by
default, legal representation helped
tenants avoid evictions, most cases
settled, and Shriver services supported
longer-term housing stability.
CLIENT STORY: JUSTICE FOR MOBILE
PARK RESIDENTS
After living in a mobile home park for 35  comparable area.
years, Jane saw vacancy rates skyrocket
when a new owner purchased her mobile
park. The new owner began serving
notices to terminate tenancy to many of
the residents, with Jane receiving several
termination notices for not maintaining
her yard.  Large trees surrounded her
home and the only debris were leaves
that she raked weekly.  After she
contacted LSNC’s Shriver Project, our
attorneys surmised that the owner
planned to change the park’s use without
complying with state and local laws.  A city
ordinance requires that the owner notify
the homeowners and city when the park’s
vacancy rate reaches 20 mobile homes,
that he conduct a survey of residents
regarding the impact of the change of use,
and pay relocation expenses to the
JUSTICE IN ACTION
homeowners through a city-approved
7,144
relocation plan.  LSNC attorneys wrote a
demand letter to the owner concerning
the owner’s failure to comply with state
and local laws.  The park’s attorney
agreed to pay the  required relocation
expenses to the remaining residents,
which included sufficient funds to
purchase new mobile homes in a housing preservation
 
cases in 2017
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 HEALTH CARE access
ABOUT
We provide health care rights advocacy
through two distinct programs: 1) LSNC-
Health, our all encompassing  health law
unit; and, 2) Health Insurance Counseling
& Advocacy Program (HICAP), specifically
serving Medicare beneficiaries.  Thanks to
a contract with the California Department
of Managed Health Care and Covered
California, LSNC-Health can serve any
health care consumer regardless of
income eligibility.  The two programs work
together to provide direct services to
clients, community outreach and
education, and policy and administrative
advocacy intended to improve access to
and quality of health care for all
Californians.
LSNC-HEALTH
In 2017, LSNC-Health provided free legal
services to 1,927 clients on issues  medical-legal
including challenging denials of medically
necessary care by public programs and
managed care plans; screening for all
available insurance options; advising on
medical debt; and assisting with non-
health related legal barriers preventing
patients from improving their overall
health. LSNC-Health has a 32 county
service area which includes LSNC's 23
traditional counties as well as Inyo, Mono,
Alpine, San Joaquin, Santa Barbara, Santa
Cruz, Sutter, Ventura, and Yuba counties.
LSNC-Health’s attorneys work in many of
LSNC’s field offices in order to effectively
serve the local communities throughout
the region. LSNC-Health also engages in
many alternative service delivery models,
such as outstation legal clinics, outreach
presentations to community groups,
community-based organizations, and
other service providers, as well as
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partnerships. In Sacramento, LSNC-Health
partners with various student-run free
health clinics through the UC Davis School
of Medicine, and also with the
Sacramento Vet Center focusing on
veterans with mental health disabilities.
LSNC attorneys work with the medical
students, doctors, and other health care
providers to offer legal services onsite at
the clinics, as well as technical assistance
and training to the health care providers
to screen their patients for health
harming legal needs. Our community
outreach, clinics and partnerships allow
LSNC to reach veterans and other
vulnerable populations that may not have
access to regular health care.
HICAP
LSNC’s Health Insurance Counseling and
Advocacy Project (HICAP) serves 9
counties and counseled more than 
 JUSTICE IN ACTION

3,500 Medicare beneficiaries during 2017.
HICAP’s highly-trained volunteer corps
and staff of 11 provided advice on issues
ranging from prescription drug plan
selections to ambulance bill payment
denials, providing services locally at
senior centers and other service providers
in our clients’ neighborhoods. HICAP’s two
attorneys also represented more than
100 beneficiaries in appeals and other
complex cases.
5,535
for the client. The client received a
reimbursement for more than $600 in
late enrollment penalties the she already
paid and the plan ended the ongoing
monthly penalty payment charges.
health care access
cases in 2017

CLIENT STORY: ENROLLMENT

PENALTIES REIMBURSED
Carmen*, a Medicare beneficiary with
disabilities contacted HICAP because she
had been assessed a 125-month Medicare
Part D (prescription drug coverage) late
enrollment penalty. Carmen* had health
insurance coverage during the period in
question and Medicare beneficiaries with
creditable coverage do not have to pay
late enrollment penalties.  A HICAP
attorney and the client together
contacted the beneficiary’s former
healthcare plan to obtain a written
statement about her coverage. With that
evidence, the attorney wrote an appeal
and obtained a favorable decision

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ECONOMIC STABILITY
PUBLIC BENEFITS
LSNC continued to achieve great results for
clients in its local and statewide public
benefits advocacy in 2017. LSNC negotiated
an almost $100 per month increase in
General Assistance (GA) benefits in
Sacramento County over a 3 year period,
and also negotiated major reforms in GA
programs in two other counties.

