ANNUAL

REPORT
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 LEGAL SERVICES
OF NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA

TABLE OF CONTENTS

LEADERSHIP

Executive Message 4
Board of Directors 5

OVERVIEW

About Us 6
Our Offices 7
Our Service Area 8

CASES

Our Casework 9
Legal Issues 10
Quick Facts 11

JUSTICE IN ACTION

Housing Preservation 12
Economic Stability 14
Access to Health Care  16
Vulnerable Populations 18
Disaster Relief and Recovery 20

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 22

SPECIAL EVENTS 24

GIVING

Cover photo: Our Grantors 29

Summer Law Clerk Ejiro Okoro, under supervision of Thank You Message 30
Attorney Elise Stokes, assists a client at our Sacramento field Our Donors 31
office. Still image from "LSNC Recruitment Videos Project,"
courtesy of Dynasty Video Productions. Pro Bono Volunteers 35

Photo above:
LSNC staff in a traning seminar at the LSNC Executive Office.
Still image from "LSNC Recruitment Videos Project," courtesy
of Dynasty Video Productions.

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 EXECUTIVE
MESSAGE

In 2018, LSNC marked its 62nd 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. This year also brought more devastating
wildfires to our rural service areas—especially the Carr Fire in Shasta County,
and the Camp Fire in Butte County, which destroyed more than 15,000
homes—requiring LSNC staff and volunteers to once again step forward to
provide disaster assistance to our communities. We are very grateful to all who
supported our work and mission in 2018.

GARY F. SMITH KEVIN R. JOHNSON

Executive Director Board President

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 BOARD OF
DIRECTORS
OFFICERS
Kevin R. Johnson
President
Jane B. Kroesche
Vice President
Annette Smith
Secretary
BOARD MEMBERS
Sacramento County Members
John F. Davis, California State Bar
Kathryn Lynn Patterson, California State Bar
Deborah Kollars, California State Bar
Mary K. Dubois, California State Bar
Luke McElwee, Gender Health Center
Bonnie Yang, My Sister’s House
Yolo County Members
Kevin R. Johnson, California State Bar
Claudia Covarrubias, Rural Innov. in Social Econ.
James Wright, California State Bar
Butte Region Members
John Zorbas, California State Bar
Josie M. Corporon, California State Bar
Nicholle Lewis, Community Legal Info. Center
John F. Davis
Treasurer
Josie Porras Corporon
Executive Member
Devera Ayres
Executive Member
Mother Lode Region Members
Cheryl Carl, California State Bar
Timothy Brisson, California State Bar
Robert Joehnck, California State Bar
Becky Nylander, Placer Indep. Resource Center
Annette Smith, Placer Indep. Resource Center
Shasta Region Members
Devera Ayres, Faith Works
Thomas Andrews, California State Bar
Cheryl Watson, People of Progress
Solano County Members
Robert Stalker, California State Bar
Lesli M. Caldwell, California State Bar
Gabriela Peniche, Child Start Inc.
Redwood Region Members
Jane B. Kroesche, California State Bar
Amelia Burroughs, California State Bar
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 ABOUT
US

OUR MISSION
The mission of Legal Services of Northern California
is to provide quality legal services to empower the
poor to identify and defeat the causes and effects of
poverty within our community, efficiently utilizing all
available resources.

OUR WORK
For more than 62 years, Legal Services of Northern
California (LSNC) has been fighting for the civil
rights of our clients. LSNC is the strong voice that
continues to speak out on behalf of low income
people in our communities, even as the state and
local “safety nets” for the poor continue to crumble.

Most of the local offices that make up LSNC

began as offshoots of a volunteer program or a
special grant project. The oldest program began
in Sacramento County in 1956. For a many years
the Sacramento, Auburn, Woodland, Solano,
Legal Services of Northern California
(LSNC) is a program of the Legal Services
Corporation (LSC).

Chico, Redding, and Eureka/Ukiah offices were

independent organizations created solely to
benefit the low-income residents in their particular
communities. Today, all these disparate legal aid
programs are integrated into a single organization.
As part of a unified organization, each field office
is stronger and together they serve low-income
families, individuals, and seniors in 23 northern
California counties. Legal Services of Northern California
(LSNC) is a United Way Certified
Community Partner.

