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Cuidado Infantil para Todos: Cómo Desarrollar y Renovar las Instalaciones de ECE en el Condado de Los Ángeles
Este conjunto de herramientas interactivo proporciona un proceso paso a paso y recursos para obtener aprobaciones para renovar y construir nuevas instalaciones de ECE.
Guide, Spanish
Descripción general de las protecciones de COVID-19 para inquilinos comerciales de pequeñas empresas en el Condado de Los Ángeles
Guide
Dissolution of a California Nonprofit Corporation
This guide is designed to assist directors and executive management staff of California Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporations, as well as attorneys who are assisting such corporations on a pro bono basis, to understand the process of voluntary dissolution. The guide focuses on the procedures and requirements specified in the California Nonprofit Corporation Law.
Guide, Spanish
El Seguro de Responsabilidad Para Cuidado Infantil
Template/Sample Form
Employee Handbook for Nonprofits and Small Businesses
This sample employee handbook is designed for nonprofit organizations and small businesses. The document is annotated with explanatory endnotes, including citations to applicable law and alternatives.
Template/Sample Form
Executive Compensation Policy
This sample Executive Compensation Policy for a California nonprofit public benefit corporation exempt from taxation under Internal Revenue Code section 501(c)(3) was designed to assist nonprofit organizations seeking to adopt or amend such a governance policy and the pro bono attorneys who represent them. The form is annotated with explanatory endnotes, including citations to applicable laws, alternatives, and recommended practices.
Toolkit
Federal Mortgage Maturity Toolkit: A Step-by-Step Guide for Advocates
Tens of thousands of units in certain Housing and Urban Development (HUD) properties are experiencing mortgage maturity or the expiration of use restrictions or assistance. Unassisted tenants in these properties face the serious risk of a rent increase, displacement and homelessness. Congress has targeted funding for tenant protection vouchers to help address this issue but the process for accessing this funding can be complicated and confusing.
Guide
Fiscal Sponsorship: An Alternative to Forming a Nonprofit 501(c)(3) Corporation
Fiscal sponsorship is an alternative available to individuals or groups performing charitable services and wishing to give their donors the ability to take a charitable contribution deduction, but not wanting to spend a great amount of time and resources to comply with the extensive filing requirements, tax compliance, and other legal obligations associated with incorporation and tax exemption.
Form 990 Policy and Memo
Form 990 Policy Series – Conflict of Interest Policy and Memorandum
Form 990 Policy and Memo
Form 990 Policy Series – Executive Compensation Policy and Memorandum
Form 990 Policy and Memo
Form 990 Policy Series – Form 990 Distribution and Review Policy and Memorandum
Form 990 Policy and Memo
Form 990 Policy Series – Conservation Easement Policy and Memorandum
Form 990 Policy and Memo
Form 990 Series – Document Retention Policy and Memorandum
Form 990 Policy and Memo
Form 990 Series – Fundraising Policy and Memorandum
Form 990 Policy and Memo
Form 990 Series – Gift Acceptance Policy and Memorandum
Form 990 Policy and Memo
Form 990 Series – Independent Governing Body Policy and Memorandum
Form 990 Policy and Memo
Form 990 Series – Investment Policy and Memorandum
Form 990 Policy and Memo
Form 990 Series – Joint Venture Policy and Memorandum
Form 990 Policy and Memo
Form 990 Series – Mission Statement Memorandum
Form 990 Policy and Memo
Form 990 Series – Public Disclosure Policy and Memorandum
Form 990 Policy and Memo
Form 990 Series – Whistleblower Policy and Memorandum
Guide
Getting There Together: Tools to Advocate for Inclusive Development Near Transit [2012]
This guide is a Southern California housing advocates’ guide outlining legal tools for influencing affordable housing and land use and disposition policies in a new era of transit-oriented development and smart growth. It sets forth selected strategies that can be used by advocates at the regional, local, neighborhood, and project-specific levels to meaningfully participate in shaping the landscape of our neighborhoods.
Guide, Spanish
Guia para Propietarios e Inquilinos Como Provedores de Cuidado Infantil Familiar [Julio 2021]
Los propietarios e inquilinos pueden tener algunas preocupaciones con respecto al funcionamiento de un hogar de cuidado infantil familiar en una propiedad de alquiler. Esta guía proporciona información sobre los derechos de los inquilinos de proveedores de cuidado infantil familiar.
Guide, Spanish
Guía Sobre Leyes de Vendedores Ambulantes (2023)
Esta guía analiza las leyes estatales recientes de venta y los permisos locales necesarios para vender.