LSNC advocates continued to represent

clients in administrative hearings in a variety
of public benefit programs, including
CalWORKs, CalFresh, In Home Supportive
Services and Supplemental Security Income,
winning decisions that allowed our clients to
get and keep the subsistence benefits they
rely upon. Advocates also participated
extensively in state program workgroups
that proactively identify and resolve issues
that arise in benefit programs, avoiding  the
need for time-consuming appeals and
litigation. LSNC also negotiated changes in

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county policies in several areas including
eligibility for homeless assistance, allowing
persons to file applications and
accommodating persons with disabilities.
Overall, LSNC provided assistance in more
than 1,266 cases involving non-health public
benefits in 2017.
PENSIONS
Since 2007, LSNC’s pension project has
recovered more than $22 million in
retirement benefits for our clients. Project
attorneys provide critical legal advice and
assistance to hundreds of clients each year,
many of whom were unable to resolve the
matter on their own, or afford a
knowledgeable attorney to help. The
pension project prevents senior poverty by
ensuring the availability, access and
accuracy of hard-earned retirement
benefits.
The project handles many pension
overpayment cases. In most overpayment
cases, the client had no knowledge she was
being overpaid. Typically, the plan discovers
an internal error caused an overpayment of
pension funds, and then demands
repayment from our client, usually an older
adult who is unable to repay the plan, or
otherwise increase their income.
CLIENT STORY: FIGHTING THE STRESS OF
OVERPAYMENTS
In 2017, Oscar*, a 78-year-old client was
notified by his plan that he was overpaid
nearly $200,000. Aside from this pension,
his only other income was from Social
Security, and he was grappling with how he
would afford to live on this reduced income,
while facing demands to repay the overpaid
funds. A pension attorney spent months
negotiating a repayment plan with the fund,
and ultimately achieved a waiver of interest
and partial waiver of the overpayment. Our
client was better able to adjust his budget
under this repayment plan, and he can stop
stressing about the debt – stress that may
have contributed to a heart attack he
suffered in the midst of our assistance.  
JUSTICE IN ACTION
1,815
economic stability cases in
2017
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 VULNERABLE populations
VULNERABLE POPULATION SPOTLIGHT:  stories at LSNC. Jennifer is in her late
SENIORS
In 2017, the Sacramento office--through
its Senior Legal Hotline staff and
volunteers--provided more than 700 older
adults with legal advice, representation
and legal education. For Sacramento
County residents over the age of 60, LSNC
conducted client interviews via telephone
and walk-in visits, as well as regular intake
appointments at local senior centers.  As
in all of our programs, we use language
access services during intake. Advocates
worked on senior cases involving
preservation of housing, consumer law,
advance/estate planning, income
maintenance and elder abuse concerns.
 Last year, LSNC also provided community
legal education to hundreds of seniors
throughout the county.
