Legal Resource Center News

The LRC is providing various links to understand your rights as a U.S. Citizen. While there are many sources, the ACLU provides a pocket card for your review. For more information as to your rights go to ACLU Know Your Rights website for discussion on your rights for voting, protesting, police stops, religious freedoms, students, LGBTQ, disability, and immigration,…

In light of Covid-19, officials are working on community relief efforts targeted towards frontline and essential workers.Hazard pay is a proposal that comes up frequently with talks about compensating those who are continually putting their lives at risk. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, “[h]azard pay means additional pay for performing a hazardous duty or work involving physical hardship. Work duty that causes extreme…

Governmental Forms Posted for Tenant Use: The California Attorney General has posted the  Notice of Coronavirus Inability to Pay Rent. (PDF)   (pursuant to California Executive Order N-37-20) noting California residents review county and city orders for further guidance.…

Native Americans Disproportionately Impacted by COVID-19 Pandemic According to the Navajo Nation Department of Health, the Navajo tribe, along with other American Indian and Alaska Native communities, have been disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Many factors are contributing to these figures – “limited health services, broken…