Stephanie Campos-Bui and Kate Weisburd quoted in Daily Journal (registration required) April 8, 2016
“We’re very happy that the board took action,” said Stephanie Campos-Bui, clinical teaching fellow at the Berkeley clinic. Campos-Bui presented research to the county board’s public protection committee showing that Alameda County has been spending approximately $250,000 per year on collection agency fees, collections employees, and county hearing officers in its attempts to recoup $250,000 worth of administrative fees from often low-income families, resulting in a negligible revenue stream for the county.
“It’s so gratifying for those us who represent juveniles in court to see one of the many daily injustices we see being changed on a systemic level in such a positive way,” Weisburd said