CRLA opens its doors as one of the nation's original "War on Poverty" programs.
CRLA forces Governor Ronald Reagan to restore $211 million to the state's medi-cal program for the poor and elderly.
Because of its fierce and dedicated fight on behalf of farmworkers and the rural poor, CRLA is named the best Legal Services Program in the United States.
CRLA forces the federal government to begin hearings which lead to the banning of the pesticide DDT.
CRLA stops the practice of placing Spanish-speaking children in classes for the mentally retarded simply because they do not speak English.
CRLA succeeds in banning the use of El Cortito, the crippling short-handled hoe. Farmworker back injuries drop a dramatic 34%.
California enacts the CRLA-sponsored Bilingual Education Act, the most comprehensive in the nation.
California's unemployed win back $27 million in benefits because of a successful CRLA lawsuit.
CRLA helps 100 farmworker families to form a cooperative housing association and take over ownership of their mobilehome park from an unscrupulous landlord.
President Reagan slashes CRLA's budget. More than 30% of CRLA's staff is laid off. CRLA vows to continue fighting against the injustices suffered by the rural poor.
Pesticide companies must test the harmfulness of their products to human beings after California enacts the CRLA-sponsored Birth Defect Prevention Act.
California creates the CRLA-sponsored Housing Trust Fund which annually turns $20 million in offshore oil taxes into funds for low-income housing.
CRLA drafts the Special Agricultural Worker provision of the new Immigration Act. One million undocumented workers are legalized nationwide.
CRLA community workers bring the Teatro Nuestro production on health, safety, and pesticides to 10,000 California farmworkers.
CRLA forces the restoration of $20 million in cuts to funding for family planning and health care services for poor women.
Representing a grass roots Latino community organization fighting the siting of a toxic waste incinerator in their rural town, CRLA files the nation's first suit charging "environmental racism."