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Supervisors hold broad hearing on tenant legal representation; advocates urge funding for right‑to‑counsel
Summary
A lengthy hearing on legal representation for tenants facing eviction highlighted analyst findings that only a small fraction of tenants are represented in unlawful detainer cases; legal advocates, community groups and the public defender urged expanding funded full‑scope representation and earlier legal assistance.
The Budget & Finance Subcommittee convened an extensive hearing on the availability of legal assistance and representation for San Francisco tenants facing eviction. Supervisor David Campos (sponsor) opened the hearing with statistics from the budget analyst showing thousands of unlawful detainer filings (3,695 in 2012; 3,423 in 2013 in the analyst's report excerpts) and that only a small share of tenants—reported by the sponsor as about 13% in 2012—were represented by counsel.
Public Defender Jeff Adachi urged expansion of legal services for landlord‑tenant representation, describing the existing gap…
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