Know Your Rights
FREE CONSULTATION:
We provide free consults for low-wage workers, immigrants, tenants, incarcerated or detained individuals, and community members experiencing problems entering the U.S., FBI questioning or discrimination by law enforcement. For a phone consultation, please see our legal clinic schedule and call (415) 896-1701 to schedule an appointment.
RESOURCES FOR WORKERS:
Other Free Legal Consultations for Low-Income Workers in the Bay Area
- Legal Aid at Work: Clinics and Helplines
- La Raza Centro Legal, San Francisco: (415) 575-3500 (Spanish)
- Centro Legal de la Raza, Oakland: (510) 437-1554 (Spanish)
- Women’s Employment Rights Clinic: (415) 442-6647
To find other legal aid organizations who provide legal counseling in other parts of California, visit Coalition of Low Income and Immigrant Worker Advocates.
Know Your Rights Videos
- My boss has cut my hours or laid me off because of the Coronavirus crisis. What can I do? English | Cantonese | Mandarin | Tagalog | Burmese | Arabic | Vietnamese | Nepalese | Spanish
- My boss is still requiring me to work during the Coronavirus crisis, but I do not think it’s safe. What can I do? English | Cantonese | Mandarin | Tagalog | Burmese | Arabic | Vietnamese | Nepalese | Spanish
- What if I get sick or I am quarantined? English | Cantonese | Mandarin | Tagalog | Burmese | Arabic | Vietnamese | Nepalese | Spanish
- Content for the videos was drawn in part from resources provided by Legal Aid at Work, Bet Tzedek, and other members of the Coalition of Low Income and Immigrant Worker Advocates.
Know-Your-Rights Written Materials
- Health and Safety during COVID-19: Fact Sheet
- Legal Aid at Work’s Frequently Asked Questions about the coronavirus English | Chinese | Vietnamese | Spanish | Urdu | Farsi | Arabic
- National Employment Law Project Fact Sheet about benefits under the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
- Emergency Funds for Workers, Regardless of Immigration Status
- Catholic Charities of California Alameda & Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco & San Mateo, and Santa Clara counties (immigrants)
- California Department of Social Services’ Disaster Relief Assistance for Immigrants
- Restaurant Workers’ Community Foundation (restaurant workers)
- Restaurant Opportunities Centers United (restaurant workers)
- One Fair Wage Emergency Fund English | Spanish (service workers)
- Another Round, Another Rally Emergency Assistance (hospitality workers)
- USBG National Charity Foundation (bar workers)
- UndocuFund San Francisco and Oakland (undocumented workers)
Guides on State Benefits
- California Employment Development Department’s (EDD) Frequently Asked Questions for Unemployment Insurance, Disability Insurance, and Paid Family Leave (Select other languages at bottom right corner, above “Google Translate”)
- Videos on how to apply for Unemployment Insurance: Registration English | Cantonese | Mandarin | Spanish | Vietnamese
- Applying English | Spanish | Cantonese | Mandarin | Vietnamese
- Chinese Progressive Association’s Guide on Applying for Unemployment Insurance (Chinese)
- Chinatown Community Development Center’s Translated, Annotated Unemployment Insurance Claim Form (Chinese)
New worker health and safety videos - Protecting Yourself at Work During Coronavirus | Safety, Negotiation, and Organizing: English | Spanish
- UC Berkeley Labor Occupational Health Program: COVID-19 Materials and Resources
- Fact sheet: Your employer must protect you from COVID-19 at work
- Hazard Identification & Tracking Tool
Returning to Work After Coronavirus Shelter In Place Order Is Lifted - Legal Aid at Work
COVID-19 AND TRANSFERS TO ICE:
Immigrant Legal Resource Center’s Responsible Releases: Safeguards to Protect Immigrants Released from Jails and Prisons (English)
TRAVEL ADVISORY:
Please see our community advisory on what you should know about the latest travel restrictions relating to COVID-19 (English)
EXECUTIVE ORDER ON IMMIGRATION BAN:
Please see our new community advisory on the executive order banning immigration during COVID-19 effective April 23, 2020. English | Arabic | Farsi | Somali | Urdu | Vietnamese
RESOURCES FOR SAN FRANCISCO TENANTS:
三藩市租户资源:
Need Legal Assistance? 您需要法律协助吗？
Phone Appointment Only. If you need legal assistance on a housing issue, please call 415-295-2024. If we miss your call, please leave a voice/text message (Your name, phone number, and briefly describe the issue), and we will respond to you as soon as possible.
