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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
6. Deletion of One-Time Salary Funding (3,131,777) - (3,999,912)
Delete one-time Salaries General funding. Related costs
consist of employee benefits.
SG: ($3,131,777)
Related Costs: ($868,135)
7. Deletion of One-Time Expense Funding (100,000) - (100,000)
Delete one-time expense funding.
EX: ($100,000)

Continuation of Services
8. Continuing Education Stipend 516,750 - 516,750
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: $366,750 EX: $150,000
9. Bar Dues 24,338 - 24,338
Increase funding in the Bar Dues Account to fund State and
specialized bar dues for attorneys in accordance with
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) provisions.
EX: $24,338
10. Cannabis Enforcement and Regulation 1,611,883 - 2,310,696
Continue funding and resolution authority for seven Deputy
City Attorney IIs within the Marijuana Enforcement Unit in the
Criminal and Special Litigation Branch 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
($644,478). One vacant Paralegal I within the Marijuana
Enforcement Unit is not continued. Related costs consist of
employee benefits.
SG: $1,611,883
Related Costs: $698,813

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