Consumer Services Guide (CSG)

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The Consumer Services Guide is searchable directory of resources which can help you with consumer problems and questions. There are multiple editions of the ‘Guide’, some which deal with specific issues such as housing or credit. The full directory, the Consumer Service Guide Edition, provides access to all the resources collected by Consumer Action.

 
 

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    Legal Assistance


  • Fresno County District Attorney
    The Business Affairs Unit conducts investigations and prosecutions of consumer protection and fraud cases, business law violations, environmental law violations and major fraud.

  • Gay and Lesbian Community Services Center
    The Gay & Lesbian Center is home to a comprehensive array of services, which include youth programs and housing; legal aid and legal assistance programs; education and enrichment courses; primary and specialty medical care; employment training and placement services; programs for seniors; theater and cultural arts programming; computer training skills; Internet access in a state-of-the-art CyberCenter; civil rights and health policy advocacy programs; HIV prevention…

  • Housing and Economic Rights Advocates
    HERA is a California statewide, not-for-profit legal service and advocacy organization dedicated to helping Californians — particularly those most vulnerable — build a safe, sound financial future, free of discrimination and economic abuses, especially in the realm of housing. HERA provides free legal services in-person, by phone, fax, or email.

  • Instituto Laboral de la Raza
    For over 27 years, the Instituto Laboral de la Raza has served low income families of California as a nonprofit advocacy and workers’ resource center. Headquartered in the Mission District of San Francisco, with a field office in San Jose, the Instituto provides legal services, peer counseling, financial education and access to a network of services to the unorganized working poor. Most of their clients…

  • L.A. Center for Law and Justice
    Since 1973, the Los Angeles Center for Law and Justice (“LACLJ”) has provided high quality free legal representation, education, and advocacy to low-income residents and communities of East, Northeast and Southeast Los Angeles. They specialize in family, housing, and government benefits law. They perform these services for our clients to improve their fundamental living conditions and to empower them to achieve self-sufficiency.

  • La Raza Centro Legal
    La Raza Centro Legal is a community-based legal organization dedicated to empowering Latino, immigrant and low-income communities of San Francisco to advocate for their civil and human rights. We combine legal services, organizing, advocacy, and social services to build grassroots power and alliances towards creating a movement for a just society.

  • Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area
    Runs a legal clinic to represent indigent refugees seeking asylum in San Francisco. Also runs a civil legal clinic by appointment only. Other services include advice and referral, negotiation, administrative and legislative advocacy, litigation, public education and coalition building.

  • Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles (LAFLA)
    As LA's frontline law firm for low-income people, LAFLA promotes access to justice, strengthens communities, combats discrimination, and effects systemic change through representation, advocacy, and community education. The Inner City Law Office consists of the Bill Smith Homeless Veterans Project. The Housing/ Eviction Defense unit advocates for the creation and preservation of safe and affordable housing. We help low-income tenants stay in their homes when…

  • Legal Aid of Marin County
    Legal Aid’s mission is to improve social justice, economic equity, and opportunity and to assure due process and equal protection of the law by providing low-income and vulnerable Marin residents (children, seniors, immigrants, people with disabilities, and the homeless) with access to high-quality, effective legal services, including direct representation and pro per support services, and through affirmative litigation.

  • Legal Aid Society of San Diego Inc
    Provides legal services on issues involving juvenile court, criminal court, immigration, housing, Social Security, health, family law and some consumer issues.

  • Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County
    Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County provides free, quality civil legal services to San Mateo County’s low-income residents. Their advocacy has evolved with the times; they fought for civil rights in the 1960s and fair wages for farmworkers in the 1980s. Today their work encompasses more broad areas, you can visit their website for more information.