仅限预约。 如果您在住房问题上需要法律援助，请致电415-295-2024。 如果我们错过您的来电，请留下语音/短信（包括您的姓名，电话号码，并简要说明问题），我们将尽快回复您。
Our Housing Rights Program only provides legal assistance to San Francisco tenants. We prioritize cases involving eviction, reasonable accommodation, significant rent increase, landlord harassment, habitability issues, and change in terms of tenancy. We do not provide any services to landlords.
住房权益项目仅为三藩市租客提供法律援助服务。我们优先承办的案件类型包括：迫迁辩护、残障人士需协助申请合理便利安排、大幅度涨租、房东骚扰、住房环境品质问题、租赁条款更变。我们不为房东提供任何服务。
Languages: English, Cantonese, Mandarin, Hindi. Other languages may be available upon request.
语言：英语，广东话，普通话，印地语。 可根据需求提供其他语言。
Are you facing landlord harassment due to backed rent during COVID?
You may be protected and should ask your landlord to cease the harassment. See our Pro Se Letter- Harassment 1A & 1B- Landlord Harassment for Non-Payment.
您是否因在COVID期间拖欠租金而面临房东骚扰？
您可能受到法律保护并应该向房东提出停止骚扰的要求。请参阅我们为您提供的信函范本- 因欠租而引起的房东骚扰。
State eviction protections have been extended through the end of June. If you cannot pay your full rent right now, read this short summary of what you must do to protect yourself: English | Chinese | Spanish | Filipino
加州租客驱逐保护法令的时效已被延长至六月底。如果您现在付不起全部房租，请阅读以下有关如何保护自己的摘要：英语 | 中文 | 西班牙语 | 菲律宾语
Are you being evicted?
If you have received a Summons & Complaint or have been served a notice containing allegations of nuisance, call the Eviction Defense Collaborative‘s legal assistance line as soon as possible at (415) 659-9184 or email [email protected]
你被驱逐了吗？
如果您收到逼迁传票及诉状书，或收到包含妨害指控的通知，请尽快致电抗逼迁联盟的法律援助专线 (415) 659-9184 或发送邮件至 [email protected]
If you need financial assistance for the payment of rent, please call RADCo at (415) 470-5211 or email [email protected]
如果您需要经济援助来支付租金，请致电经济协助服务 (415) 470-5211 或发送邮件至[email protected]
Are you a San Francisco tenant who can’t pay rent because of COVID-19? Please see our SB 91 Fact Sheet to learn about how you can be protected. English | Chinese | Spanish | Russian | Vietnamese
您是因为新型冠状病毒疫情而付不起房租的三藩市租客吗？请参阅我们有关州法律SB 91的简介，了解如何保护自己。
英语 | 中文 | 西班牙语 | 越南语
Watch Legal Services of Northern California‘s video with more information about California’s COVID-19 eviction protections.
观看北加州法律服务的视频，了解更多有关加州新型冠状病毒疫情驱逐保护法令的信息。
When making rent payments to your landlord, particularly if you owe back rent or other fines, it is important to tell your landlord specifically what your rent payment is for. Be sure to write on the check or money order what the payment is for (e.g. March 2021 Rent), and use one of the rent designation letters linked here (available in English, Cantonese, Mandarin, Tagalog, and Vietnamese) to make sure you and your landlord are on the same page. Give this letter to your landlord at the same time you give them your rent.
当您向房东支付租金时，尤其是如果您已拖欠租金或其他罚款，一定要明确地告诉房东您的租金是用在何处。请务必在支票或汇票上注明付款用途（例如，2021年3月租金），并使用此处链接的其中一种租金指定信件（英语、繁体、简体、塔加洛语和越南语）确保您和房东达成共识。在支付租金的同时，一并把这封信交给您的房东。
Additional COVID-19 Information for Tenants
San Francisco Anti-Displacement Coalition
MOHCD COVID-19 Emergency Tenant Protections
Know Your Rights on COVID Tenant Protections (English)
更多有关新型冠状病毒疫情的租户信息：
三藩市反逼迁联盟
市长住房和社区发展办公室新型冠状病毒疫情驱逐以及租金调涨暂缓令
了解您的权益- 新型冠状病毒疫情租户保护（英语）