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Public Interest

Dec. 21, 2010

S.D. Cutting Outside Legal Costs

The city of San Diego has managed to reduce the cost of outside legal counsel, the city attorney's office reported on Friday.


By Pat Broderick


Daily Journal Staff Writer


SAN DIEGO - The city of San Diego managed to reduce the cost of outside legal counsel, according to new reports released Friday.


Quoting numbers released by the city's Risk Management Department, the costs have been cut to $6 million from $10.9 million the prior fiscal year.


The news comes after the Watchdog Institute, a nonprofit investigative reporting center based at San Diego State...

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