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Committee backs one‑year extension and nearly $6 million increase to pretrial diversion contract
Summary
The committee recommended a fifth amendment to extend and increase the San Francisco Pretrial Diversion Project contract to meet caseload growth driven by the Humphrey and Buffen decisions and COVID‑related releases; BLA found the request reasonable.
The Budget and Finance Committee on April 29 recommended that the Board of Supervisors approve a one‑year extension and a roughly $5.9 million increase to the existing agreement between the Sheriff’s Office and the San Francisco Pretrial Diversion Project, bringing the contract total to about $15.9 million.
Kristen Hollings, chief financial officer for the Sheriff’s Department, outlined the history of the city’s pretrial services, noting major workload increases following the 2018 Humphrey decision and the later Buffen ruling, which limited the superior court bail schedule and accelerated…
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