1. Start with the service area you actually serve
Los Osos is recorded as a census-designated place in San Luis Obispo County, California. If your firm serves Los Osos but handles matters across a wider area, the intake should distinguish the visitor’s location from the firm’s service eligibility. A visitor’s answer about location may affect ownership, routing or the next question, but the population estimate for Los Osos does not establish how many people need legal help or which practice areas they need.
Recommended approach
Define the geographic question in plain language before choosing a flow. Decide whether the intake should ask where the visitor is located, where an incident occurred, whether the firm accepts matters in San Luis Obispo County, or whether a different boundary controls eligibility. Review those rules with the person responsible for intake rather than inferring them from census geography.
