QUESTION
What concrete numbers are being advocated for increased legal services?
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Council Member Alexa Avilés inquires about specific funding amounts being advocated for legal services, but Commissioner Manuel Castro indicates that his office typically does not provide concrete budget numbers for advocacy.
- Avilés emphasizes the need for concrete funding figures for legal services.
- She mentions advocating for $50 million in legal services.
- Castro explains that offices like his do not usually bring specific budget advocacy numbers to hearings.
- The exchange highlights the difficulty in obtaining concrete budget figures for legal service advocacy.
Alexa Avilés
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It would be great for the public to understand what is more you're advocating for in terms of increased seen that legal need.
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We also know in the context of legal services that we are not paying properly for those services.
0:46:55
They're undervalued.
0:46:58
So it would be nice to understand very concretely.
0:47:01
I know you're negotiating nevertheless.
0:47:04
It would be nice to understand.
0:47:06
We are advocating this year for 50,000,000 in legal services.
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We are advocating for this amount for these services.
0:47:14
These are the things that we are pushing for.
0:47:17
And I I can't seem to get an actual concrete number from you.
0:47:21
I don't know if that's because you don't know it or you don't want to put it on the table or you haven't quite decided.
0:47:30
And I would just love for you to have the opportunity to say, this is what we need, this is what we're fighting for.
Manuel Castro
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So generally, our our office and that's probably true for most mirror offices and our agencies don't come with a specific set of
Alexa Avilés
0:47:45
It's a problem.
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Numbers.
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It's a budget hearing.
Manuel Castro
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Yes.
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We don't have a specific we don't have we don't bring advocacy budget advocacy to this
Alexa Avilés
0:47:57
to the budget here.
Rita Joseph
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Hearing.
Alexa Avilés
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I understand that.
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That's clear.
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In terms of do you have any outstanding request to Moyo?
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To excuse me.
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Not to worry yourself, to o and b.
Erik Bottcher
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No.
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Okay.
Alexa Avilés
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In Oh, okay.