  • Legal Aid Society of Santa Clara County
    The Legal Aid Society of Santa Clara County (LAS) is a non-profit corporation founded in 1960 to provide free, civil legal services for those low-income persons unable to obtain access to the judicial system through other avenues. As Silicon Valley’s economy has grown, the unique diversity of the area has made the needs of families in poverty more complex. Their representation ensures that their clients…

  • Legal Assistance for Seniors
    Call if you are having legal problems with Social Security, SSI, health care (including Medi-Cal, Medicare or nursing home issues), senior or subsidized housing, elderly abuse or incapacity. Help is available to Alameda County residents over 60 years old.

  • Legal Assistance to the Elderly
    Provides assistance on civil matters, including landlord/tenant, to S.F. residents, 60 years or older. Must be S.F. resident 60 years or older. Provides legal services and health insurance counseling for seniors (age 60 or over). Assistance includes help with Medicare, Medi-Cal, Social Security, SSI, tenant problems, physical abuse, financial abuse, residential care and nursing homes. Home, hospital and nursing home visits are made by appointment.…

  • Legal Services of Northern California (LSNC)
    Since 1956, Legal Services of Northern California has provided quality legal services that empower the poor to identify and defeat the causes and effects of poverty. Its priorities include: - Support for Families - Enhancing Economic Stability - Safety, Stability and Health Care - Civil Rights - Serving Populations with Special Vulnerabilities

  • Los Angeles City Attorney
    Responsible for the civil and criminal enforcement of state consumer protection laws violated in the City of Los Angeles. Refers victims to appropriate investigative agencies. Also operates a dispute resolution program to assist individuals in resolving disputes.

  • Los Angeles County Bar Association
    The Los Angeles County Bar Association offers referrals to private attorneys for all areas of law. A Service representative can arrange a free 30 minute consultation with a qualified pre-screened attorney for members of the public. The phone number to call is (213) 243-1525. You can also visit http://www.smartlaw.org.

  • Milberg LLP
    Milberg LLP, founded in 1965, was one of the first law firms to prosecute class actions in federal courts on behalf of investors and consumers. The Firm pioneered this type of litigation and is widely recognized as a leader in defending the rights of victims of corporate and other large-scale wrongdoing. The Firm’s practice focuses on the prosecution of class and complex actions in many…

  • Napa County District Attorney
    The Consumer and Environmental Protection Division of the Napa County District Attorney’s Office protects consumers and honest businesses from unfair business practices, ranging from a deceptive sales pitch by a local car dealer to false advertising by national corporations. It also serves to protect the environment and consequently, the health and safety of Napa County’s citizens.

  • National Consumer Law Center (NCLC)
    The National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) helps consumers, their advocates and public policy makers use powerful and complex consumer laws on behalf of low-income and elderly Americans seeking economic justice.

  • National District Attorneys Association (NDAA)
    The National District Attorneys Association is the oldest and largest professional organization representing criminal prosecutors in the world. NDAA was formed in 1950 by local prosecutors to give a focal point to advance their causes and issues at the national level. NDAA representatives regularly meet with the Department of Justice, members of Congress and other national associations to represent the views of prosecutors to influence…

  • Nolo Press
    Publishes books, software, audio tapes and video tapes to assist people in legal matters on such topics as divorce, wills, bankruptcy, debt problems and litigation. Ask for publications list.

  • North County Lifeline
    North County Lifeline, Inc. is a non-profit human services organization that offers a wide range of services to the people of North San Diego County. Lifeline Services include: -Social Services (family development, community services for families, transitional housing, tax form assistance) -Counseling/Mental Health Services (individual/couple/group counseling, services for Medi-Cal eligible youth) -Mediation and Legal Services (dispute resolution, legal advice, fair housing) -Youth Services (youth delinquency…

  • Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) - Dept. of Justice
    The Office for Victims of Crime offers information and publications about state victim assistance and compensation programs, as well as advice and resources for victims of a variety of crimes.

  • Orange County District Attorney
    The mission of the Office of the District Attorney of Orange County is to enhance public safety and welfare and create a sense of security in the community through the vigorous enforcement of criminal and civil laws in a just, honest, efficient and ethical manner.

 
 
 

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