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Supervisors approve forwarding $5.9M pretrial diversion contract increase to full Board
Summary
The committee moved a one‑year, roughly $5.9 million increase to the San Francisco Pretrial Diversion Project contract to the full Board with a positive recommendation after presentations on caseload growth tied to Humphrey and Buffen rulings and COVID‑related releases.
The Budget & Finance Committee on April 29 voted to send to the full Board with a positive recommendation a fifth amendment to the contract between the Sheriff's Department and the San Francisco Pretrial Diversion Project that extends the agreement by one year and increases the contract by about $5.9 million.
Kristen Hollings, chief financial officer for the Sheriff's Department, described the amendment as an exercise of the first of two one‑year options and said the requested additional funds are intended to respond to a sustained caseload increase driven by court rulings (Humphrey and the federal Buffen ruling) and COVID‑19‑related expedited releases.…
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