Organizations Filed Purposes:
Legal Aid's mission is to promote social justice and advance basic human rights for vulnerable people in our community.
HOME - The organization helps families and individuals avoid homelessness by providing legal services to prevent unlawful evictions and negotiate with landlords. A full range of legal services are available including preparation of pleadings, in court representation and settlement negotiation. The organization provided services to 637 clients through this program during the year.Volunteer attorneys donated approximately 540 hours of service, law students donated approximately 133 hours of service, and legal case workers donated 6 hours of service during the year.
SAFE - DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PREVENTION SERVICESThe Organization helps adult and elder victims and children of domestic violences and civil harassment by providing legal advice and protective orders which help keep them safe anbd sheltered. Assistance includes legal forms preparation, counsel and advice, court representation, and referrals to other legal and non-legal resources in the community. SAFE services are also available through our two attorneys and one caseworker who assist clients off-site at the Sonoma County Family Justice Center.The organization provided services to 689 clients through this program during the year.Legal case workers donated approximately 21 hours of service and law students donated approximately 580 hours of service during the year.
DISASTER RELIEF - The Organization provides legal assistance to families and individual affected by the October 2017 and October 2019 wildfires, and the February 2019 flooding, in Sonoma County, California.The Organization provided services to 105 clients in house and to hundreds of FIRE victims at the FEMA Local Assistance Center (LAC) and at workshops and clinics during the year. Attorneys donated approximately 210 hours of service and law students donated approximately 374 hours of service to the program during the year.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Ronit Rubinoff | Executive Dir. | 40 | $94,000 |
| James Andersen | President | 1 | $0 |
| Jacquelynne Ocana | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Cindy Craig | Past President | 3 | $0 |
| Rachael Erickson | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Chris Grabill | Secretary | 1 | $0 |
| Glenn Smith | Vice President | 1 | $0 |
| Jennifer Douglas | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Devina Douglas | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Mike Molinar | Treasurer | 1 | $0 |
| Ed Gomez | Director | 1 | $0 |
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public 990 form dataset) from:
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