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City Attorney offers restricted settlement funds to expand consumer‑protection work; committee asks for clarification
Summary
The City Attorney told the committee he can use restricted settlement proceeds to staff an expanded consumer‑protection unit and said past code‑enforcement litigation yielded net gains; the budget analyst and supervisors asked the controller to verify restrictions and the committee carried the policy question for follow‑up.
The City Attorney addressed the committee about disagreements over two requested positions tied to a proposed consumer‑protection unit. He said his office had identified roughly $8,000,000 in restricted settlement funds that can be used to support affirmative litigation and asserted two dedicated positions would strengthen interagency enforcement…
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