CLIENT STORY: ASSISTING ELIGIBILITY
Jennifer’s case is one of many success 
sixties and received court paperwork for
an eviction that her property owner filed
against her alleging that she had
misrepresented her income on her initial
rental application. Jennifer identifies as
limited English proficient (“LEP”), and did
not understand the income reporting
requirements to remain eligible for her
apartment. Under attorney supervision,
one of our law students successfully
negotiated a settlement allowing Jennifer
to remain in her home. We appeared in
court on behalf of Jennifer and entered
the settlement agreement into the record.
Jennifer can stay put and she avoided a
negative judgment that could have
hindered her ability to rent in the future.
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Our Office
locations
EXECUTIVE OFFICE | 916-551-2150
517 12th St, Sacramento, CA  95814
SACRAMENTO COUNTY | 916-551-2150
515 12th St, Sacramento, CA  95814
SOLANO COUNTY | 707-643-0054
1810 Capitol St, Vallejo, CA  94590
YOLO COUNTY | 530-662-1065
619 North St, Woodland, CA  95695
special programs
LSNC-HEALTH
916-551-2150 or 888-354-4474
515 12th St, Sacramento, CA  95814
Independent assistance for healthcare
consumers. Serves our 23 counties & San
Joaquin, Santa Cruz, Santa Barbara, Ventura,
Yuba, Sutter, Mono, Inyo and  Alpine.
HEALTH INSURANCE COUSNELING &
ADVOCACY PROGRAM (HICAP)
916-376-8910 | www.hicapservices.net  Volunteer program for private attorneys to
505 12th St, Sacramento, CA  95814
Information and counseling services for
Medicare beneficiaries.
BUTTE REGIONAL |  530-345-9493
541 Normal Ave, Chico, CA  95927
Serving Butte, Pluma, Glen, Tehama, and
Colusa Counties.
MOTHER LODE REGIONAL | 530-823-7560
190 Reamer St, Auburn, CA  95603
Serving Placer, Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado,
Nevada, and Sierra Counties.
REDWOOD REGIONAL| 707-445-0866
123 Third St, Eureka, CA  95502
Serving Del Norte and Humboldt Counties.
SHASTA REGIONAL| 530-241-3565
1370 West St, Redding, CA  96001
Serving Lassen, Modoc, Shasta, Siskiyou, and
Trinity Counties.
UKIAH REGIONAL | 877-529-7700
421 North Oak St, Ukiah, CA  95482
Serving Mendocino and Lake Counties.
TOMMY CLINKENBEARD LEGAL CLINIC WESTERN STATES PENSIONS PROJECT
916-446-0368 1-866-413-4911
401 12th St., Sacramento, CA  95814 501 12th St., Sacramento, CA 95814
Protecting the civil rights of homeless persons. Free pension counseling to anyone, regardless
A collaboration with Loaves and Fishes. of age or income, who live(d) or work(ed) in
Arizona, California, Hawaii, and/or Nevada.. 
VOLUNTEER LEGAL SERVICES PROGRAM
916-551-2102 |  www.vlsp.org
517 12th St., Sacramento, CA  95814
assist low-income individuals. Serves
Sacramento, Yolo, Placer, El Dorado and San
Joaquin Counties.
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 OUR SPONSORS
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Poswall White & Brelsford Jay Allen Eisen Law Corporation
Low McKinley Baleria &
Seyfarth Shaw LLP    Salenko LLP
Orrick Herrington Sutcliffe LLP Murphy Austin Adams &
   Schoenfeld LLP
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SMUD 
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Thank
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LSNC Development Director

