Decision to Move Aid Office Put Off
A decision on moving a legal aid office from Pasadena to West Covina has been delayed at least until Monday while options that could keep the office in Pasadena are explored.
Lauralea Saddick, executive director of Legal Services Programs for Pasadena and the San Gabriel-Pomona Valley, said the organization has asked Pasadena to help find space in city facilities or elsewhere in the northern part of the city. The request was made after City Atty. Victor Kaleta appeared at the group’s board meeting this week to read a letter from Mayor William E. Thomson urging that the office remain in Pasadena.
Saddick said the lease on the office at 600 S. Lake Ave. expires at the end of the year and the organization is seeking cheaper quarters because of reduced funding for legal services. The recommended alternative, she said, is an office building at Cameron and Orange avenues in West Covina.
The legal aid program provides attorney services to low-income people in civil matters. It handles about 5,200 cases a year at its offices in Pasadena and Pomona.
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