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 OUR
OFFICES
OFFICE LOCATIONS
LSNC Executive Office | 916-551-2150
517 12th St, Sacramento, CA 95814
Sacramento County Office | 916-551-2150
515 12th St, Sacramento, CA 95814
Solano County Office | 707-643-0054
1810 Capitol St, Vallejo, CA 94590
Yolo County Office | 530-662-1065
619 North St, Woodland, CA 95695
Mother Lode Regional Office | 530-823-7560
190 Reamer St, Auburn, CA 95603
Serving Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado, Nevada,
Placer, and Sierra counties.
Butte Regional Office | 530-345-9491
541 Normal Ave, Chico, CA 95928
Serving Butte, Colusa, Glenn, Plumas, and Tehama
counties.
Shasta Regional Office | 530-241-3565
1370 West St, Redding, CA 96001
Serving Lassen, Modoc, Shasta, and Siskiyou
counties.
Redwood Regional Office | 707-445-0866
123 Third St, Eureka, CA 95501
Serving Del Norte, Humboldt, and Trinity counties.
Ukiah Regional Office | 877-529-7700
421 North Oak St, Ukiah, CA 95482
Serving Lake and Mendocino counties.
SPECIAL PROGRAMS
Senior Legal Hotline | 800-222-1753
505 12th St, Sacramento, CA 95814
Voluntary Legal Services
Program | 916-551-2102
501 12th St, Sacramento, CA 95814
LSNC-Health | 888-354-4474
515 12th St, Sacramento, CA 95814
Independent assistance for healthcare
consumers. Serves our 23 counties and Alpine,
Inyo, Mono, San Joaquin, Santa Barbara, Santa
Cruz, Sutter, Ventura, and Yuba counties.
Health Insurance Counseling &
Advocacy Program (HICAP) | 916-376-8915
505 12th St, Sacramento, CA 95814
Information and counseling services for
Medicare beneficiaries.
Tommy Clinkenbeard Legal Clinic
at Loaves & Fishes | 916-446-0368
401 12th St, Sacramento, CA 95811
Protecting the civil rights of homeless persons.
A collaboration with Loaves and Fishes.
Western States Pensions
Assistance Program | 866-413-4911
505 12th St, Sacramento, CA 95814
Free pension counseling to anyone, regardless
of age or income, who live(d) or work(ed) in
Arizona, California, Hawaii, and/or Nevada.
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 OUR SERVICE
AREA

REDWOOD REGIONAL OFFICE

EUREKA, CA

SHASTA REGIONAL OFFICE

REDDING, CA

BUTTE REGIONAL OFFICE

CHICO, CA

UKIAH REGIONAL OFFICE

UKIAH, CA

MOTHER LODE REGIONAL OFFICE

AUBURN, CA

YOLO COUNTY OFFICE

WOODLAND, CA

SACRAMENTO COUNTY OFFICE

SACRAMENTO, CA

SOLANO COUNTY OFFICE

VALLEJO, CA

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 OUR
CASEWORK

Consumer/Finance 4%
Education, Juvenile,
Employment, Family
4%
Health 5%
HICAP
19%

LSC-Eligible
VLSP 59% Housing, 34%
5%

Non-LSC Cases
17%

Income Maintenance, 7%

Other 5%

Area of Law LSC-Eligible1 Non-LSC Cases Total Cases

Consumer/Finance 782 308 1090
Education 53 12 65
Employment 116 21 137
Family 351 101 452
Juvenile 119 35 154
Health 914 885 1799
Housing 6078 689 6767
Income Maintenance 1202 591 1793
Individual Rights 518 132 650
Miscellaneous 372 355 727
TOTAL 10505 3129 13634

VLSP 2
910 19 929
HICAP 3
- 3438 3438
TOTAL 11415 6586 18001

1
LSC-Eligible cases are subsidized through a Basic Field Grant from the Legal Services Corporation (LSC).
2
Voluntary Legal Services Program (VLSP) is a subsidiary organization of LSNC.
3
Health Insurance Counseling and Advocacy Project (HICAP) work is supported by grants from the
California Department of Aging.
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 LEGAL
ISSUES

Housing
Preservation Health Care

Economic Support for

Stability Families

Vulnerable
Family Safety Populations

Education Civil Rights

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 TOP ISSUES SPECIAL
IN 2018 CASES
VETERANS
HOUSING
PRESERVATION 1345
In 2018, LSNC served 1345
veteran households.

HEALTH
ACCESS
INCOME DOMESTIC
MAINTENANCE VIOLENCE

557
In 2018, LSNC served 557
CONSUMER/ households experiencing
domestic violence.
FINANCIAL
INDIVIDUAL
RIGHTS
WILDFIRE
SURVIVORS
SERVICE AREA

23 3.9 377
LSNC has a service area average number of hours
that spans 23 counties spent working on a case In 2018, LSNC opened 377
cases for households
affected by wildfires.

$131
OFFICES

8 1200
In 2018, LSNC assisted more
LSNC operates 8 average total cost of a 11
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than 1200 individuals at
field offices completed case in 2018 wildfire disaster centers.

