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District attorney warns of staffing shortfalls, investigator pay gap and lost Pelican Bay billing
Summary
The district attorney updated the board on recruitment and pay problems undermining in‑house prosecution capacity and investigator staffing, and warned reduced staffing is limiting reimbursable Pelican Bay prosecutions.
The county’s district attorney presented staffing and budget issues to the Board of Supervisors, describing persistent vacancies in deputy prosecutor positions, a makeshift investigations bureau and continued reliance on contract attorneys.
The DA said the office currently has one DA, one assistant and five deputy DA positions with three deputies vacant; the office has supplemented capacity with contracted attorneys (named in the meeting) to handle specialized and heavy cases. The DA described a creative hire: an…
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