Useful Resources

California Center for Childhood Injury Prevention
6505 Alvarado Road, Suite 208
San Diego, CA 92120
www.injurypreventionweb.org
Phone: (619) 594-3691
Fax: (619) 594-1995

California Poison Control System
3333 California St.
San Francisco, CA 94143-1262
www.calpoison.org
Phone: (800) 222-1222

Children Now
1212 Broadway
Oakland, CA 94612
E-mail: children@childrennow.org
www.childrennow.org
Phone: (510) 763-2444

Center for Public Interest Law
Children’s Advocacy Institute
University of San Diego
5998 Alcalá Park
San Diego, CA 92110-2492
www.cdfactioncouncil.org
Phone: (619) 260-4600

Civil Rights and Human Rights

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
1127 11th St., Suite 534
Sacramento, CA 95814
www.aclu.org
Phone: (415) 621-2488
Fax: (916) 442-1743

Asylum Clinics at:

Boalt Hall School of Law
Center for the Study of Law & the Workplace
University of California, Berkeley
2240 Piedmont Ave. Third Floor
Berkeley, CA 94720-2150
www.law.berkeley.edu/clinics/index.htm
Phone: (510) 642-9049
Fax: (510) 642-2951

Golden Gate University School of Law
536 Mission St.
San Francisco, CA 94105-2968
E-mail: info@ggu.edu
www.ggu.edu
Phone: (415) 442-7000

Hastings College of Law
200 McAllister St.
San Francisco, CA 94102
www.uchaSt.ings.edu/?pid=27
Phone: (415) 565-4600

Santa Clara University School of Law
500 El Camino Real
Santa Clara, CA 95053-0425
E-mail: socialjuSt.ice@scu.edu
www.scu.edu/law/socialjuSt.ice/index.htm
Phone: (408) 551-1720
Facsimile: (408) 554-5073

Stanford Law School:
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305
www.law.St.anford.edu/clinics/sclc/
Phone: (650) 475-0560

University of San Francisco School of Law:
2130 Fulton St.
San Francisco, CA 94117-1080
E-mail: lawschool@usfca.edu
www.usfca.edu/law/
Phone: (415) 422-6307
Fax: (415) 422-6433

California Women’s Law Center
6024 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90036
www.cwlc.org
Phone: (323) 935-4101
Fax: (323) 935-0497

Commission on the Status of Women
25 Van Ness Ave, Suite 130
San Francisco, CA 94102-6016
www.sfgov.org/site/cosw/index.asp
Phone: (415) 252-2570
Fax: (415) 252-0575

Human Rights Commission
25 Van Ness Ave., Suite 800
San Francisco, CA 94102-6033
www.hrc.co.nz/home/default.php
Phone: (415) 252-2500
Fax: (415) 431-5764

Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area
301 Mission St., Suite 400
San Francisco, CA 94105
E-mail: info@lccr.com
www.lccr.com
Phone: (415) 543-9444
Fax: (415) 543-0296

League of United Latin American Citizens
9668 Elmira Circle
Sacramento, CA 95827
www.lulac.org
Phone: (916) 454-6444

Mexican American Legal Defense & Education Fund
634 South Spring St., 11th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90014
www.maldef.org
Phone: (213) 629-2512
Fax: (213) 629-8016

National Organization for Women (NOW)
California Chapter
926 J St., Suite 820
Sacramento, CA 95814
E-mail: canow@canow.org
www.canow.org
Phone: (916) 442-3414
Fax: (916) 442-6942

PoliceWatch.com
611 S. Catalina St., Suite 409
Los Angeles, CA 90005
www.Policewatch.com
Phone: (213) 387-3325

Women’s Building
3543 18th St. Suite 8
San Francisco, CA 94110
www.womensbuilding.org
Phone: (415) 431-1180

Consumer Rights and the Law

Better Business Bureau
510 16th St.
San Francisco, CA 94158
www.bbb.org
Phone: (415) 243-9999