HOUSING
PRESERVATION
HOUSING
Preservation of affordable, safe and healthy
housing continues to be a top priority for Legal
Services of Northern California (LSNC). While
the affordable housing shortage is widely
known in California, the communities LSNC
serves were hit particularly hard in 2018. The
Sacramento area had the fastest rising rents
in the state and the Carr and Camp Fires
displaced tens of thousands of people from
12 their homes in lower income communities.
LSNC advocates are aggressively responding
to the housing crises with a variety of advocacy
tools, including providing legal assistance to
fire survivors, conducting community education
on housing rights, and representing tenants in
unlawful detainers to ensure that clients who
currently have housing do not lose it and become
homeless.
SHRIVER PROJECT
LSNC, the Yolo County Superior Court, and the
County of Yolo, have been operating a Housing
Court Pilot Project with Sargent Shriver Civil
Counsel Act funding since February of 2012. The
project provides full representation and a range
of unbundled legal services to eligible litigants in
unlawful detainer cases. The project also involves
 CLIENT
STORY

Laticia* has lived at an affordable housing complex

since 2006. Over a year ago, she informed her
manager that her refrigerator was not working and
her food kept spoiling. By January 2018, her fridge
was still not repaired so she asked her manager for a
rent reduction because of all the refrigerated food she
purchased that spoiled. She was subsequently served
with an eviction lawsuit claiming she did not pay
rent. She was never served with a 3-day notice to pay
self-help assistance and mediation provided
rent or quit, as required by law. Laticia went to LSNC
at the courthouse by LSNC staff. The project
because she could not afford an attorney on her own.
contracts with the County to provide housing
LSNC staff tried to settle the case with her landlord
inspections, which are used by the court as an
but the case went to trial. At the trial, LSNC was able to
objective evaluation of the condition of a property
successfully prove that Laticia was never served with a
in an unlawful detainer case involving breach of
3-day notice. LSNC won the case and Laticia was able
the warranty of habitability as a defense.
to stay in her home.

Shriver Project staff have represented tenants

in approximately 800 cases since the project's
inception, and has provided unbundled legal Photo:
Executive Director Gary F. Smith walking near a homeless encampment
services in more than 1,000 cases. NPC Research in downtown Sacramento. Photo courtesy of Greg Dizon, LSNC staff.

of Portland, Oregon studied the project and

wrote an extensive evaluation, finding that
representation by Shriver counsel helped tenants
avoid evictions.
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ECONOMIC
STABILITY
PUBLIC BENEFITS
In 2018, LSNC continued to achieve great results
for clients in local and statewide public benefits
advocacy. One example includes a civil rights
complaint that LSNC filed which resulted in
negotiated reforms in a county program to ensure
better access to services for disabled persons.
LSNC advocates represented clients in
administrative hearings in a variety of public benefit
programs, including CalWORKs, CalFresh, In-Home
Supportive Services (IHSS), and Supplemental
Security Income (SSI), 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. Additionally,
LSNC negotiated changes in county and state
policies in several areas including CalWorks welfare-
to-work policies, supportive services for people
participating in welfare-to-work, and state hearings
policies and procedures. Overall, LSNC provided
assistance in more than 2,700 cases involving non-
health public benefits in 2018.
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PENSION PROJECT
Since 2007, LSNC’s Western States Pension
Assistance Project has recovered more than $25
million in retirement benefits for our clients. Project
attorneys provide critical legal advice and assistance
to hundreds of clients each year, many of whom
are unable to resolve their matters on their own,
or find other legal assistance. The pension project
helps older adults avoid poverty by ensuring the
availability, access, and accuracy of hard-earned
retirement benefits for participants, retirees, and
surviving spouses.
CLIENT
STORY
We helped Mary* challenge termination of
In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) benefits
for her disabled daughter Tanya*. The county
terminated benefits because Mary did not
submit records that the county demanded, but
were not required. LSNC represented Mary and
Tanya in a hearing and two appeals, and a judge
ultimately ruled in her favor. Tanya’s benefits
were reinstated and Tanya received a year of
retroactive benefits. In addition, the appeals
caused a change in state hearings policy that will
allow people in Tanya’s situation to have their
cases heard promptly.
Photos, top to bottom:
A client visiting our
Sacramento field office.
Still image from "LSNC
Recruitment Videos Project,"
courtesy of Dynasty Video
Productions.

A summer law clerk interning

at our Sacramento field
office. Still image from "LSNC
Recruitment Videos Project,"
courtesy of Dynasty Video
Productions.

