I mean, go and get a job as a Floorhand in West Texas. Two hitches (2 weeks working) you'll have 8k, maybe more. They hire people with questionable backgrounds. Hardest work he'd ever do, but two weeks on/off -- save -- you'd pay for everything you need in no time -- including flight training...
There is Dr. Simon, an AME in Novato though, I don't know how good he is. I probably wouldn't recommend him as he was in the news for shooting someone a while back and there wasn't anything good in the news about him. I haven't been able to get a hold of him and it's probably a good thing.
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