California Attorney General’s Office
California Department of Justice
Attn: Public Inquiry Unit
P.O. Box 944255
Sacramento, CA 94244-2550
www.ag.ca.gov/
Phone: (800) 952-5225
Phone: (916) 322-3360

California Public Interest Research Group
926 J St., Suite 713
Sacramento, CA 95814
E-mail: www.calpirg.org/
www.calpirg.org/
Phone: (916) 448-4516

Consumer Action
717 Market St., Suite 310
San Francisco, CA 94103
E-mail: info@consumer-action.org
www.consumer-action.org
Phone: (415) 777-9648
Fax: (415) 777-5267

Consumer Editors (Local):

Channel 2 – KTVU News, SF – Tom Vacar
P.O. Box 22222
Oakland, CA 94623
E-mail: tovacar@ktvu.com
www.ktvu.com/consumer/index.htm
Phone: (510) 834-1212

Channel 4 – KRON News, SF- Izzy Pivnick
1001 Van Ness Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94109
E-mail: 4liSt.ens@kron4.com
www.kron.com
Phone: (415) 441-4444

Channel 7 – ABC News, SF – Michael Finney
ABC 7, 7 on Your Side
900 Front St.
San Francisco, CA 94111-1450
abclocal.go.com/KGOL
Phone: (415) 954-8151

Consumer Federation of California
1228 N St., Suite 29
Sacramento, CA 95814
E-mail: consumerfedofca@consumerfedofca.org
www.consumerfedofca.org
Phone: (916) 554-7621
Fax: (916) 442-1877

District Attorney’s Office
Consumer Protection Department
850 Bryant St. Suite 322
San Francisco, CA 94103
www.sfgov.org/site/da_page.asp?id=321
Phone: (415) 553-1752

Federal Trade Commission
600 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20580
www.sfgov.org/site/da_page.asp?id=321
Phone: (877) FTC-HELP (382-4357)

Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights
1750 Ocean Park Blvd., Suite 200
Santa Monica, CA 90405-4938
www.consumerwatchdog.org
Phone: (310) 392-0522
Fax: (310) 392-8874

Consumer Safety

(U.S.) Consumer Product Safety Commission
4330 East. West. Highway
Bethesda, MD 20814
E-mail: info@cpsc.gov
www.cpsc.gov
Phone: (800) 638-CPSC
Fax: (301) 504-0124

Public Citizen – California Office
1615 Broadway, Ninth Floor
Oakland, CA 94612
www.citizen.org/california/
Phone: (510) 663-0888

Dispute Resolution

AAA (American Arbitration Association)
1 Sansome St. 16th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94101-4449
E-mail: JamesD@adr.org
Phone: (415) 981-3901
Fax: (415) 781-8426

ADR Service
450 Sansome St.
San Francisco, CA 94111
Phone: (415) 772-0900
www.hg.org/adr.html

Community Boards, San Francisco
3130 24th Ave.
San Francisco, Ca
E-mail: jchan@communityboards.org
Phone: (415) 920-3820

JAMS (Judicial Arbitration Mediation Services)
Two Embarcadero Center, Suite 1500
San Francisco, CA 94111
www.jamsadr.com/contactus/contactus.asp
Phone: (415) 982-5267
Fax: (415) 982-5287

Santa Clara County Department of Human Resources
70 West. Hedding Blvd.
San Jose, CA 95110-1705
E-mail: bea.herrick@ohr.scc.gov.org
Phone: (408) 299-2206

Small Claims Court
Civic Center Courthouse
400 McAllister St., Room 103
San Francisco, CA 94102-4514
Phones:

(415) 551-4000 (Overview of Small Claims Court)
(415) 292-2121 (Small Claims Legal Advisor's Office)
(415) 292-2124 (Direct Telephone Advice)

Domestic Violence

San Francisco Department of Public Health
101 Grove St.
San Francisco, CA 94102
www.sfdph.org/PHP/DomeSt.icViol.htm
Phone: (415) 554-2500