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ACCESS TO
HEALTH CARE
LSNC-HEALTH
LSNC-Health, a special project of LSNC, provided
free legal services to 1,777 clients in 2018 on issues
including challenging denials of medically necessary
care by public insurance 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
our 23 traditional LSNC counties as well as Inyo,
Mono, Alpine, San Joaquin, Santa Barbara, Santa
Cruz, Sutter, Ventura, and Yuba counties. LSNC-
Health attorneys are spread across many of LSNC’s
field offices in order to effectively serve the local
communities.
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 medical-legal 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
conditions. LSNC attorneys work with medical
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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 nine counties and counseled
more than 3,400 Medicare beneficiaries during 2018.
HICAP's 38 highly trained volunteers and 11 staff
members 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 repre-
sented more than 200 beneficiaries in appeals and
other complex cases. In 2018, this resulted in a sav-
ings of $1,143,511 to Medicare beneficiaries.
CLIENT
STORY

Medicare beneficiary, Paul*, contacted HICAP because he received a

letter claiming that he would need to pay Medicare back for services
he received while he was receiving workers compensation payment Photo:

after a workplace injury. The HICAP attorney reviewe he workers comp LSNC-Health staff from our
Shasta Regional Office meeting
documents and the conditional payment claim, along with letters with a doctor from a community
partner organization. Still image
from his workers comp insurance denying certain procedures for not from "LSNC Recruitment Videos
Project," courtesy of Dynasty
meeting medical necessity criteria. The attorney drafted a letter on the Video Productions.
beneficiary's behalf. After Paul submitted the letter, Medicare agreed
that the claims were not related to his workers comp injury. He did not
have to pay the nearly $5,000 claim.
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 SENIOR CITIZENS

VULNERABLE In 2018, LSNC provided legal aid to 5,498 older

POPULATIONS
adult (ages 60+) households. Our field office
staff staff conducted client interviews via
telephone and walk-in visits, as well as regular
intake appointments at local senior centers.
For limited English proficient clients, LSNC uses
language interpretation 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

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 CLIENT
STORY

Shirley* is a surviving spouse in her eighties, and called LSNC for help
with obtaining her share of her late husband’s pension benefit. They were
married for more than 45 years, but she was denied survivor benefits from
his pension and wanted help asserting her rights. Shirley learned that her
late husband lied at retirement, told the plan he was divorced, and did not
provide any benefits to his surviving spouse. The attorney worked with the
plan for over a year, providing all of the necessary proof that Shirley was
married, never divorced, and the plan erred in not doing due diligence to
support the alleged divorce status. Ultimately, the plan agreed to pay Shirley
a survivor benefit of $600/month, and around $54,000 as a retroactive
lump-sum payment. As an additional bonus, the surviving spouse status
also made Shirley eligible for the plan’s retiree medical benefits. Shirley
was very grateful for LSNC's persistent advocacy, which helped her secure
income and healthcare security in retirement.

Photo:
Deputy Director Amy Wiliams meets with a client at the Sacramento LGBT Center. Still image from "LSNC Recruitment Videos Project," courtesy of
Dynasty Video Productions.

individuals by providing advice and counsel and/or

provided community legal education to hundreds of
completing name/gender petition paperwork.
seniors throughout northern California..

LSNC-Health maintains a strong relationship with

TRANS AND GENDER-VARIANT CLIENTS
GHC and consistently receives referrals from their
In 2018, the LSNC-Health staff, in partnership with
staff regarding access to transition-related health
UC Davis School of Law and Gender Health Center
care. GHC and LSNC-Health will continue their
(GHC) began a monthly clinic to assist individuals in
work to expand access to health care and improve
filing paperwork to legally change their names and/
health outcomes for transgender and gender non-
or gender to conform with their gender identities.
conforming individuals.
The clinics were held at GHC, staffed by UC Davis
law students and GHC staff, and supervised by
LSNC-Health attorneys. The clinic assisted 44

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DISASTER RELIEF
AND RECOVERY
LARGEST 2018
WILDFIRES
IN OUR SERVICE AREA
The Carr Fire, which
threatened our Shasta
Regional Office in Redding,
burned 229,651 acres in Shasta
and Trinity counties.
Significant natural disasters affected three of LSNC’s
service areas in 2018. In July, the Mendocino Complex
Fire—burning in Mendocino, Lake, Colusa, and Glenn
counties—and the Carr Fire—burning in Shasta and
Trinity counties—devastated the Ukiah and Shasta
regions. In November, the Camp Fire burned in the
Butte region.
The Carr Fire led to the evacuation of over 36,000
people, including LSNC staff at our Redding field
office. The fire was the seventh most destructive
fire in California history, burning more than 200,000
acres. Our Redding office, with help from advocates
program-wide, staffed the Disaster Recovery Center,
and responded to the community’s need for legal
assistance.
In November 2018, the Camp Fire spread
throughout Butte county, destroying much of the
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The Mendocino Complex Fire
burned 459,123 acres and
was the largest wildfire in our
state's history. It occured in
the service area of our Ukiah
Regional Office.
The Camp Fire burned 153,336
acres and was the state's
deadliest and most destructive
fire, claiming 85 lives and
costing $16.5 billion.
town of Paradise, becoming the deadliest and
most destructive wildfire in California history. Our
Chico office staffed the Disaster Recovery Center
for months, with support from other offices and
volunteers. Due to the magnitude of the Camp Fire,
LSNC has developed new ways to use pro bono
attorneys in disaster relief work, including regular
clinics and direct referrals.
LSNC advocates continue to provide legal assistance
to affected clients of the fires, which includes help
with applying for related benefits, securing rent and
security deposit refunds, and advising about price
gouging and other issues that arise in post disaster
regions. LSNC advocates continue to expand their
knowledge about disaster relief and preparedness
work.
 Photos left page. From top to
bottom, left to right:

