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Public Interest

Jan. 18, 2014

Rising rents may force SF legal assistance program to find new home

Lawyers who help San Francisco's homeless population may soon find themselves without a home, as well.


By Saul Sugarman


Daily Journal Staff Writer


SAN FRANCISCO- Lawyers who help San Francisco's homeless population may soon find themselves without a home, as well.


As technology companies move in and rents continue to move skyward, a Bar Association of San Francisco legal aid program may have to ditch its digs in the city's South of Market neighborhood or pay significantly more in rent once their lease expires at the end of this year.

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