u/No_Spite_4835

What can I do? California

I’m posting because I need practical advice on how to get identity theft, real-estate/financial fraud, and abuse properly documented when agencies keep dismissing my reports because of my mental-health history.

My identity has been used in connection with records and transactions I did not authorize. I started pulling public records myself — county recorder documents, deeds, property records, names, addresses, and related documents — and I found repeated patterns involving my name, altered versions of my name, and family members’ names connected to real-estate activity. This is not just a “feeling.” I am working from public records and documents.

I also have a serious mental-health history, including hospitalizations and periods where I was unstable, paranoid, or suicidal. That history is now being used to discredit me whenever I try to report the identity theft and fraud. Instead of reviewing the documents, agencies keep treating the entire issue as a mental-health problem.

The situation became worse after my father filed police/court paperwork against me that I dispute as false. A restraining order was granted, including a move-out order, and I became homeless from December until February. Around the same time, the family home was sold. The timing of that sale lined up with when I was moved into an apartment under circumstances that now raise serious concerns. I paid $1,200 believing it was for prorated rent, but later it appeared to be treated as a deposit.

I have also reported repeated episodes where I experienced symptoms consistent with being drugged or exposed to something: confusion, paranoia, loss of reality testing, disability, and inability to care for myself. When I reported feeling drugged or unsafe, police did not take it seriously. My concern is that my family contacted police before or during these reports and framed me as mentally ill so the reports would be dismissed.

That creates an impossible loop:

I report identity theft, fraud, drugging, or abuse.
My family frames it as mental health.
Police rely on that framing instead of reviewing the records.
No investigation happens.
Then the lack of investigation is used to make it look like nothing happened.

I am not asking Reddit to diagnose me or decide the whole case. I am asking how to force a records-based review.

What I need advice on:

1. How do I get police to take an identity-theft report when they keep dismissing me because of mental-health history?
2. If police refuse to take a report, what exactly should I ask for in writing?
3. Should I go to the district attorney, attorney general, FBI IC3, FTC IdentityTheft.gov, postal inspectors, county recorder fraud unit, or another agency?
4. How do I organize deeds, addresses, name variations, timelines, credit records, and police contacts so an investigator or attorney will actually review them?
5. What kind of attorney handles identity theft connected to real-estate records, family fraud, credit reporting, and civil-rights issues?
6. How do I protect myself when family statements are being used to make agencies ignore records?

My identity is being used in real-estate/financial records, and police keep dismissing it as mental health instead of reviewing the documents. What can I do?

I’m posting because I need practical advice on how to get identity theft, real-estate/financial fraud, and abuse properly documented when agencies keep dismissing my reports because of my mental-health history.

My identity has been used in connection with records and transactions I did not authorize. I started pulling public records myself — county recorder documents, deeds, property records, names, addresses, and related documents — and I found repeated patterns involving my name, altered versions of my name, and family members’ names connected to real-estate activity. This is not just a “feeling.” I am working from public records and documents.

I also have a serious mental-health history, including hospitalizations and periods where I was unstable, paranoid, or suicidal. That history is now being used to discredit me whenever I try to report the identity theft and fraud. Instead of reviewing the documents, agencies keep treating the entire issue as a mental-health problem.

The situation became worse after my father filed police/court paperwork against me that I dispute as false. A restraining order was granted, including a move-out order, and I became homeless from December until February. Around the same time, the family home was sold. The timing of that sale lined up with when I was moved into an apartment under circumstances that now raise serious concerns. I paid $1,200 believing it was for prorated rent, but later it appeared to be treated as a deposit.

I have also reported repeated episodes where I experienced symptoms consistent with being drugged or exposed to something: confusion, paranoia, loss of reality testing, disability, and inability to care for myself. When I reported feeling drugged or unsafe, police did not take it seriously. My concern is that my family contacted police before or during these reports and framed me as mentally ill so the reports would be dismissed.

That creates an impossible loop:

I report identity theft, fraud, drugging, or abuse.
My family frames it as mental health.
Police rely on that framing instead of reviewing the records.
No investigation happens.
Then the lack of investigation is used to make it look like nothing happened.

