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Local action, national impact: A practical guide to affirmative litigation for local governments
By Justice Catalyst, Public Rights Project, San Francisco City Attorney’s Office, & Yale Law School’s San Francisco Affirmative Litigation Project
“We believe cities and counties can do more. And we join the growing chorus of scholars and advocates encouraging city, county, and district attorney’s offices to embrace a broader sense of mission: as not only the attorney for the city or county as an institution, but also as the attorney representing the interests of its residents.”

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