by Kristin Mateer | Nov 10, 2023 | Uncategorized
By Emily Zia In 2020, after the horrific murder of George Floyd, the California state legislature created a task force to study and develop proposals for reparations for African Americans. Following more than two years of research, on June 29, 2023, the task force...
by Kristin Mateer | Jul 5, 2023 | Uncategorized
EBCLO learned of the lawsuit filed by the City of Hayward against the County of Alameda and Westcoast Children’s Clinic on June 22, 2023 in the newspaper on June 23, 2023. We submitted this response to the Mayor of Hayward and the City Attorney of Hayward later...
by Kristin Mateer | Feb 7, 2023 | Uncategorized
In her beautiful children’s book, Amanda Gorman writes, “I can hear change humming in its loudest, proudest song. I don’t fear change coming. And so I sing along.” In a world where police brutality took the life of Tyre Nichols, and Governor...
by Kristin Mateer | Jun 17, 2022 | Uncategorized
“Do you want to adopt a little boy?” That is how our journey started to becoming dads. I remember laying in bed that night next to my husband, Keith – my mind turning. We just had dinner with my visiting family, and they mentioned that one of our cousins, Bryan was...
by Kristin Mateer | May 23, 2022 | Uncategorized
My name is Jessica Mi. I am a former foster youth, Stanford graduate, and between the ages of 14 and 21, I was a client of East Bay Children’s Law Offices. I am also Chinese-American, and while in foster care I was one of very few Asian-American youth in the system....
