For most of June, Adrian Tirtanadi plans to go hungry.
After weeks of imploring Mayor Daniel Lurie not to make $4.2 million in cuts to legal services in his new budget, Tirtanadi — head of the nonprofit Open Door Legal — told the Chronicle he’s going on a hunger strike for the next few weeks.
Since opening the nonprofit 12 years ago, Tirtanadi has helped hundreds of people stay out of homelessness, leave violent domestic partners or stave off an eviction. But Lurie’s just released budget proposal would cut $2.2 million in funding to the firm, a roughly 44% decrease in its “city-supported operations” that could force 15 layoffs. The city cuts are expected to hit about half a dozen other legal aid agencies as well…