Journalist
(California)
Reporter at the Los Angeles Times covering state and federal courts in California, the Supreme Court and the State Bar.
Links: @egelko | Link to bio | (Current as of: June 25, 2015)
San Francisco Chronicle
July 29, 2017
The project provides legal assistance to people in seven counties, including San Francisco, facing certain types of high-stakes civil suits in which the other side has a lawyer.
News Story
SF Gate
October 25, 2016
Lawyers in Tuesday’s suit, filed in Alameda County Superior Court, said the amnesty was far too limited and the state is still penalizing hundreds of thousands of former motorists for being poor.
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San Francisco Chronicle
June 6, 2016
According to a new study by UC Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco, 4,400 cash settlements have been made over the past decade across the nation alleging discrimination against employees for attempting to carry out their family responsibilities.
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SF Gate
June 24, 2015
San Francisco school officials, parents and the federal government asked a judge Wednesday to approve a plan designed to upgrade English-language instruction for more than 16,000 students who need it.
Reporter at the Los Angeles Times covering state and federal courts in California, the Supreme Court and the State Bar.
Links: @egelko | Link to bio | (Current as of: June 25, 2015)
Bob Egelko has been a reporter since June 1970. He spent 30 years with the Associated Press, covering news, politics and occasionally sports in Los Angeles, San Diego and Sacramento, and legal affairs in San Francisco from 1984 onward. He worked for the San Francisco Examiner for five months in 2000, then joined The Chronicle in November 2000.
He has a law degree from McGeorge School of Law in Sacramento and is a member of the bar. Coverage has included the passage of Proposition 13 in 1978, the appointment of Rose Bird to the state Supreme Court and her removal by the voters, the death penalty in California and the battles over gay rights and same-sex marriage.
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News StoryState-funded attorneys for low-income residents have success
Bob EgelkoSan Francisco Chronicle
July 29, 2017
The project provides legal assistance to people in seven counties, including San Francisco, facing certain types of high-stakes civil suits in which the other side has a lawyer.
News Story
Suit: Suspending licenses of poor who can’t pay tickets illegal
Bob EgelkoSF Gate
October 25, 2016
Lawyers in Tuesday’s suit, filed in Alameda County Superior Court, said the amnesty was far too limited and the state is still penalizing hundreds of thousands of former motorists for being poor.
News Story
Court fights over family leave heat up, and workers often win
Bob EgelkoSan Francisco Chronicle
June 6, 2016
According to a new study by UC Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco, 4,400 cash settlements have been made over the past decade across the nation alleging discrimination against employees for attempting to carry out their family responsibilities.
News Story
Judge asked to OK new English-learners plan for SF schools
Bob EgelkoSF Gate
June 24, 2015
San Francisco school officials, parents and the federal government asked a judge Wednesday to approve a plan designed to upgrade English-language instruction for more than 16,000 students who need it.
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