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City Attorney

Program Changes Direct Cost Positions Total Cost
Changes in Salaries, Expense, Equipment, and Special
Deletion of One-Time Services
7. Deletion of One-Time Salary Funding (584,388) - (766,484)
Delete one-time Salaries, General funding. Related costs
consist of employee benefits.
SG: ($584,388)
Related Costs: ($182,096)
8. Deletion of One-Time Expense Funding (300,000) - (300,000)
Delete one-time expense funding.
EX: ($300,000)

Continuation of Services
9. Cannabis Enforcement and Regulation 1,650,411 - 2,322,879
Continue funding and resolution authority for eight positions
consisting of seven Deputy City Attorney IIs and one
Paralegal I within the Marijuana Enforcement Unit to enforce
and prosecute illegal cannabis operations in the City of Los
Angeles, and four positions consisting of one Assistant City
Attorney, one Deputy City Attorney III, one Deputy City
Attorney II, and one Legal Secretary II within the Cannabis
Advice and Litigation Unit to support the Department of
Cannabis Regulation. Funding for the four positions in the
Cannabis Advice and Litigation Unit is provided by the
Cannabis Regulation Special Revenue Trust Fund
($622,870). Related costs consist of employee benefits.
SG: $1,650,411
Related Costs: $672,468
10. Continuing Education Stipend 486,250 - 486,250
Add one-time funding in the Office and Administrative
Account for Minimum Continuing Legal Education (MCLE)
cost reimbursement consistent with the provisions of the
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the City and
the City Attorneys' representation units. Add one-time funding
in the Salaries General Account for upfront MCLE costs in
accordance with the MOU.
SG: $386,250 EX: $100,000
Efficiencies to Services
11. Hiring Freeze Policy (5,675,861) - (7,470,565)
Reduce funding in the Salaries General Account, as a one-
time budget reduction, to reflect savings generated by
maintaining vacancies consistent with the hiring freeze policy.
Partial funding is provided by various special funds
($217,742). Related costs consist of employee benefits.
SG: ($5,675,861)
Related Costs: ($1,794,704)

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