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Attorney General outlines budget requests, consumer recoveries and statewide pre-charge diversion funding to Appropriations
Summary
Attorney General Charity Clark presented the AGO budget and asked Appropriations for additional positions, a permanent home-improvement specialist, and support for statewide pre-charge diversion; AGO highlighted consumer-protection recoveries and ongoing litigation including EB-5 and PFAS.
Attorney General Charity Clark briefed the House Appropriations Committee on Feb. 27 on the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) budget, recovery work and program requests, including funding for an appellate attorney, a consumer/big-tech attorney, a permanent home‑improvement specialist and resources to administer statewide pre-charge diversion.
“Everybody in the state house knows Willow, who is the Director of the Community Justice Unit and has been doing an amazing job for many years,” Clark said while introducing staff and describing the AGO’s request. Clark said the governor’s recommended AGO budget is about $17.1 million and that the office was asking for a small set of additional adjustments.
Clark told the committee the AGO has a staff of roughly 47 managed positions and works with embedded attorneys in other agencies. She highlighted recent enforcement work and recoveries, including multi-state consumer actions and litigation against fossil-fuel…
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