San Francisco District Attorney’s Office
Honorable George Gascon, District Attorney
Cynthia Alexis, Project Coordinator
Victim/Witness Assistance Center
850 Bryant St., Room 320
San Francisco, CA 94103
E-Mail: Alexis273@att.net
www.cya.ca.gov/Victims/vw_county_3.html
Phone: (415) 553-9044
Fax: (415) 553-1034

Women Against. Violence Act (WAVA)
P.O. Box 48368
Washington, DC 20002-0368
E-mail: inquiries@cpjuSt.ice.org
www.cpjuSt.ice.org

Women’s Shelters:

Asian Women's Shelter
3543 18th St., Suite 19
San Francisco, CA 94110
Phone: (415) 751-7110

Haight-Ashbury Family Shelter
1525 Waller St.
San Francisco, CA 94117
Phone: (415) 665-2354

Night Ministry
432 Mason St.
San Francisco, CA 94109
Phone: (415) 986-1464

Raphael House
1065 Sutter St.
San Francisco, CA 94109
Phone: (415) 474-4621

Rosalie House
3543 18th St., Suite 4
San Francisco, CA 94110
Phone: (415) 255-0165

Salvation Army
445 9th St.
San Francisco, CA 94110
Phone: (415) 861-0755

Woman, Inc.
333 Valencia St., Suite 251
San Francisco, CA 94103
Phone: (415) 864-4722

See local phone book under housing assistance and shelters

Drunk Driving

MADD (Mothers Against. Drunk Driving)
P.O. Box 188
Lancaster, CA 93539
www.madd.org/
Phone: (805) 945-MADD
Fax: (805) 942-6233

Elder Abuse

Institute on Aging
www.ioaging.org

Adult Protective Serivces
Phone: (415) 355-6700

Employment

Department of Fair Employment Action
1615 Broadway, Suite 510
Oakland, CA 94612
E-mail: DESACT@well.com
www.DESAction.org
Phone: (510) 465-4011
Fax: (510) 465-4815

Department of Fair Employment and Housing, Branch Offices:

Oakland District Office
1515 Clay St., Suite 701
Oakland, CA 94612
www.dfeh.ca.gov
Phone: (510) 662-2941

Sacramento District Office
2000 O St., Suite 120
Sacramento, CA 95814
www.dfeh.ca.gov
Phone: (916) 445-5523

San Francisco District Office
1515 Clay St., Suite 701
Oakland, CA 94612
www.dfeh.ca.gov
Phone: (510) 622-2973

San Jose District Office
111 North Market St., Suite 810
San Jose, CA 95113
www.dfeh.ca.gov
Phone: (408) 277-1277

2101 E. 4th St., Suite 255-B
Santa Ana, CA 92705
www.dfeh.ca.gov
Phone: (800) 884-1684

EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission)
P.O. Box 7033
Lawrence, KS 66044
E-mail: info@ask.eeoc.gov
Phone: (800) 669-4000

Find your local office here:
www.eeoc.gov/offices.html

San Francisco District Office
350 The Embarcadero, Suite 500
San Francisco, California 94105
www.eeoc.gov/sanfrancisco/index.htm
Phone: (415) 625-5600
Fax: (415) 625-5609

Oakland Local Office
1301 Clay St., Suite 1170-N
Oakland, California 94612-5217
www.eeoc.gov/Oakland/index.htm
Phone: (510) 637-3230
Fax: (510) 637-3235

San Jose Local Office
96 North 3rd St., Suite 200
San Jose, California 95112
www.eeoc.gov/sanjose/index.htm
Phone: (408) 291-7352
Fax: (408) 291-4539

Employment Rights Clinics:

Boalt Hall School of Law:
Center for the Study of Law & the Workplace
University of California, Berkeley
2240 Piedmont Ave. (Third Floor)
Berkeley, CA 94720-2150
www.law.berkeley.edu/clinics/index.htm
Phone: (510) 642-9049
Fax: (510) 642-2951

Golden Gate University School of Law:
536 Mission St.
San Francisco, CA 94105-2968
E-mail: info@ggu.edu
www.ggu.edu
Phone: (415) 442-7000

