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Committee presses CAO to find funding options after calls to expand Represent LA legal aid
Summary
The council committee heard pleas from immigrant advocates to add $1 million to Represent LA and instructed the City Administrative Officer to search grants, the unallocated balance and other avenues and report back to the committee.
The City Council committee on Friday considered options to increase funding for Represent LA, the city-backed legal services partnership for immigrants, after public commenters and council members urged an immediate expansion.
Represent LA was created to provide legal services to immigrants facing detention and deportation. Public commenters and nonprofit legal providers told the committee the program needs more money now as recent federal immigration activity has increased demand for representation.
Julie Jacobi, representing the City Administrative Officer's office, told the committee the CAO's report showed $5,000,000 in city allocations to date since Represent LA launched in February 2022 — $2,000,000 in 2021–22 and $2,000,000 in 2022–23 — and that the city did not allocate funds in 2023–24 because prior-year unspent funds were available. Jacobi said the adopted 2024–25 budget included what she described…
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