L.A. City Attorney Hydee Feldstein Soto announced on Tuesday, Oct. 3, a new legal division within her office dedicated to improving the quality of life in neighborhoods across the city.
The Community Law Corps will serve as the first point of contact for community stakeholders to the City Attorney’s Office. The corps will aim to make it easier for City Council offices, city departments, government agencies and law enforcement agencies to identify and resolve challenging legal issues that L.A. neighborhoods may face, such as blighted properties and chronic nuisance activity.
According to a representative from the City Attorney’s Office, the corps has been in the planning stages since Feldstein Soto took office.
“The Community Law Corps sits at the nexus of our neighborhoods, City Hall and the laws we enforce, and goes beyond the courtroom to get things done,” Feldstein Soto said in a statement.
Composed of attorneys and legal professionals with experience in civil and criminal law, the corps will take preventative and proactive measures to address a variety of issues impacting neighborhoods and establish partnerships to resolve problems that enforcement cannot always adequately address, according to the City Attorney’s Office.
The corps will work with community groups to identify emerging neighborhood concerns and work with City Hall to address them.
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