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Challenges in meeting the high demand for legal services
1:06:54
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Council Member Avilés addresses the significant gap between the demand for legal services and the city's investment in providing them. She emphasizes that this is a well-known issue that needs to be addressed.
- The demand for legal service provision is significantly higher than current investments
- This challenge is acknowledged as a clear and established fact
- The council member suggests that the city needs to be willing to support more resources for legal services
- The issue is described as ongoing and needing to be dealt with in various capacities
Alexa Avilés
1:06:54
Yeah.
1:06:54
I think what it leads to is certainly nothing in your bailiwick as an agency but the fact city that the demands for legal service provision are significantly higher than we have been willing to invest in.
1:07:11
Like we know that is 100% a clear fact.
1:07:16
So we do have a challenge of having infinitely more need than we have been willing to support.
1:07:23
So we'll continue to deal with that in various capacities.