SAN DIEGO — Flood victims who need legal advice were able to get much needed help Wednesday at a legal clinic held those affected by the January 22 flood.
The event aimed at helping families in need as they navigate through the process of getting back inside their homes.
Nearly two months after the devastating floods, many people across San Diego are still displaced from their homes, the event helped families with the necessary paperwork needed to move forward.
“Right now, people are in a state of crisis," said Annie Rios, Executive Director of Uprise Theater. “We have attorneys here, paralegals, law clerks that are hoping to help the community with the various different legal issues that they have, especially in regard to the flood."
The event was held by Uprise Theater, a local nonprofit organization, that’s helping with FEMA applications and denials, insurance claims, small court claims and more.
“Our community here in Southeast has been impacted so heavily by this and there’s so much more to be done," added Rios.
Kanasia Owens, who lives in Spring Valley with her mom and son, says they’ve been working to get back into their damaged home since the floods.
“It’s been tragic, to be quite honest, we’ve been having to figure what to do with little ones that live with us and being forced to move out of the situation and not knowing where you’re going to next, it’s just a lot of unknowns right now," said Owens.
Owens and her family need housing and are working to repair some of the damage caused by the flood.
“Honestly if it hadn’t been for small companies like this helping us out, we probably would be completely stranded not knowing what we could do," she added.
Flood victims will have more opportunities to get help.
Uprise Theater will be hosting legal clinics once a week for the next three months.
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