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 SACRAMENTO OFFICE LOBBY

ribbon
cutting
Sacramento, CA

PLACER COUNTY BAR ASSOC.

Golf
Tournament
BENEFITING THE LSNC MOTHER LODE
REGIONAL OFFICE

Lincoln, CA

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 REDWOOD REGIONAL OFFICE

pro bono
gala
Eureka, CA

LSNC

networking 
mixer
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 Our Donors
A Message of Appreciation

Thank you to all our donors and volunteers that generously supported us this last

S
year. 

Legal Services of Northern California seeks to empower poor and vulnerable

communities to enforce and protect the rights and freedoms guaranteed to all in
our society. Through your generosity and selflessness, LSNC strives to make "equal
access to justice" a reality, and not just a slogan.

Thank you so much for your support in 2017!

NANETTE AUBUT
Director of Development

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Champions of Justice Lewis Kassis Foundation  Thomas Enslow Timothy Ainsworth & Karen
($5,000+) Lincoln Law School Robert Finkelstein & Lisa Chen     Leaf 
Cooley LLP Low McKinley Baleria & Golden 1 Credit Union Margarita Altamirano
Downey Brand Attorneys LLP    Salenko Jennifer Horne & Rich Gillette Alumbaugh & Ikemoto
Dreyer Babich Buccola Wood & Kenneth & Michele Malovos Huber Law Group, APC Thomas N. Andrews
   Campora LLP Murphy Austin Adams & Janssen, Malloy LLP Paul Antilla
Rosemarie Kochan    Schoenfeld Ronald Javor Atlantis Resort Spa
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Poswall White & Brelsford Nature's Path Jane B. Kroesche Franklin & Karen Banker
Seyfarth Shaw Lorraine Pavlovich Law Office of Schoenleber & Lindsay Bennett
US Bank Rex Perschbacher    Waltermire Susan D. Berg
Remy Moose & Manley Paul Ligda Margaret Berry
Visionaries of Justice Rothschild Wishek & Elizabeth A. Linton Karin Bjork & Paul Tjornhom
($1,000 - $4,999)    Sands LLP Ernest Long Ronald E. & Carola C. Blubaugh
David Aladjem & Margaret SMUD Allen Max Luger Margaret Bomberg
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Lesley Clement Mendocino Bar Association Kathleen Bryson, Atty-at-Law
Thomas, "Tac" A. Craven & Advocates of Justice Eugenie Mitchell Amelia Burroughs
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Fleet Feet Sports Sacramento Martin R. & Nancy Boersma Emily Rowe Christine Carringer
Nancy E. Fleischer Boutin Jones Gary F. Smith Ismael A. Castro, Sr.
Geoff Forcella Deborah Collins & Richard James G. Wright     Curt L. Child
Larry Furst and Nu Usaha    Pearl Patrick L. Corcoran
Hanson Bridgett, LLP Dennis B. Cook  & Susan Lamb Guardians of Justice Nora Cregan
Florence Hoffman Corporon Law Office & Josie ($100 - $499) John F. & Christine Davis
Humboldt County Bar Assoc.    Porras Corporon John Abbott Jay J. Defuria
Kershaw Cook & Talley James & Kathleen Deeringer Lynda Aguilar & Ray Aguilar Sarah Diaz
Law Office of Joseph W. Mary DuBose Jeevan S. Ahuja Irene Dold
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Scott Gronek Kerry L. Martin    & Barbara Rodda L. Thomas Wagner
Leslie C. Guidera Richard Martland Alice Rodriguez Kate Washington
Saba Habte Frank & Nancy Martorana Michelle (Shelley) Rouillard A.J. Watson
Mark Hapgood Evelyn Matteucci & Richard Vorpe C. Athena Roussos Katharine Waugh
Candice Hatanka Pat McCutcheon Vickie Rowles Webb & Tapella
Amanda Hawes William Kearse McGill Norman G Rudman Mike Weed
Laura F. Heyck & Peter William C. McNeill, III & David & Sandra Russell David M. & Sandra Weetman
    Gemmell     Jennifer Bell Bruce Salenko Matthew Wilhout
Norm Hile & Belinda Beckett Daniel McVeigh & Rebecca Savings Bank of Mendocino Angel Williams
Ronald Hoffart     A. Baumann    County R. Matthew Wise
Noemi Inda & Roseanne Lopez Robert & Anne Meagher Kristy Schieldge M. A. Woollard
Robert & Margaret Joehnck Steve Meyer & Mary Louise Flint Michael Eli & Rosella Shapiro Judith Wydick
Kevin R. Johnson & Virginia Christine Minnehan Daniel L Siegel & Marianne            Leilani Yang
    Salazar Honorable Stephen L. Mock    O'Malley Paul Zak
Marian Johnston & Ted Prim Anna Molander Theodore & Virginia Slocum Ophelia Hope (Fifi) Zeff
Jeannie Lee Jones Jodie Berger Hill & Elizabeth Snellings John Zorbas 
Kacey Kamrin Donald Fillman M. Anthony & Debra Soares Julia Zuffelato
Michael J. & Elisabeth Kersten Leora Gershenzon Thomas Sobel  Humboldt Craft Spirits

