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Public defenders ask supervisors for emergency funding as caseload backlog grows
Summary
Deputies and staff from the San Francisco Public Defender’s Office told the committee June 24 that pandemic court slowdowns have produced a large trial backlog and ballooning caseloads, and they urged the board to approve additional attorneys, social workers and support staff.
Deputy public defenders and staff delivered repeated appeals for the Board of Supervisors to fully fund the Public Defender's Office, telling the Budget and Appropriations Committee that pandemic court closures left a substantial backlog and that new cases continue to arrive.
"The last two years have been very…
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