Satellite image of Carr Fire,

June 2018. Courtesy of NASA
MODIS Rapid Response.
Satellite image of Mendocino
Complex Fire, July 2018.
Courtesy of NASA MODIS
Rapid Response.
Satellite image of Camp Fire,
November 2018. Courtesy
of NASA MODIS Rapid
Response.

Photos right page. From top

to bottom, left to right:
Aftermath of the Camp Fire in
the City of Paradise. Courtesy
of LSNC staff.

Signs of support left in the

town of Paradise. Courtesy of
LSNC staff.

CLIENT
STORY

Greg*, a Camp Fire survivor, called LSNC's Butte
Regional Office for help appealing a disaster
unemployment insurance denial. The LSNC attorney
gathered and submitted the necessary evidence to
prove Greg’s self-employment, and explain how he
became unemployed due to the Camp Fire, which
destroyed all of his unique antique merchandise.
Greg remains displaced, and living with friends,
but thanks to LSNC, he now receives extra financial
support to help while he continues to search for new
work. LSNC continues to help Greg sort through his
FEMA-related questions.
Greg represents one of hundreds of wildfire victims
LSNC helped, and one of the several dozen people
who came to our office last month alone for legal
advice and assistance. LSNC acts as a backstop for
the poor when wildfires and other disasters strike in
its service area.

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FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION

2018 2017
ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents $ 258,213 $ 633,615
Restricted cash 5,014 6,661
Grants and contracts receivable 754,637 519,041
Other receivables 27,651 16,429
Prepaid expenses and deposits 203,595 227,934
Investments 1,920,890 2,191,045
Property and equipment 2,020,693 2,068,411
TOTAL ASSETS 5,190,693 5,663,136

LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS

LIABILITIES
Accounts payable 87,750 128,167
Accrued liabilities 611,704 659,006
Notes payable 380,678 408,146
Deferred revenue 803,605 384,929
TOTAL LIABILITIES 1,883,737 1,580,248
NET ASSETS
Without donor restriction 1,011,822 1,616,415
Undesignated 134,295 142,440
Board designated - endowment 253,053 250,597
Board designated - self insurance 693,684 703,831
With donor restrictions 1,214,102 1,369,605
TOTAL NET ASSETS 3,306,956 4,082,888
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS $ 5,190,693 $ 5,663,136

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STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES

2018 2017

REVENUE AND SUPPORT Total Total

Grants and contracts $ 9,756,084 $ 9,655,361
Donated goods and services 419,748 321,045
Contributions 243,329 203,871
Attorney fee awards 74,325 144,976
Other income 35,014 96,907
Interest income 28,732 26,323
Rental income 17,325 17,325
Net assets released from restrictions - -
TOTAL REVENUE AND SUPPORT 10,574,557 10,465,808
EXPENSES
Program services 9,363,615 8,912,308
Fundraising 193,463 182,516
Management and general 1,783,921 1,680,844
TOTAL EXPENSES 11,340,999 10,775,668
CHANGE IN NET ASSETS BEFORE OTHER INCOME (766,442) (309,860)
OTHER INCOME
(Loss) Gain on investment (9,490) 8,942
CHANGE IN NET ASSETS AFTER OTHER INCOME (775,932) (300,918)
NET ASSETS, BEGINNING OF YEAR 4,082,888 4,383,806
NET ASSETS, END OF YEAR $ 3,306,956 $ 4,082,888

TRENDS IN REVENUE & EXPENSES

Trends in Revenue & Expense
12000000

11500000

11000000

10500000

10000000

9500000
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Revenue Expense

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SPECIAL EVENTS

EVENT COMMITTEE
15TH ANNUAL VALENTINE RUN

2018 MEMBERS
Rebecca Smith Erika Frank
Downey Brand LLP California Chamber of Commerce

Jay-Allen Eisen Deb Kollars

Downey Brand LLP

Nick Leonard Lisa Ryan

Low McKinley Baleria & Salenko LLP Cook Brown LLP

Marty Carr Nicholas Briscoe

Marty Carr Mediation Briscoe Economics

Michael Kopp Keaton Young

Seyfarth Shaw LLP Crowe Horwath

Josh Escovedo Nanette Aubut

Weintraub Tobin LSNC  Development Director

Daniel J. Coyle Gregory Dizon

Delfino Madden O’Malley Coyle & LSNC Development & Pro Bono
Koewler LLP Assistant

