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State Bar & Bar Associations,
Law Practice

Dec. 16, 2021

Mayor backs out of deal to improve State Bar's relations with lawmakers

State Bar officials decided to hire Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg last month. Two powerful lawmakers recently said the agency should turn its focus away from initiatives to create "access to justice" for underserved communities and instead concentrate on finding and routing out of the profession corrupt attorneys.

A day after it became public that the State Bar had hired Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg to strengthen its relationship with lawmakers in the state Capitol, Steinberg said on Wednesday he was withdrawing from the assignment.

"The mayor had just been hired to work on this contract but has not started yet," said Mary Lynne Vellinga, a spokeswoman for Steinberg, in an email. "He has decided not to do it and has asked that the contract be c...

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