SEC. 166.01. DECLARATION OF PURPOSE.

The City of Los Angeles hereby declares that it intends to establish a Right to Counsel Program. Thousands of City residents each year face eviction proceedings without legal representation and are at serious risk of losing their housing and becoming homeless. The purpose of the Right to Counsel Program is to provide qualifying City residents with access to legal representation in eviction proceedings and in administrative proceedings that may result in the termination of a tenant’s right to possession of a rental unit or a rental housing subsidy to the extent that annual budgets permit and funds are appropriated for the Right to Counsel Program.