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 REDWOOD REGIONAL
OFFICE 2ND ANNUAL PRO
BONO GALA
EUREKA, CA
OCTOBER 2018

PLACER COUNTY
BAR
ASSOCIATION
GOLF
TOURNAMENT

LINCOLN, CA
SEPTEMBER 2018

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SACRAMENTO
TRIVIA NIGHT &
VOLUNTEER
RECOGNITION

SACRAMENTO, CA
OCTOBER 2018

FILMING WITH
DYNASTY
VIDEO
PRODUCTIONS
REDDING, CA
EUREKA, CA
UKIAH, CA
AUBURN, CA
JULY 2018
In July 2018, the Executive
Office worked with Dynasty
Video Productions to produce
recruitment videos  for our
regional offices.
Check out our videos at
www.lsnc.net/jobs
or by scanning this QR-code.

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 Photos, top to bottom:
Staff attorney Antonio Valdez
at the foot of the historic
Placer County Courthouse
in Auburn. Still image from
"LSNC Recruitment Videos
Project," courtesy of Dynasty
Video Productions.

Staff attorney Gregory Holtz

approaching the entrance
of the Humboldt County
Courthouse in Eureka.
Still image from "LSNC
Recruitment Videos Project,"
courtesy of Dynasty Video
Productions.

Staff attorney Jessica

Weinger walking up the
steps of the Mendocino
County Courthouse in Ukiah.
Still image from "LSNC
Recruitment Videos Project,"
courtesy of Dynasty Video
Productions.

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 OUR
GRANTORS
Thank you to our many grantors who, through their
generosity and support, make our work possible.
AARP Foundation
Area 1 Agency on Aging
Area 2 Agency on Aging
Area 26 Agency on Aging
Area 28 Agency on Aging
Area 3 Agency on Aging
Area 4 Agency on Aging
Bigglesworth Family Foundation
Blue Shield
California Community Foundation
California Dept of Health and Human Services
California Dept of Managed Healthcare
California Health Advocates
California State Bar
California State Bar Equal Access Fund
City of Chico
City of Redding
City of Vallejo
City of Woodland
County of Placer
County of Solano
County of Yolo
Covered California
DLA Piper LLP
Empower Yolo, Inc.
Fair Housing Advocates of Northern California
Judicial Council of California
Legal Services Corporation
Placer Community Foundation
Sacramento Housing & Redevelopment Agency
Solano Equal Access Fund
Superior Court of California, County of Alpine
Superior Court of California, County of
Calaveras
Superior Court of California, County of
El Dorado
Superior Court of California, County of Nevada
Superior Court of California, County of Placer
The California Endowment
van Löben Sels/RembeRock Foundation
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THANK YOU
MESSAGE

Thank you to all our donors and volunteers who

generously supported us last year.

Justice depends on having a fair chance to be heard,

regardless of who you are, where you live, or how
much money you have. Through your generosity and
selflessness, we help provide low-income and vulnerable
communities with the legal tools they need to protect
their families, homes, and health.

NANETTE AUBUT
Development Director

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 OUR 2018
DONORS
CHAMPIONS OF JUSTICE
($5,000+)

HUMBOLDT
COUNTY BAR
ASSOCIATION

VISIONARIES OF JUSTICE
($1,000-$4,999)

David Aladjem and Margaret Dynasty Video Productions Power of Women

Grayden
Frans Debry Fund Remy Moose & Manley
APIs Rise Fund of the Sac
Region Comm. Found. Hanson Bridgett LLP Barrie J. Roberts

Kevin G. Baker James C. Jeffery Rothschild Wishek & Sands LLP

Cook Brown LLP Lewis Kassis Foundation Phillip & Phyllis Shopbell

Thomas "Tac" A. Craven and Kenneth and Michele Malovos SMUD

Patricia Wong Peter Martin Thomas Law Group
Delfino Madden O'Malley The Honorable James Mize & Kathryn Tobias
Coyle & Koewler LLP Rita Mize
Joe Villanueva
Downey Brand Attorneys Murphy Austin Adams &
LLP Schoenfeld LLP Whole Foods Market

