For more than 27 years, we have worked with California’s rural poor, especially farm workers, migrant workers and community organizations to protect workers’ rights and health, improve children’s access to quality schooling and higher education, raise the voices of disenfranchised Californians in low-income and marginalized communities, and provide essential legal services. We help secure a just and equitable regulatory environment in education, worker safety, and housing; conduct community outreach and education; and train and mobilize with community advocates. As laws change, CRLAF monitors the impact of these changes on farm workers, immigrants, and other rural poor populations and either develops projects or directs additional resources to meeting the new or increased needs of immigrant communities.  

We have a long-standing relationship with farm workers and immigrants based on trust, respect, and accountability.  We are proud to have a diverse board of directors, composed of retired farm workers, community members, attorneys, and immigrant rights advocates.