Board asks staff to analyze all three indigent-defense options after AB 690 changes
Supervisors directed staff to re-evaluate all three options for indigent-defense delivery and provide detailed costing after changes to AB 690 narrowed its scope and delayed the operative date; CAO Joe Lynch and staff will return with cost and staffing analyses for the board's next consideration.
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Supervisor Kaiser asked the board to re-open consideration of option 3 for indigent defense after recent changes to AB 690 narrowed its prohibition on flat-fee contracts to capital cases and moved the law's operative date to Jan. 1, 2028. Kaiser noted the state now offers a one-time $700,000 planning grant and that the narrower scope may make option 3 more feasible than previously thought.
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