MoProBono - Spring 2018 Update

14 MoProBono Spring 2018 RESPONDING TO NATURAL DISASTERS IN CALIFORNIA Natural disasters remain a persistent threat in California. When these disasters strike, they rapidly upend thousands of lives and dozens of communities, with those affected facing uncertain futures as they cope with the damage and destruction that their homes and businesses have sustained. These communities and the agencies that serve them desperately need legal information and guidance as they begin to chart a path forward and put the pieces of their lives back together. Driven by the desire to get help into the hands of those affected by these disasters as quickly as possible, pro bono counsel Rachel Williams and Dorothy Fernandez, along with partners Robert Falk, David Walsh, and dozens of other MoFo lawyers and staff, mobilized to develop the Northern California Wildfires Helping Handbook and the Southern California Disasters Helping Handbook . The handbooks include a compilation of basic legal information and general resources to help individuals and small businesses in the affected communities recover.