Public Interest
Mar. 10, 2017
Draft budget would slash legal aid funds
In 2016, the Legal Services Corporation provided over $43 million in funding to legal nonprofits across California. President Donald J. Trump's first draft budget includes the elimination of funding for the LSC. By Ronald B. Turovsky
Ronald B. Turovsky
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Ronald B. Turovsky is a partner at Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP and a board member of the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles. These are his personal views and not developed by or endorsed by LAFLA
President Donald J. Trump's first draft budget includes the elimination of funding for the Legal Services Corporation. This has renewed the ongoing national debate over LSC and whether government should fund legal assistance to the poor. The conservative Heritage Foundation, which now holds sway in the White House, has long advocated and argued for LSC's elimination. Many have weighed in on the opposite side, including such d...
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