REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: ANDREW JANZ, City Attorney
City Attorney's Office
SUBJECT
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Actions pertaining to the expansion of the Criminal and Special Prosecutions Unit in the City Attorney's Office:
***RESOLUTION - Adopt the Second Amendment to the Position Authorization Resolution ("PAR") No. 2025-178, adding one full-time Senior Paralegal and one full-time City Attorney Investigator positions in the City Attorney's Office. (Subject to Mayor's Veto).
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RECOMMENDATION
City Attorney recommends that Council authorize the adoption of the Second Amendment to the Position Authorization Resolution (PAR) No. 2025-178, adding one full-time Senior Paralegal and one full-time City Attorney Investigator positions in the Legal Proceedings Section, Criminal and Special Prosecutions Unit of the City Attorney's Office to enhance the City of Fresno's wage theft enforcement program.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
City Attorney recommends Council approve the Second Amendment to the PAR to add one full-time Senior Paralegal and one-full time City Attorney Investigator positions to enhance 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 enforcement to assist workers in combating wage theft, prevent unfair competition, and protect state revenue.
The City Attorney's Office was awarded $720,000 of the Workers' Rights Enforcement Grant on May 16, 2024, and to be utilized toward staff salaries and benefits for the period of August 1, 2024 through July 31, 2025. On June 20, 2024, City Council allocated $720,000 to the City Attorney's Office t...
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