Legal Aid Society of San Diego, Inc.

Client Review Highlights: 1. Application was supposed to be helping with my SSI application but they just ditched me quit taking my calls and everything pretty sad when your trying to figure this all out and you just get hung out to dry. Place is useless. 2. This place is terrible in their phone menu they will tell you they will help out with a number of things, but then refuse service on a disability related thing. You can try to get help, but it seems like they always refuse service to people. They are buddy buddy with the apartments like Harborview Apartment Homes that discrimate. I know it sounds crazy, but they are. 3. Estella is the worst phone operator. She was completely useless when asked for low income resources it was like pulling teeth trying to get her to give me information about a legal matter please hire someone else. 4. Very happy with our experience here. Helen was awesome and helped my wife and I navigate our legal issues. Extremely helpful explaining everything from paperwork all the way to being in the courthouse. Helen was in constant communication with us via text/call/email and never left us hanging and helped us get a favorable outcome. Overall excellent service and a big help especially to low income families. Thank you Helen and Legal Aid Society! 5. Wrongful evicted. Tried for 10 days to get on hold with someone. Of course, the only time I got on the line, the person said she didn't recognize my name or number, and she will personally make sure someone gets back in touch with me before 4:00 the next day. It never happened. I went down to the office filled out an application in person and received a phone call back the same day. For the last 30 days my water has been turned off multiple times. My landlord through all my belongings outside changed locks & needed police to let me back in my home. A month prior my landlord motorcycle ram into the side of truck causing $6000 to 9000 in damages my insurance company sends him my noninsured bill (cap) of 3,500 my notice to vacate came a few days after. After looking up wrongful evictions and all the drama it causes tenants legal aid still cannot help me I was told to take it up in small claims which the burden this is causes is far more than small claims get handled Legal aid rates zero in my book. I was on the opposite end being a landlord and my tenant got two extra months for the same situation but all I did was go to the house she said I was harassing her. Above is just one style.