Legal Defense
East Bay Community Law Center
East Bay Community Law Center provides free eviction defense, tenants' rights counseling, and housing policy advocacy for low-income Oakland residents. The Keep Oakland Housed program has served more than 4,000 residents. Legal clinics at UC Berkeley School of Law provide deep expertise in Alameda County landlord-tenant law.
- Location
- Oakland, CA
- Founded
- 1988
- Website
- https://ebclc.org/
East Bay Community Law Center operates free eviction defense and tenants’ rights clinics for West Oakland residents, directly addressing the gentrification pressure that has accelerated in the former Acorn Urban Renewal area and along Mandela Parkway since 2005.