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Three significant reasons
exist to give more to Silicon Valley legal service agencies through
the SVCLS:
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Curent Number of Attorneys
Who Assist with the legal needs of Silicon Valley’s most
disadvantaged residents meets only 15% of their Legal Needs:
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Comparison to Other
Communities
One Legal Services Attorney Per # People in Poverty:
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San Francisco County |
1/ 3,085 |
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Orange County |
1/ 14,514 |
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San Diego County |
1/ 20,933 |
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Santa Clara County |
1/ 23,587 |
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Federal Government has set
a benchmark of one attorney for every 5,000 people |
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Unstable and Insufficient
National and State Funding: |
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Cutbacks in Nation Legal
Service Corporation
Funding by nearly ¼ million dollars in the last
five years |
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California IOLTA Funding
Decline of nearly 14
million dollars in the last decade |
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Cutbacks in Santa Clara
County Legal Service
Corporation Funding to 1990 funding levels |
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Santa Clara County IOLTA
Funding Decline of
nearly $350,000 over the last decade |
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Lack of Financial
Support from the Local Legal Community: |
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COMPARISON |
1998
San Francisco |
1998
San Diego |
1998
Orange |
1998 Before SVCLS
Santa Clara |
2001 After SVCLS
Santa Clara |
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Number of Attorneys in County |
13,000 |
10,000 |
11,000 |
6,200 |
7,800 |
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Donation per Attorney |
$195 |
$54 |
$33 |
$29 |
$35 |
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Number of County Bar Association Members |
9,000 |
6,800 |
6,200 |
3,700 |
3,800 |
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Donation per County Bar Association Member |
$289 |
$83 |
$57 |
$48 |
$72 |
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Note:
Green Bay, WI $2,500 Donation
per Attorney 1998
Peoria, IL $1,100
Donation per Attorney 1998 |
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