You're Supporting A National Award Winning Program

We're proud to announce that the National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership honored the Law Foundation's Silicon Valley Medical Legal Partnership as a 2017 Outstanding Medical Legal Partnership (MLP) Award recipient at the annual MLP Summit last month in Washington, D.C.

Our medical-legal partnership with Santa Clara Valley Medical Center connects patients in VMC's pediatrics department and Homeless Healthcare Program with Law Foundation attorneys who are onsite at multiple VMC clinic sites each week to help with underlying legal problems to various medical issues.

We're grateful to the National Center for Medical Legal Partnership for this wonderful honor and to Valley Medical Center for supporting our work.

You Did It!

We had a great time with everyone who came together to create a stronger, more inclusive community at our Celebration of Justice dinner. A heartfelt thank you goes out to our annual partners and individual donors who gave generously to help us continue to use the law as a tool for change in Silicon Valley. Together, we can do so much more for the people in our region who need life-changing legal services -families like the Hernandez-Garfias’, who we introduced to you at the dinner.  

Thank you for an unforgettable night! 

Be sure to check out our photos and see if you can spot your friends and colleagues.

Major Win for Mountain View Tenants

Photo by Nailah Morgank, KQED

Last November, voters in Mountain View passed Measure V, aimed at stabilizing rents and providing just cause eviction protections for certain rental units.

Following the vote, the California Apartment Association (CAA) moved to sue the City to block the law from going into effect. That’s when the Law Foundation, along with Fenwick & West, the Stanford Community Law Clinic, and the Public Interest Law Project, stepped in to represent a group of Mountain View voters, tenants, and organizations.

In a major win for Mountain View tenants, the CAA dropped the lawsuit earlier this month.

Mountain View tenants will now be protected from unreasonable rent increases and unjust evictions. “This is a complete victory for the City of Mountain View and a critical win for Mountain View residents, including the most marginalized in our community,” said Nadia Aziz, senior attorney at the Law Foundation of Silicon Valley. “We were thankful to have Fenwick’s excellent support in ensuring Mountain View tenants do not have to live in fear of unfair rent increases and evictions.”