http://calnonprofits.org/resources/starting-nonprofit/15-launch-articles/65-first-steps-articl
Attorneys Emily Chan and Gene Takagi wrote this guide for the California Association of Nonprofits as part of their pro bono work.
Emily Chan, an associate with the NEO Law Group, was recognized as the 2012 Outstanding Nonprofit Lawyer – Young Attorney by the Nonprofit Organizations Committee of the American Bar Association.
Gene Takagi is managing attorney of the NEO Law Group, an adjunct professor at the University of San Francisco, and contributing editor of the Nonprofit Law Blog.