Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
City hears Tubman update, asked to renew $20,000 Roseville legal advocacy support
Summary
Tubman updated the Roseville City Council on 2024 services for survivors of relationship violence and requested the city include $20,000 again in the 2026 budget for continued legal advocacy support.
Jennifer Dickinson, a representative of Tubman, told the Roseville City Council on Aug. 11 that Tubman’s legal advocacy program continued to support Roseville residents through criminal- and civil-court processes and other services and asked the city to include $20,000 in the 2026 budget to continue a one-year contract the city approved in 2025.
The request matters because the city provided $20,000 in the 2025 budget and Tubman said that steady funding helps keep an assigned Roseville advocate available for immediate safety planning, court accompaniment and referrals to shelter, clinical services and rental- and lease-relief programs.
Dickinson described Tubman’s legal advocacy work and how it connects to law enforcement and prosecution. “We have a specific intervention line number for law enforcement to call anytime day or night to try to make that immediate…
Already have an account? Log in
Subscribe to keep reading
Unlock the rest of this article — and every article on Citizen Portal.
- Unlimited articles
- AI-powered breakdowns of topics, speakers, decisions, and budgets
- Instant alerts when your location has a new meeting
- Follow topics and more locations
- 1,000 AI Insights / month, plus AI Chat
