Cheryl Turner is a civil and consumer rights trial lawyer earning her B.A. and J.D. degrees from the University of Southern California (USC). For over 20 years, she’s managed her own legal practice with an emphasis on civil rights, consumer rights, business, tax, real estate, transportation and law. Ms. Turner also advises and assists clients with tax and regulatory compliance issues. Cheryl is a former Real Estate Broker and currently holds a Public Works Construction Management Certificate. She was appointed by the Governor to the Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians where she worked to ensure that qualified persons are licensed vocational nurses and psychiatric technicians by enforcing educational requirements, standards of practice, and by educating consumers about their patient rights.
We must keep people housed. As a board member and President of a housing association, Ms. Turner has worked for fair housing policies by developing best practices in the industry and for rent affordability. She also serves as a member of a redevelopment corporation that constructs and manages housing projects so that low-income Senior Citizens will permanently have affordable places to live. During the pandemic, Ms. Turner was one of the first to advocate that the government take on the task of creating rent and mortgage assistance programs to help keep tenants and homeowners housed during the economic shutdown.