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Small Business and Nonprofit Services

The Community Economic Justice program works to empower communities of color to build long-term solutions to poverty in the East Bay. We provide free legal advice and representation on:

  • Commercial lease questions

  • Starting a new business, nonprofit, or cooperative (legal entity formation)

  • Business licenses and permitting

  • Nonprofit tax-exemption

  • Converting a business to a cooperative

  • Business, nonprofit, or cooperative governance

  • Employment law

  • Alternative models of affordable housing (i.e. community land trusts, housing cooperatives)

How to Access our Services: 

*Intake for the Community Economic Justice Program has closed.

For information about other service providers who may be able to help with your issue, please see our Small business and nonprofit referrals page.

Additional Resources

Where can I learn about the Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act (TOPA) in Berkeley? Where can I learn about alternative models of housing? What does every small business need to know about the Corporate Transparency Act? How can I set up a food business? Where can I learn about the failures of for-profit affordable housing? What are my rights as a tenant in a Low Income Housing Tax Credit property? ¿Cuáles son mis derechos como inquilino en una propiedad de crédito fiscal para viviendas de bajos ingresos? (español)