Edward P. Dudensing Pollara Law Group Wilcoxen Callaham LLP

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ADVOCATES OF JUSTICE Shimoda Law Group Thomas D. Cumpston & Kristine
Gary F. Smith Kiehne
($500 - $999)
Inkyung Sung John F. Davis & Christine Davis
Russell J. Austin & Elizabeth
Austin The Revere-nd Rodney Davis
Bangar Contractors Corp. Jay J. Defuria
The Honorable Otis C. Benning & GUARDIANS OF JUSTICE Martha Dunlap
Willa Benning ($100 - $499) Robert Effinger
Martin R. & Nancy Boersma Timothy E. Ainsworth & Karen Leaf Harold Eisenberg & Anne Eisenberg
Cohen Defense Group Margarita Altamiranoxa Facchino Photography
Consultants in Educational & Lynette Andersen Candace Fall & Steven Fall
Personal Skills (CEPS) Gwendolyn Aquinto & James Aquinto M. Jeffrey Fine & Robin Fine
Brian Davis Aronowitz Skidmore Lyon Stephanie Finelli
Mary DuBose Atlantis Resort Spa Foreman Eye Care
Jay-Allen Eisen & Julia Couzens Bank of the West Jodea Foster
Thomas Enslow Susan D. Berg Frank Calabretta's Bail House
Robert Finkelstein & Lisa Chen Jodie Berger & Olivier Zyngier Deborah Franklin
Fleet Feet Sports Samuel D. Berns Donna Freeman & Eugene Erbin
Nancy E. Fleischer Margaret Berry Larry Furst & Nu Usaha
Geoff Forcella William F. Bianco Christine Gable
David E. Frank Karin Bjork & Paul Tjornhom Jeffrey Galvin & Terri Clark
Rita R. Frankovich Karen Blackmore Leora Gershenzon
Hansen, Kohls, Sommer & Richard W. Bower & Wilma Bower Harry Gibbons & Debra Gibbons
Jacob LLP
Briscoe Economics Group Jon Givner
Jennifer M. Horne & Rich Gillette
Debra Brock Stephen Goldberg
Ronald Javor
Shelly Bromberg Steven Goldberg & Carol Goldberg
Jelly Belly Candy Company
Amelia Burroughs Graves Law Offices
Dr. Kevin R. Johnson & Virginia
Salazar Karen Buxton Allyson Greenlon
Andrew Kershen & Catheryn Margery Cape Doug Griebner
Koss Lauren Carden Kathryn L. Griffin
John Brian King C. Ann Carlson & Elizabeth Maerten Scott Gronek
Rosemarie Kochan Christine Carringer Mark Hapgood
Deborah Kollars Bruce Chang Emily Henry
Law Office of Richard Pearl Judith Cherney Louis Hermann
Dr. Joy Melnikow Curt L. Child Namat Hosseinion
Mendocino Bar Association Alin Cintean James E. Houpt & Leslie A. Houpt
John Myers & Susan Myers Dennis B. Cook & Susan Lamb Alexa Howard
Rod & Shelley Wood Family Trust Nora Cregan Jeana Hultquist & Larry Hultquist

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Janssen Malloy LLP William Pavao & Cathy Creswell Katharine Waugh
Joan Jernegan Ronna Perelson Douglas Welch & Valerie Welch
Robert Joehnck & Margaret Joehnck Phillips Legal Services Matthew Wilhoit
Marian Johnston & Ted Prim Placer Community Foundation Jennifer L. Wilkerson
Melinda Kay Placer County Bar Association R. Matthew Wise
Jane B. Kroesche Placer Paralegal Services Elaine Won
Khanh Lai Charles L Post Shelley J. Wood
Law Office of Barry Zimmerman Dr. Lisa R. Pruitt James G. Wright
Law Office of Ralph Laird Raley's Judith Wydick
Law Office of Schoenleber & Mike Rawson John Zorbas
Waltermire Robinson & Fulton Law Julia Zuffelato
Frank Lawrence C. Athena Roussos
James Lazar David Russell & Sandra Russell
SUPPORTERS OF JUSTICE
Robert Leidigh & Barbara Leidigh Kristy Schieldge
(Under $99)
Roy Lettieri Secure Record Storage, Inc.
Leupp & Woodall Elaine Abelaye-Mateo
Richard Sims
Steven Lewis & Judith A. Lewis Lynda Aguilar & Ray Aguilar
Sinclair Wilson Baldo &
Paul Ligda Chamberlain Julie Aguilar Rogado

Wendy Lilliedoll Six Flags Discovery Kingdom Anonymous

Huey Lin Theodore Slocum & Virginia Slocum Paul Antilla

The Honorable Rudolph Loncke & M. Anthony Soares & Debra Soares Nanette M. Aubut
Lilly Spitz George Spurr Devera Ayres
Maria Lopez Robert A. Stalker & Jeanne Finberg B Street Theatre
Romulo Lopez & Roseanne Lopez Karen Steentofte Rejie Baloyos
Rebecca Lynn John E. Stefanki Franklin Banker & Karen Banker
Anil Mantri Deon Stein & Elizabeth Stein Randy L. Barrow & Karen Barrow
S. Lynn Martinez Stohr Family Trust Ida Bates
Richard Martland Patricia Sturdevant Lindsay Bennett
Frank Martorana & Nancy Robert Thompson Betty Berkey
Martorana
Janice Thurston & Gregory A. Bates Heidi Bigelow
Robert Meagher & Anne Meagher
Edward Tiedemann & Marian Heather Birdsong
Sharon Menke Tiedemann Cathy E. Blake
Christine Minnehan Timmons Owen Jansen & Tichy, Inc. Todd Brooks
The Honorable Stephen L. Mock Transcend Translations Margaret Buss
Mutual Housing California Susan D. Turner Brookes Byrd
Julia C. Newcomb Kazmar Ujvarosy Lesli M. Caldwell (Houston)
James P. Pachl AJ Watson California Museum

