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Board committee forwards immigration legal‑defense funding after Public Defender presentation
Summary
The committee forwarded two ordinances to provide roughly $1.05 million in settlement funds and to add two positions to support immigration legal defense in the Public Defender’s immigration unit; the office described a successful class action and urged sustained funding for appeals work.
The Budget and Finance Committee on April 5 forwarded two ordinances to the full Board that would appropriate approximately $1,050,000 in settlement funds and amend the salary ordinance to add two positions in the Public Defender’s immigration unit.
San Francisco’s elected Public Defender (transcript identifies the speaker as Manoju/Mano Raju) and Francisco Ugarte, the immigration unit managing attorney,…
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