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Legal-aid CEO says Eviction Prevention Program will be reinstated; community urges restoring equity funds
Summary
Joanne Franciscus of Legal Aid said the Eviction Prevention Program will be reinstated at current funding in next week's budget revision; dozens of speakers also urged restoration of climate, cannabis and library equity programs and warned some cuts would force the loss of state grant funds.
Joanne Franciscus, CEO of the Legal Aid Society of San Diego, told the council the city had informed her office that the Eviction Prevention Program will be reinstated "in next week's budget revision at the current funding level." Franciscus said EPP provides a one-stop suite of free legal services and cited metrics on service volume and cost effectiveness in preventing homelessness.
"At this point, you have all heard me talk about how critical EPP services are...In the…
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