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Public Defender tells supervisors office is understaffed compared with prosecutors and asks for equity
Summary
San Francisco’s public defender urged the Board during the June 17 hearing to close stark funding gaps with other criminal‑justice offices, pointing to program expansions (clean‑slate, post‑conviction) and arguing the mayor’s proposed police increase exceeds the PD’s entire budget.
The San Francisco Public Defender told the Budget and Appropriations Committee that the office represents over 20,000 clients a year — a population heavily weighted toward Black, indigenous and people of color — and that its budget remains far smaller than other players in the criminal‑legal system.
The public defender described a “three‑corner”…
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