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City Attorney outlines stepped‑up blight litigation, consolidates claims accounting into legal budget
Summary
City Attorney presented a largely flat FY26 proposed budget but described an aggressive new blight litigation strategy, consolidation of claims accounting into the legal budget, and staffing increases to clear backlogs in public records and claims.
City Attorney Eschelon Gibson (presenting as chief of the city attorney’s office) told the Budget Committee on May 13 that the office’s proposed FY26 budget is roughly flat at about $31 million but includes structural accounting changes and expanded litigation capacity.
Gibson said the major change is a consolidation: money previously shown in operating divisions for lawsuits and claims has been moved into the legal division’s accounting lines, creating a larger singular legal budget that centralizes risk exposure. “Prior to this fiscal year … each division carried…
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