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Committee forwards Public Defender—s Adachi Project Ford Foundation grant to full Board

San Francisco Board of Supervisors Budget & Finance Committee · March 22, 2023
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Summary

The committee recommended full-Board approval of a retroactive $200,000 Ford Foundation grant to support the Public Defender's Adachi Project, which will produce short documentary media; the office said funds will be dispersed to project partners and no money will pass through City accounts.

The Budget & Finance Committee voted to forward to the full Board a resolution retroactively approving the San Francisco Public Defender—s office participation in a $200,000 Ford Foundation grant to support the Adachi Project, a storytelling initiative that produces short documentary films and visual journalism about people affected by the criminal legal system.

Elected Public Defender Manod Raju told supervisors the Adachi Project was created to "humanize…

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