Santa Monica Office

LAFLA’s Santa Monica Office is funded by the City of Santa Monica and provides legal services to residents of Santa Monica only. In addition, we have a Domestic Violence Clinic and a Self Help Legal Access Center at the Santa Monica Courthouse. Our attorneys also work closely with local agencies and city services to provide the following services:

• Housing & Eviction Defense Law Tenant/Landlord Disputes
• Government Benefits
• Consumer Law
• Naturalizations
• Family Law/Domestic Violence
• Self Help Legal Access Center

Housing/Eviction Defense & Tenant/Landlord Disputes

• Evictions
• Apartment conditions
• Security deposits
• Landlord harassment

Government Benefits

• Cash assistance
• Job training
• Childcare
• Food stamps
• Other emergency benefits

We also help with following Government Benefits problems:

• SSI
• SSDI
• Social Security
• Medi-Cal
• Denti-Cal

For more information, please call the Santa Monica Office Hotline at (310) 899-6200.

Santa Monica Self Help Legal Access Center

LAFLA operates Self Help Legal Access Centers in Santa Monica, Inglewood, Long Beach and Torrance. The Centers are a collaboration between LAFLA, the County of Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Superior Court and Neighborhood Legal Services. They are walk-in clinics that offer individuals who are representing themselves legal information, assistance in preparing legal forms, guidance on a variety of civil matters, including evictions, divorces and paternity actions, and civil harassment. Referrals to private attorneys or legal services programs are provided as needed.

Santa Monica Courthouse
1725 Main St., Room 210
Santa Monica, CA 90401

Days and Hours of Operation: Monday-Thursday, 9:00 a.m.-12 noon, 1:30 p.m.-4:00 p.m. Fridays 9:00 a.m.-12 noon only. The Center is closed on the 3rd Wednesday of each month.

Please click here for a listing of other Self Help Legal Access Centers.

Domestic Violence Clinic—Santa Monica

Santa Monica Courthouse
1725 Main Street
Santa Monica, CA 90401

Days and Hours of Operation: Clients are seen Mondays through Fridays, 8:30 a.m.-11:00 a.m. Assists clients on a walk-in basis with restraining orders. The Clinic is closed on the 3rd Wednesday of each month.

client services

• Santa Monica Office Hotline
  (310) 899-6200
• General Information Line
  English/Español (800) 399-4529
• 國粵語熱線 / Cantonese/Mandarin
  (323) 801-7912
• 日本語 / Japanese
  (323) 801-7913
• ភាសាខ្មែរ / (Cambodian)
  (562) 304-2523
• 한국어 / Korean
  (323) 801-7987
• Tiếng Việt / Vietnamese
  (323) 801-7923