Hastings College of Law:
200 McAllister St.
San Francisco, CA 94102
www.uchaSt.ings.edu/?pid=27
Phone: (415) 565-4600

Santa Clara University School of Law:
500 El Camino Real
Santa Clara, CA 95053-0425
E-mail: socialjustice@scu.edu
www.scu.edu/law/socialjuSt.ice/index.htm
Phone: (408) 551-1720
Facsimile: (408) 554-5073

Stanford Law School:
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305
www.law.stanford.edu/clinics/sclc/
Phone: (650) 475-0560

University of San Francisco School of Law:
2130 Fulton St.
San Francisco, CA 94117-1080
E-mail: lawschool@usfca.edu
www.usfca.edu/law/
Phone: (415) 422-6307
Fax: (415) 422-6433

Equal Rights Advocates
1663 Mission St., Suite 550
San Francisco, CA 94103
www.equalrights.org
Phone: (415) 621-0672
Fax: (415) 621-6744

Legal Aid Society - Employment Law Center
180 Montgomery Street, Suite 600
San Francisco, CA 94104
E-mail: info@las-elc.org
www.las-elc.org/index.htm
Phone: (415) 864-8848
Fax: (415) 593-0096

U.S. Department of Labor, Appeals Board
ESA Wage and Hour Division
2800 Cottage Way, Rmw-1836
Sacramento, CA 95825-1886
www.dol.gov/esa/contacts/whd/america2.htm#California
Phone: (866) 487-9243

Environment

California Energy Commission
Media and Public Communications Office
1516 Ninth St., MS-29
Sacramento, CA 95814-5512
E-mail: renewable@energy.State.ca.us
www.energy.ca.gov/
Phone: (916) 654-4287

Californians for Pesticide Reform
49 Powell St., Suite 530
San Francisco, CA 94102
E-mail: peSt.s@igc.org
www.igc.org/cpr
Phone: (415) 981-3939
Fax: (415) 981-2727

Communities for a Better Environment
501 Second St., Suite 305
San Francisco, CA 94107
www.cbecal.org/
Phone: (415) 243-8373
Fax: (415) 243-8980

Environmental Law Foundation
1736 Franklin St., 8th Floor
Oakland, CA 94612
Phone: (510) 208-4555
Fax: (510) 208-4562

Pesticide Action Network
49 Powell St., Suite 500
San Francisco, CA 94102
E-mail: pana@pana.org
www.pana.org
Phone: (415) 981-1771
Fax: (415) 981-9991

Planning and Conservation League
926 J St., Suite 612
Sacramento, CA 95814
www.pcl.org
Phone: (916) 444-8726
Fax: (916) 448-1789

Save the:

Dolphins
www.earthisland.org/saveTaijiDolphins/whoWeAre.html

Tigers
www.mtsobek.com/mts/sav

Whales
www.savethewhales.org/about.html

Sierra Club
85 Second St.
San Francisco, CA 94105-3459
E-mail: information@sierraclub.org
www.sierraclub.org
Phone: (415) 977-5500
Fax: 415-977-5799

Housing

Homeless Shelters Directory
www.sanfrancisco.zami.com/Homeless_Shelters

Legal Aid (SF)
50 Fell St.
San Francisco, CA 94102
www.baylegal.org/offices3.html
Phone: (415) 982-1300

Mayor’s Office of Housing
1 South Van Ness Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94103
www.sfgov.org/sue/moh-mdeo/asp
Phone: (415) 701-5500

San Francisco Bar Association
Volunteer Legal Services Program (VLSP)
465 California St., Suite 1100
San Francisco, CA 94121
www.sfbar.org/charitable/index.aspx
Phone: (415) 982-1600

San Francisco Rent Stabilization and Control Board
25 Van Ness Ave. Suite 320
San Francisco, CA 94102-6033
www.sfgov.org/site/rentboard/index.asp
Phone: (415) 252-4600 or (415) 252-4602 (counseling)

