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Public Interest

Feb. 20, 2009

Nonprofits Hit Hard by Downturn

Layoffs, salary cuts and furloughs are hitting California groups that provide free legal aid to the poor, sick and elderly, as the worst funding crisis in decades takes hold.

By Gabe Friedman
Daily Journal Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES - Layoffs, salary cuts and furloughs are hitting California groups that provide free legal aid to the poor, sick and elderly, as the worst funding crisis in decades takes hold.

Organizations that operate in the state's largest cities as well as its most rural areas - from the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California to the Legal Services Corporation of Northern California - are f...

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