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Public Defender highlights bail reform, record-cleaning and body-camera workload

San Francisco Board of Supervisors — Budget & Finance Committee · May 4, 2017
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Summary

Public Defender Mr. Adachi described bail reform gains, record-cleaning needs (estimated 7,500 petitions), rising body-camera evidence review workload and requests for additional immigration representation and social workers; committee filed the hearing after public comment.

Public Defender Mr. Adachi told the committee the office is pursuing several policy and operational initiatives that drive budget requests and workload: a bail unit that filed motions to secure daily releases (saving jail days and producing fiscal savings), a two-year racial-disparity study provided by the Quattrone Center at the University of Pennsylvania, a…

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