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Legal aid leaders ask for $80 million-plus to restore eviction, health and access-to-justice programs
Summary
Representatives of the Legal Aid Association, community legal aid groups and the Access to Justice Commission urged the subcommittee to fund $50M for the Equal Access Fund, $20M for homelessness-prevention legal services and $10M to protect health-care access, citing high return on investment and dwindling IOLTA revenues.
Lauren Klein, director of advocacy for the Legal Aid Association of California, told the subcommittee the state faces rising civil legal needs and urged three investments: a one-time $50 million to the Equal Access Fund, $20 million to restart homelessness prevention legal services, and $10 million to protect access to health care.
Klein said the Equal Access Fund historically helps people keep housing and access benefits; she cited the Federal Legal Services Corporation’s review that "legal aid returns $7 for every $1…
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