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California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc. (CRLA) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit legal and political advocacy group that promotes the interests of migrant laborers and the rural poor. The organization provides legal assistance in the areas of employment and labor, housing and eviction, health, public benefits, and educational access. Based in San Francisco, the organization operates 24 regional offices throughout California. CRLA has an annual operating budget of $10 million, and employs 138 staff, 51 of which are attorneys.〔Boalt Hall, University of California, Berkeley ("Practitioner-in-Residence José R. Padilla" )〕 José R. Padilla, a lawyer and Berkeley Law graduate, has been the executive director since 1984. ==History== California Rural Legal Assistance was founded in 1966 as part of the Johnson administration's War on Poverty. From 1965 until 1981, it was funded by the federal Community Services Agency (CSA). When the Reagan Administration defunded the CSA, it came under the auspices of the government's Legal Services Corporation (LSC). It also receives funding from private foundations such as The California Endowment and businesses such as the Union Bank of California.〔Hispanic Business ("Union Bank of California Foundation Donates $125,000 to California Rural Legal Assistance" ), March 10, 2006〕 In 2002 CRLA was awarded the Domestic Human Rights Award by Global Exchange, and international NGO based in San Francisco. Between 2000 and 2006, CRLA was investigated six times by LSC or by its Inspector General. The subject of the investigations ranged from issues of timekeeping, to facilities sharing, to CRLA affiliations with non-LSC agencies. The CRLA maintained that the investigations were political fallout for obtaining over one million dollars in settlements from dairy farmers.〔Advocacy Blog ("LSC Inspector General Investigates California Rural Legal Assistance" ), April 10, 2006.〕 Padilla contends that organizations such as CRLA are "seemingly singled out for special political harassment, through more intense investigations".〔Sanford, John. ("José Padilla: Ethnic poor 'have been given a half plate of their due'" ). EWS release.〕 CRLA was also the subject of two complaints from the National Legal and Policy Center, both for apparently "violat() the Legal Services Corporation Act and regulations regarding fee-generating cases"〔National Legal and Policy Center. (Complaint Before Legal Services Corporation ), July 7, 2000 and (Complaint Before Legal Services Corporation ), August 23, 2000.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「California Rural Legal Assistance」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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