"In a July article published by the California Bar Journal, it announced that the state provided a $5 million increase to legal aid.

Gov. Jerry Brown approved an additional $5 million in funding to help finance legal services for low-income people, seniors and people with developmental disabilities.

“The Equal Access Fund’s jump in funding is sizeable for one that has remained at roughly $10 million since its inception in 1999,” the article said.

The article explained that the Equal Access Fund is one of several the State Bar administers for legal services in California. Among many other things, these organizations work to prevent domestic violence, keep families in their homes, connect veterans to benefits and keep farm workers safe.

“It really is quite a victory,” Catherine Blakemore, executive director of Disability Rights California, said in the article. “We have a real priority to reaching out to targeted communities with disabilities.” READ ARTICLE HERE