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Susan Carey Victoria M. Jacobs Sacramento Zoo
Cheryl L. Carl Lorraine Jordan Alison Sanders
Robert J. Celestino John Joseph & Sandra Joseph Marian Sawyer
Lihon Chang David B. Judson & Kate Judson Scandia Fun Center
Jackie Coleman John Khoo Sandra R. Schlotzhauer
Ruth Coleman Susan D. Lee & James C. Lee William Schmidt
Costco Nicholle Lewis Dara Schur
Claudia Covarrubias Luke McElwee Vivian Semideo
James Cramer & Helen E. Roland Melting Pot Annette Smith
Joy T. Daugherty Catherine Midler Jennifer Smith
Errol Dauis Mikuni L. Miles Snyder & Sharon Snyder
James R. Davis Marci Miles Mark Stagner
Pacifico Dela Cruz, Jr. Alli Miller Paul Starkey, Esq. & Tracy Starkey
Gregory S. Dizon Susan Miller Jane A. Steele
Roberta Dobson Carl Moon Mark Stivers
Irene Dold Rita Mora Mona Tawatao
Kyle Kate Dudley Cherrine Murphy Linda Tedford
James Elledge Marlice Murry The Habit
Esquire Imax Theatre Charles Zene Norgaard Michael Tiberend
Evangeline's Becky Nylander Vu Tran
The Reverend Donald H. Fado & Maureen Onyeagbako Geoff Trautman
Jean Fado Victor Pappalardo Esther Villalobos & George Villalobos
Mike Ferrick & Candace Ferrick Kathryn Patterson & Naomi Doris Wall
Isidra Flores De Chavez Patterson Cheryl Watson
Peter Fretwell & Rebbeca Fretwell Michael Peart Oralee Webster & John Webster
Joan Gann Gabriela Peniche Amanda Wells
David Gioia Jon M. Peterson Mary Louise Whitsell
Golfland Sunsplash Carolyn Pirillo Eric Wiesenthal & Eileen Jacobowitz
David S. Green & Anna Bokides Jennifer Poser Henry J. Willemstein
Green Helene M. Posz Katherine A. Williams
Carole Grossman Rowena Richardson Robert Williams & Carol Williams
Bruce Handley The Honorable Ronald B. Robie & Bonnie Yang
Lauren Hansen Lynn Robie
Lisa R. Hawkins Rubio's Fresh Mexican Grill
Sharon Hing Sacramento Republic
Andrew Houston Sacramento Rivercats
David Husid Sacramento State Aquatic Center

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2018 PRO BONO
VOLUNTEERS

Mina Arasteh David Cameron Amelia Haney Paul Ligda

Lily Azen Cheryl Carl Andrew Haney Eunie Linden
Raul Azucena Michael Crowley Mary Heare Amodio Robert Lobell
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Vanessa Bell Jennifer Dixon Maribel Herrera Jordan Lowery
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Mary Bressi Lori Ferguson Doug Kaber Michael Morrison
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Jake Brugger Sean Gavin Donna Komure-Toyama Dennis O'Reilly
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Amelia Burroughs Paula Goodwin Neal Latt Robert Paping
Mike Bush Neil Gould Thomas Lawrence Patricia Pavone
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 Angela Petrusha Jay Rossiter Steve Wattenberg
Duane Phillips Kairi Sageshima Lily Weaver
Jim Purvis Jeffrey Slack Laura Willis Benson
Julian Quinn William Stein James Wright
Alice Ramsey Maya Steinhart Mary Wrightson
Rahul Ranode Melissa Stratton Megan Yarnall
Gabriel Ravel Clayton Tanaka Grace Yoon
Greg Reaume Alice Townes Laurel Yorks
Dennis Reinholtsen Kelly Trujillo Linda Zhang
Michael Robinson Reagan Vandeburg
Laurence Ross Hannah Wang

“Pro bono publico - ‘for the public good’ - not just in the sense of
professional work undertaken voluntarily and without payment, but
in the sense of a public service to those who are unable to afford the
services of skilled professionals. It is a noble and necessary calling for
all attorneys.”
–CA Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye (October 2014)

You've won cases.

Now win hearts.
www.lsnc.net/probono

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