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Supporters of Justice
Teresa Feng Michelle Parros Cameron Van Sant
($5 - $99) 
Anthony Ferrante Gerardo Partida R. J. Venturino
Nancy Adler
Mike & Candace Ferrick Kathryn & Naomi Patterson Fermin Villegas
Julie Aguilar Rogado
Deborah Franklin Sheryl Pinto Vincent Weis
Zahid Ali
Emanuel Gale Jinnifer Pitcher Douglas & Valerie Welch
Amazon Smile
Ginger Elizabetth Chocolates Pauletta Pratt Naoima Whitehead
Nanette M. Aubut
David Gioia Wendy Pratt Mary Louise Whitsell
Rejie Baloyos
Golfland Sunsplash Dr. Lisa R. Pruitt Amy D. Williamson
Karen & Randy Barrow
Don E. Green Sonya Rahders Rosa Erandi Zamora
S.L. Beardsley
Doug Griebner Rick's Desert Diner Daniella Zimmerman
William F. Bianco
Michael O. Hays Barbara Rudin Victoria Jacobs     
Cathy E. Blake
Emily Henry Sacramento Region Community     
Frances Ann Blecha
Sharon Hing    Foundation
Honorable Thadd Blizzard &
Alexa Howard Sacramento State Aquatic Center
   Elaine Blizzard

for all
Sharon Hulett Sacramento Zoo
Alan & Elizabeth Brownstein
Larry & Jeana Hultquist Gain Saetern
Brookes Byrd
David Husid Anibal Santana
Betty Cable
Lorraine Jordan Marian Sawyer
California Museum
John Joseph Scandia Fun Center
Susan Carey
David B. & Kate Judson Dara Schur
Cheryl L. Carl
David Kagle Dorothy Sedley
Daniel Cayer
Thomas J. Kerbs Travis Silva
Lihon Chang
Casey Kloehn Sharon Simms   
George Chiu
Leatherby's Family Creamery Christopher Skidmore
D. R. Corner
Brian Lemaux Cynthia Sleighter
James Cramer & Helen E. Roland
Clement Lisanke  Annette Smith
Karen Crick
Tam Ma Jane A. Steele
P. P. Crimmins
Steve & Susan MacFarlane Barbara J Steinhardt-Carter
Richard E. & Cynthia Crow
Melting Pot Mona Tawatao
Leatricia Davenport
Melanie A. Messina The Habit
Griselda (Grey) Dorado
Mikuni Mabel Tierce
Kyle Kate Dudley
Nancy J. Miller Vu Tran
Gildardo Duran
Susan Miller James R. Tucker & Laura Kaplan
Ron & Sue Dwyer-Voss
Nikki Moore Vida Luz Tuckler
Eric Dye
Vicki Oberg Susan D. Turner
Dotti & Rob Egel
Kelsey Papst Kazmar Ujvarosy

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pRO bONO support
LAW FIRMS Damon Diederich Arthur Nielsen Liva Castlering
Arnold & Porter Margaret Draper David Nims Taylor Fatherree
  Kaye Scholer LLP Aaron Ezroj Will Pasley Andrew Kershen
Blank Rome LLP Michael Fannon Amagda Perez Robert Lobell
O'Melveny & Myers LLP Jocelyn Godinho Linda Peters Patricia Pavone
Neil Gould Duane Phillips Jim Purvis
ATTORNEYS Timothy Guo Wei Yeung Alexander Powell
Stephen Allred Mary Heare Amodio Alice Ramsey
Thomas Andrews Maribel Herrera Rahul Ranade
Julie Bachman Tom Hjerpe Dennis Reinholtsen
Erin Bayley Toft-Dupuy Ryan Hurley James Richardson
Tim Blaine Lisa Jensen Michael Robinson
Ann Block Robert Joehnck Laurence Ross
Ron Blubaugh Doug Kaber Eugene Shvetsky
Mary Bressi Bryce Kenny Jeffrey Slack
Ariel Brown Michelle Kerr Marcus Tang
Barret Brown Eunie Kim Linden Bobbie Todd
Amelia Burroughs Donna Komure-Toyama Johanna Torres “We educated, privileged
Emily Butler Laureen Lane Lily Weaver lawyers have a professional
Marion Cantor Neal Latt Corin West and moral duty to represent
Cheryl Carl Ronald Lee James Wright
the underrepresented in our
Anel Carrasco Paul Ligda Megan Yarnall
Teresa Chavey-Bush Kristen Link-Crosier
society, to ensure that justice
Gene Cheever Ken Malovos NON-ATTORNEY exists for all, both legal and
Michael Crawley Jordan Maurer SUPPORT economic justice.”
John Davis Stephen Meyer Erin Bell
Jack Dickson Michael Morrison Kim Bovee - Hon. S onia S otoma yor,
US S up reme Court Jus tice 

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