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City Attorney seeks staff to handle ~500 conservatorship cases transferred from DA; BLA recommends a smaller initial addition

Board of Supervisors Budget & Finance Committee · June 21, 2018

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City Attorney Dennis Herrera asked for two attorneys and a legal assistant to manage about 491 conservatorship cases transferring from the District Attorney; BLA recommended approving one attorney and a legal assistant now and monitoring workload before adding another attorney. Committee ultimately approved the City Attorney's full staffing request after debate.

Dennis Herrera, City Attorney, asked the committee to approve three new positions (two attorneys and one legal assistant) to perform conservatorship work the Board reallocated from the District Attorney—ffective Jan. 1, 2019. Herrera said approximately 491 cases will transfer and the City Attorney—xpects to litigate complex civil proceedings that require dedicated…

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