REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: ANDREW JANZ, City Attorney
City Attorney's Office
BY: TINA R. GRIFFIN, Chief Assistant City Attorney
Litigation Unit, City Attorney's Office
SUBJECT
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Actions pertaining to the expansion of the Litigation Unit in the City Attorney's Office:
***RESOLUTION - Adopt the First Amendment to the Position Authorization Resolution ("PAR") No. 2024-121, adding one full-time Senior Deputy City Attorney, one full-time Deputy City Attorney, two full-time City Attorney Investigators, one full-time Paralegal, and one full-time Legal Secretary positions in the City Attorney's Office.
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that Council authorize the adoption of the First Amendment to the Position Authorization Resolution (PAR) No. 2021-179, adding a total of six full-time positions as follows: one Senior Deputy City Attorney, one Deputy City Attorney, two City Attorney Investigators, one Paralegal, and one Legal Secretary in the Legal Proceedings Section, Litigation Unit of the City Attorney's Office to implement the City of Fresno's wage theft enforcement program.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Staff recommends Council approve the First Amendment to the PAR to add a total of six full-time positions as follows: one full-time position of Senior Deputy City Attorney; one full-time position of Deputy City Attorney; two full-time positions of City Attorney Investigators; one full-time position of Paralegal; and one full-time position of Legal Secretary to implement the City of Fresno's wage theft enforcement program.
BACKGROUND
In July 2023, pursuant to Assembly Bill 102, the State of California appropriated $18 million to the Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) to provide Workers' Rights Enforcement Grants to eligible public prosecutors (defined as "district attorney, a city attorney, a county counsel, or any other city or county prosecutor who has established an office or division of workers' right enforcement) to enhance labor law ...
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