Tenant /Tenant and Landlord /Tenant Problems:
San Francisco Tenants’ Union
558 Capp St.
San Francisco, CA 94110-2516
Phone: (415) 282-6622

Immigration

Immigration Rights Commission
One Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place Rm. 453
San Francisco, CA 94102
www.sfgov.org/site/immigrant_index.asp?id=6193
Phone: (415) 744-3441
Fax: (415) 554-7583

Insurance: Consumers

Commissioner of Insurance
300 Capitol Mall Suite 1700
Sacramento, CA 95814
www.insurance.ca.gov/
Phone: (916) 492-3500
Fax: (916) 445-5280

United Policyholders
110 Pacific Ave., Suite 262
San Francisco, CA 94111
www.unitedpolicyholders.org
Phone: (510) 763-9740

Patient Safety

Consumers for Quality Care
1750 Ocean Park Blvd., Suite 200
Santa Monica, CA 90405
E-mail: Jamie@consumerwatchdog.com
www.consumerwatchdog.com
Phone: (310) 392-0522
Fax: (310) 392-8874

Health Access
942 Market St., Suite 402
San Francisco, CA 94102
E-mail: info@health-access.org
www.health-access.org
Phone: (415) 395-7959
Fax: (415) 395-7956

Senior Safety

AARP (American Association of Retired Persons)
980 9th St., Suite 700
Sacramento, CA 95814
www.aarp.org/
Phone: (916) 446-2277
Fax: (916) 556-3000

California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform
1610 Bush St.
San Francisco, CA 94109
www.canhr.org/
Phone: (415) 474-5171

Congress of California Seniors
1228 “N” St., Suite 29
Sacramento, CA 95814
www.seniors.org/
Phone: (916) 442-4474
Fax: (916) 442-1877

joanblee78@lanset.com
www.gpcal.org
Phone: (916) 332-5980
Message: 916-739-1540

San Francisco Chapter
1182 Market St., Room 203
San Francisco, CA 94102
graypanther-sf@sbcglobal.net
www.graypantherssf.igc.org
(415) 552-8800

Voter Education

The League of Women Voters of California
926 J St., Suite 515
Sacramento, CA 95814
www.ca.lwv.org/
Phone: (916) 442-7215

Welfare

Food Bank of SF
900 Pennsylvania Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94107
www.sffoodbank.org/
Phone: (415) 282-1900 ext. 0

Glide Memorial Church
330 Ellis St.
San Francisco, CA 94102
www.bapd.org/csaaco-1.html
Phone: (415) 674-6000

Saint Anthony’s Dining Room
45 Jones St.
San Francisco, CA 94102
Phone: (415) 241-2600
Fax: (415) 252-1635

Second Harvest. Food Bank
750 Curtner Ave.
San Jose, CA 95125
Phone: (408) 266-8866
Fax: (408) 266-9042

Food Stamps:
SSI – Supplemental Security Insurance
Social Security Administration
1569 Sloat Blvd. Suite 300
San Francisco, CA 94132
Phone: (800) 772-1213

Worker Safety

California OSHA
www.dir.ca.gov/dosh/
Field Offices: www.dir.ca.gov/dosh/DiSt.rictOffices.htm

1515 Clay St. Suite1901
Oakland, CA 94612
Phone: (510) 286 7000
Fax: (510) 286 7037

2424 Arden Way, St. 165
Sacramento 95825
Phone: (916) 263-2800
fax (916) 263-2798

121 Spear St., St. 430
San Francisco 94105
Phone: (415) 972-8670
fax (415) 972-8686

California Union of Safety Employees
915 20th St.
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 447-5272

Federal OSHA
525 Camino de los Marquez, Suite 3
Santa Fe, NM 87505
www.osha.gov/
Phone: (800) 321-OSHA

WORKSAFE!
c/o San Francisco Labor Council
1188 Franklin St., Suite 203
San Francisco, CA 94109
E-mail: worksafe@worksafe.org
www.worksafe.org
Phone: (510) 302-1071
Fax: (510) 835-4913