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Contact the Legal Services Coordinator
The Legal Services Coordinator takes live calls every Tuesday and Thursday from 10am to 6pm at (510) 251-1856 x304; you can leave a voicemail 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. In addition, you can reach her any time at legalsupport@safeaccessnow.org.
When contacting ASA, please have the following information available, if at all possible:
Criminal/Law Enforcement Encounter- Your next court date
- How much MMJ confiscated
- Charges
- County in which incident took place
- Law Enforcement Agency involved
- Date of incident
- Date and type of your next court date
- Type of issue (Employment, Child Custody, Housing, Other)
- Date and nature of first negative interaction with decisionmaker (employer/landlord/CPS worker), and include the full name
- What has happened since the first interaction
- Note any papers that have been filed by you or the opposing party, and any judicial decisions
- County in which incident took place
Please note your legal inquiry will be placed in a queue, so it may be a few days before you receive a response.
Additionally, please email legalsupport@safeaccessnow.org to share how the FAQ information helped you get your case dropped, and give ASA feedback on how this information was helpful, and what we could do better.


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