This bill would prohibit payment of SSI to people w/ minor offenses such as failure to pay a fine or w/ old warrants.

MOD and CADA commended for their work in advancing disability rights at Board of Supervisors meeting.

When Angela Bean agreed to take on Mario’s immigration case, she knew it was going to be complicated. Mario was a Cuban immigrant who had come to the United States via boatlift in the 1980s. He was an HIV+ gay man in his late fifties, and had an unclear immigration status. Over the last several years he had been referred to multiple immigration attorneys but due to his very low income and a series of personal problems, he had been unable to make a connection.