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News Coverage: State Funding for Legal Representation for Domestic Violence Survivors in San Francisco

Mayor's Office for Victims' Rights

Recent news coverage highlights Assemblymember Catherine Stefani’s successful appropriation of $1.5 million in state funding for the Mayor’s Office for Victims’ Rights (MOVR) to support the implementation of Proposition D’s right to civil counsel for domestic violence survivors. Once the funding is finalized, MOVR will introduce an ordinance to the Board of Supervisors outlining how survivors will be connected with attorneys.

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California to finally fund SF’s unkept promise to domestic violence survivors - The San Francisco Standard