Open Door Legal Executive: Starts Hunger Strike, Protesting SF Budget Cuts

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  • Adrian Tirtanadi, co‑founder and executive director of Open Door Legal, launched a hunger strike on June 11, 2025 to protest city budget cuts

  • Open Door Legal, founded in 2013, provides free civil legal help to San Francisco’s low‑income residents facing wage theft, foreclosure, or informal eviction

  • The mayor’s proposed budget cuts to civil legal services, slashing significant funds to Tirtanadi’s organization

  • Cuts could force 15 staff layoffs, close one office, and reduce service capacity by 900 clients annually

  • Without legal aid, about 320 more people a year may enter homelessness due to unresolved wage theft, eviction, or debt disputes

  • Tirtanadi emphasizes that general civil legal aid is an effective homelessness prevention tool, far cheaper than emergency shelter spending

  • Article: Legal-aid advocate’s hunger strike enters second week https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/politics/adrian-tirtanadi-hunger-strike-protests-sf-budget-plan/article_0b18b4b0-2eb3-49e9-b46b-b4deb5ea3f01.html

  • Adrian Tirtanadi, co‑founder and executive director of Open Door Legal, launched a hunger strike on June 11, 2025 to protest city budget cuts

  • Open Door Legal, founded in 2013, provides free civil legal help to San Francisco’s low‑income residents facing wage theft, foreclosure, or informal eviction

  • The mayor’s proposed budget cuts to civil legal services, slashing significant funds to Tirtanadi’s organization

  • Cuts could force 15 staff layoffs, close one office, and reduce service capacity by 900 clients annually

  • Without legal aid, about 320 more people a year may enter homelessness due to unresolved wage theft, eviction, or debt disputes

  • Tirtanadi emphasizes that general civil legal aid is an effective homelessness prevention tool, far cheaper than emergency shelter spending

  • Article: Legal-aid advocate’s hunger strike enters second week https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/politics/adrian-tirtanadi-hunger-strike-protests-sf-budget-plan/article_0b18b4b0-2eb3-49e9-b46b-b4deb5ea3f01.html


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Publish date

Jun 18, 2025 - 12:00am

Related people

Daniel Lurie
Daniel Lurie
Adrian Tirtanadi
Adrian Tirtanadi

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San Francisco

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SF Mission Local
SF Mission Local

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Civil law
Universal legal access

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https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/politics/adrian-tirtanadi-hunger-strike-protests-sf-budget-plan/article_0b18b4b0-2eb3-49e9-b46b-b4deb5ea3f01.html