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Council adds debt-collection cases to right-to-counsel executive-session discussion as callers urge full funding
Summary
An unidentified councilmember moved to add debt-collection cases to an executive-session review of the city's right-to-counsel work. Callers during public comment urged full funding — including a $25,000,000 request — and raised concerns about outreach and a proposed sunset after fiscal 2025.
An unidentified councilmember moved at the start of the meeting to "move to expand the right to counsel to include debt collection again this year to executive session." President Sheffield responded, "Okay. Are there any objections? Hearing no objections, we will have that in our executive session as well." The expansion was adopted by unanimous consent and will be discussed in executive session.
The motion comes as several callers during the public-comment period urged the council to fully fund the right-to-counsel ordinance and to provide…
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