The Sonoma County office of California Rural Legal Assistance is located at 725 Farmers Lane in Santa Rosa, telephone 528-9941. Office hours are 10am to 12 noon and 1pm to 5pm on Monday, Tuesday and Friday and 11am-7pm on Wednesday. The office is closed on Thursday. CRLA provides free legal services to low-income persons. The primary client population for which it was founded is the farm worker and Latino communities.
Services are, however, provided to any qualifying persons.
Office staff can provide assistance with education issues, such as equal access to education, parent and student rights in the areas of bilingual and migrant education and preventing discrimination. CRLA also provides free legal assessment and referrals to other legal resources for persons with problems outside of the office's priority areas. CRLA is committed to assisting the Latino community and will happily make appointments to confer with persons on other days and times when necessary. All office personnel speak English and Spanish.