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Committee recommends creating a controller reserve for special‑circumstances indigent defense funding
Summary
Supervisors advanced a resolution to create an indigent‑defense special‑circumstances reserve (a $750,000 appropriation previously set aside) and adopt guidelines for release so the Controller's Office can authorize confidential funding for death‑eligible and life‑without‑parole cases; the public defender and superior court representatives supported the procedural change.
The Budget & Finance Committee recommended that the Board of Supervisors approve a resolution to place existing funds into a newly named indigent‑defense reserve for special‑circumstances cases and adopt guidelines for release of those funds by the Controller’s Office.
Sponsor Supervisor Campos said the transfer reflects longstanding…
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