Clean Slate provides direct assistance to people criminalized by virtue of being homeless or low-income while also addressing the policies that facilitate civil rights violations of homeless people in the East Bay.

This objective is pursued through providing:

• Education and outreach to provide accessible, relevant and accurate information about civil rights, criminal law, and other legal matters;
• Legal services, including self-help instruction, directed referrals to available service providers (both legal and non-legal), and direct advocacy and representation to expunge criminal records, challenge citations, clear warrants, and remove other barriers to achieving stability; and
• Policy reform to effect long-term, systemic change of the criminal justice system in which homeless people become embroiled.

The goal of Clean Slate is to reduce barriers to employment, housing and civic participation for the homeless and people living in poverty.