I am not asking Reddit to diagnose me or decide the whole case. I am asking how to force a records-based review.

What I need advice on:

1. How do I get police to take an identity-theft report when they keep dismissing me because of mental-health history?
2. If police refuse to take a report, what exactly should I ask for in writing?
3. Should I go to the district attorney, attorney general, FBI IC3, FTC IdentityTheft.gov, postal inspectors, county recorder fraud unit, or another agency?
4. How do I organize deeds, addresses, name variations, timelines, credit records, and police contacts so an investigator or attorney will actually review them?
5. What kind of attorney handles identity theft connected to real-estate records, family fraud, credit reporting, and civil-rights issues?
6. How do I protect myself when family statements are being used to make agencies ignore records?

Need guidance managing housing, disability, legal, union/employment, and victim/witness issues — who can help me organize this?
I’m in California and I’m dealing with a situation that has become too complicated for me to manage alone.
I have serious documented mental-health and medical disabilities and two emotional-support dogs. I’m currently at risk of losing housing after receiving a rent/eviction notice.
The housing situation itself feels strange to me. I was homeless from around December until February 20. During that time, my parents were not really talking to me or helping me. Then, around the time their house was being sold, they suddenly decided to help me get into an apartment. I was placed into the apartment the same day the house sale happened.
The apartment turned out to be owned by a former employer. That employer was also my last union employer. I had been sent/dispatched there through my union, worked there, and after that I stopped receiving work through the union. I have a separate employment/union dispute, and I’m trying to understand whether the housing, employer relationship, union dispatch history, and later lack of work are connected or just a coincidence.
The rent at the apartment is about $2,645/month, but I was initially told I only needed to pay about $1,200 to move in. Later, it appears that the $1,200 was treated as a deposit rather than rent. I do not understand why I would be let into a unit with rent over $2,600/month for only $1,200 if that was not actually covering rent.
After that, I started receiving 3-day notices with charges I dispute and believe were false or inflated. Those notices felt intimidating because the accounting did not make sense to me. Then this month I received another 3-day pay-or-quit notice for rent. I am trying to understand whether this is just a landlord/tenant accounting dispute, or whether the unusual move-in terms, later disputed charges, former-employer ownership, and eviction pressure have broader legal significance.
I have also tried making reports to local police about family-related issues, identity/property concerns, and safety concerns, but I feel like I am not being taken seriously because I have mental-health diagnoses. From my perspective, some of my mental-health problems stem from years of being manipulated, gaslighted, and possibly drugged/laced by family members. I understand that is a serious thing to say, and I am not asking Reddit to assume it is proven. I’m trying to figure out how to report concerns safely and get a professional to review the evidence instead of being dismissed because of my diagnoses.
At the same time, my Medi-Cal/county behavioral-health/care-management systems keep sending me in circles. One program says it only handles one part, another says the housing benefit is not operational, another says to contact a different agency, and nobody has issued a clear written approval, denial, or appealable decision.
I also have separate legal issues happening at the same time, including an employment/union dispute, possible victim/witness issues involving alleged family-related financial/property misconduct, and a separate public-records concern involving an out-of-state real estate/development matter. I am not naming people, addresses, agencies, employers, unions, or insurance plans here because I’m trying to keep this general and avoid doxxing anyone.
The biggest immediate problems are:
Avoiding homelessness and protecting my tenancy/ESA rights.
Understanding whether the move-in amount, deposit/rent issue, disputed charges, and 3-day notices have legal significance.
Understanding whether the apartment/employer/union timeline has legal significance.
Getting a clear written decision from the health/county agencies instead of being bounced around.
Getting mental-health and care-continuity support after a county transfer.
Reporting family-related victim/witness concerns in a way police or prosecutors will actually review.
Keeping separate legal issues organized so they do not hurt each other.
I’m not asking Reddit to solve the whole case. I’m asking what type of professional can act like a “case quarterback.” Would that be a public-benefits attorney, disability-rights attorney, legal aid housing attorney, tenant attorney, labor/employment attorney, criminal victim/witness advocate, social worker, case manager, or something else?
Also, how do I explain this to legal aid, an attorney, or a victim advocate without sounding scattered? I have documents, emails, notices, public records, payment records, and timelines, but the situation spans housing, Medi-Cal/county behavioral health, disability accommodations, employment/union issues, family safety concerns, and possible criminal/victim-witness issues.
Any advice on what to prioritize first and who to call would help.

