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Homeless Court

The SVdP Community Center is home to regularly-scheduled sessions of the Alameda County Homeless & Caring Court. Instead of ordering homeless people to court for fines they can’t pay and that disqualify them for benefits, the homeless court comes to the homeless and guarantees a clean slate if they can show they are cleaning up their act.

Homeless Court

SVdP is one of several organizations collaborating in the homeless court effort. The Superior Court of California, County of Alameda, opened its first homeless court session in 2004 with Superior Court Judge Gordon Baranco presiding . Services providers like SVdP work with the Alameda Countywide Homeless Continuum of Care Council, the Alameda County District Attorney's Office, the Alameda County Public Defender's Office, and the court to assist homeless individuals

SVdP refers defendants with non-violent, low-level misdemeanors to the public defender, and works with the PD office to show that the defendants are using services and working to solve their problems. The court only accepts non-violent misdemeanors like traffic violations and public drunkenness, and limits defendants to one appearance. SVdP helps 15 to 20 people work on a clean slate for each court session.

For more information on Homeless Court and the next scheduled court date, contact SVdP’s Homeless Court coordinator at 510/877-9203.