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Public Defender urges seven hires to curb costly contracting; supervisors seek fiscal details and continue item
Summary
Public Defender Jeff Adachi asked the committee to approve seven positions to reduce referrals to private counsel and save nearly $1 million; the controller and budget analyst disputed the scale of projected savings and the committee continued the item to the call of the chair for more fiscal analysis and coordination with supplemental funding needs.
Public Defender Jeff Adachi asked the Board’s budget committee Dec. 8 to approve seven vacant positions — including attorneys and paralegal/support roles — contending the hires would allow his office to absorb cases now referred to the private bar and save the city money over contracting costs.
Adachi said the seven positions would cost $640,000 on an annualized basis and cited a controller-derived per-case cost to estimate about $1.56 million in annual…
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