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Council pauses $350,000 transfer for neighborhood council formation pending legal and equity review
Summary
Councilmember Janice Hahn introduced a motion to transfer $350,000 for the Department of Neighborhood Empowerment to support neighborhood council formation; the city attorney said the funds could not be used to reimburse councils for prior out-of-pocket expenses and the item was continued to Friday for clarification.
Councilmember Janice Hahn asked the city to transfer $350,000 to the Department of Neighborhood Empowerment to support formation activities for neighborhood councils, including basic outreach costs such as copying, postage and meeting materials.
Hahn said many early neighborhood councils had relied on volunteers who paid out of pocket to form…
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