Need guidance managing housing, disability, legal, union/employment, and victim/witness issues — who can help me organize this?
I’m in California and I’m dealing with a situation that has become too complicated for me to manage alone.
I have serious documented mental-health and medical disabilities and two emotional-support dogs. I’m currently at risk of losing housing after receiving a rent/eviction notice.
The housing situation itself feels strange to me. I was homeless from around December until February 20. During that time, my parents were not really talking to me or helping me. Then, around the time their house was being sold, they suddenly decided to help me get into an apartment. I was placed into the apartment the same day the house sale happened.
The apartment turned out to be owned by a former employer. That employer was also my last union employer. I had been sent/dispatched there through my union, worked there, and after that I stopped receiving work through the union. I have a separate employment/union dispute, and I’m trying to understand whether the housing, employer relationship, union dispatch history, and later lack of work are connected or just a coincidence.
The rent at the apartment is about $2,645/month, but I was initially told I only needed to pay about $1,200 to move in. Later, it appears that the $1,200 was treated as a deposit rather than rent. I do not understand why I would be let into a unit with rent over $2,600/month for only $1,200 if that was not actually covering rent.
After that, I started receiving 3-day notices with charges I dispute and believe were false or inflated. Those notices felt intimidating because the accounting did not make sense to me. Then this month I received another 3-day pay-or-quit notice for rent. I am trying to understand whether this is just a landlord/tenant accounting dispute, or whether the unusual move-in terms, later disputed charges, former-employer ownership, and eviction pressure have broader legal significance.
I have also tried making reports to local police about family-related issues, identity/property concerns, and safety concerns, but I feel like I am not being taken seriously because I have mental-health diagnoses. From my perspective, some of my mental-health problems stem from years of being manipulated, gaslighted, and possibly drugged/laced by family members. I understand that is a serious thing to say, and I am not asking Reddit to assume it is proven. I’m trying to figure out how to report concerns safely and get a professional to review the evidence instead of being dismissed because of my diagnoses.
At the same time, my Medi-Cal/county behavioral-health/care-management systems keep sending me in circles. One program says it only handles one part, another says the housing benefit is not operational, another says to contact a different agency, and nobody has issued a clear written approval, denial, or appealable decision.
I also have separate legal issues happening at the same time, including an employment/union dispute, possible victim/witness issues involving alleged family-related financial/property misconduct, and a separate public-records concern involving an out-of-state real estate/development matter. I am not naming people, addresses, agencies, employers, unions, or insurance plans here because I’m trying to keep this general and avoid doxxing anyone.
The biggest immediate problems are:
Avoiding homelessness and protecting my tenancy/ESA rights.
Understanding whether the move-in amount, deposit/rent issue, disputed charges, and 3-day notices have legal significance.
Understanding whether the apartment/employer/union timeline has legal significance.
Getting a clear written decision from the health/county agencies instead of being bounced around.
Getting mental-health and care-continuity support after a county transfer.
Reporting family-related victim/witness concerns in a way police or prosecutors will actually review.
Keeping separate legal issues organized so they do not hurt each other.
I’m not asking Reddit to solve the whole case. I’m asking what type of professional can act like a “case quarterback.” Would that be a public-benefits attorney, disability-rights attorney, legal aid housing attorney, tenant attorney, labor/employment attorney, criminal victim/witness advocate, social worker, case manager, or something else?
Also, how do I explain this to legal aid, an attorney, or a victim advocate without sounding scattered? I have documents, emails, notices, public records, payment records, and timelines, but the situation spans housing, Medi-Cal/county behavioral health, disability accommodations, employment/union issues, family safety concerns, and possible criminal/victim-witness issues.
Any advice on what to prioritize first and who to call would help.

For My Brother: The Clear Path
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