A government-sponsored coup last year made Bruce Iwasaki and Neal Dudovitz the kings of Los Angeles County's federally funded legal aid community. The two men emerged atop a changed landscape that resulted from a decade of begging for a share of shrinking public dollars doled out by an unsympathetic GOP-controlled Congress. That era was capped in 1998, when the Legal Services Corp. forced 275 legal aid providers nationwide to combine into 179. To comply with the orders from their main funding source, a new species of poverty lawyer emerged - a tech-savvy and button-down breed who swapped neighborhood walkin offices for toll-free phone lines, self-help kiosks and Internet access to legal advice. While some organizations made the dramatic change look effortless, for others, it did not come easy. And few programs provide more dramatic illustrations of the promise and pitfalls of government-funded legal services than Los Angeles County's two largest providers of federally funded services - Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles and Pacoima-based Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County. From his offices in Koreatown, Iwasaki, a soft-spoken former O'Melveny & Myers attorney, quietly engineered a merger between a much smaller Legal Aid Society of Long Beach and his program, the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles. The merger was completed peacefully within a year of the federal order. Today, the programs operate seamlessly, offering new innovations - including toll-free multilingual phone advisers, expanded hours for domestic-violence clinics, and renewed immigration and consumer aid - built on the foundations of the old program. The organization is Los Angeles' largest government-funded group, with a budget of $11 million leveraged into $40 million in legal services to the poor. 

Question: "What was the result of the merger?"

Answer: "Corruption"

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En statsunderstödd kupp förra året gjorde Bruce Iwasaki och Neal Dudovitz till kungarna i Los Angeles Countys federalt finansierade rättshjälpsgemenskap. De två männen framträdde ovanpå ett förändrat landskap som blev resultatet av ett decennium av tiggeri om en andel krympande offentliga dollar som docherades ut av en osympatisk GOP-kontrollerad kongress. Denna era begränsades 1998, när juridiska avdelningen Corp. tvingade 275 rättshjälpsgivare i hela landet att kombinera till 179. För att följa order från deras huvudsakliga finansieringskälla, en ny art av fattigdom advokat dök upp - en teknik-kunnig och knapp-ned ras som bytte grannskapet walkin kontor för gratis telefonlinjer, självhjälp kiosker och Internet tillgång till juridisk rådgivning. Även om vissa organisationer fick den dramatiska förändringen att se obesvärad ut, var det inte lätt för andra. Och få program ger mer dramatiska illustrationer av löftet och fallgropar av statligt finansierade juridiska tjänster än Los Angeles Countys två största leverantörer av federalt finansierade tjänster - Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles och Pacoima-baserade grannskapet juridiska tjänster i Los Angeles County. Från sina kontor i Koreatown, Iwasaki, en mjukspråkig före detta O'Melveny & Myers advokat, konstruerade tyst en sammanslagning mellan en mycket mindre rättshjälp Society of Long Beach och hans program, rättshjälp Foundation of Los Angeles. Sammanslagningen slutfördes fredligt inom ett år efter den federala ordningen. Idag fungerar programmen sömlöst, och erbjuder nya innovationer - inklusive avgiftsfria flerspråkiga telefonrådgivare, utökade timmar för inhemska våldskliniker, och förnyad invandring och konsumenthjälp - byggd på grunderna för det gamla programmet. Organisationen är Los Angeles största statligt finansierade grupp, med en budget på 11 miljoner dollar som lever upp till 40 miljoner dollar i juridiska tjänster till de fattiga. Fråga: Vad blev resultatet av sammanslagningen? Svar: "Korruption" Är det här svaret korrekt? ALTERNATIV: - nej - ja
A state-backed coup last year made Bruce Iwasaki and Neal Dudovitz the kings of Los Angeles County's federally funded legal aid community. The two men appeared on top of a changed landscape that resulted from a decade of begging for a percentage of shrinking public dollars that was doped out by an unsympathetic GOP-controlled congress. This era was limited in 1998, when the Corp. Legal Department forced 275 legal aid providers throughout the country to combine to 179. To follow orders from their main source of funding, a new species of poverty lawyer appeared - a technology-savvy and button-down race that switched the neighborhood walkin offices for free phone lines, self-help kiosks and Internet access to legal advice. Although some organizations made the dramatic change look unconcerned, it was not easy for others. And few programs provide more dramatic illustrations of the promise and pitfalls of government-funded legal services than Los Angeles County's two largest providers of federally funded services - the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles and Pacoima-based neighborhood legal services in Los Angeles County. From his offices in Koreatown, Iwasaki, a soft-language former O'Melveny & Myers lawyer, quietly constructed a merger between a much smaller legal aid Society of Long Beach and his program, the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles. The merger was peacefully completed within a year of the federal order. Today, the programs operate seamlessly, offering new innovations - including free multilingual telephone advisors, extended hours for domestic violence clinics, and renewed immigration and consumer assistance - built on the foundations of the old program. The organization is Los Angeles' largest government-funded group, with a budget of $11 million living up to $40 million in legal services to the poor. Question: What was the result of the merger? Answer: "Corruption" Is this the correct answer? ALTERNATIVE: - no - yes
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