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Public Interest

Apr. 21, 1999

Making Every Penny Count

SACRAMENTO - California is one of only 15 states that provides no state funding for legal aid programs. Public interest advocates say that goes a long way toward explaining why the legal needs of three-quarters of poor Californians are not being met at all, and the needs of the other one quarter are met only partially.

By Peter Blumberg
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        SACRAMENTO - California is one of only 15 states that provides no state funding for legal aid programs.
        Public interest advocates say that goes a long way toward explaining why the legal needs of three-quarters of poor Californians are not being met at...

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