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Board adopts budget recommendations; public comments urge investment in public defense and safety nets
Summary
After department presentations and public testimony calling for more defense and social services funding, the Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to direct the CAO to prepare the FY26-27 adoption materials and return on May 19, with a June follow-up after the Governor's May revise.
After presentations from county departments, public comment focused on the public defender's staffing and broader safety-net investments. Community members, advocates and supervisors urged sustaining funding for indigent defense, care court, housing and recovery services.
Multiple public commenters and advocates highlighted the public defender's support-staff shortfall and asked the board to match prosecutor resources for defense support positions; others urged continued investment in early-childhood services, housing and safety-net programs as prevention.
Supervisor Candace Anderson moved the recommended budget package and the motion was seconded; Chair Burgess called for the vote and the board approved the recommendations unanimously. The board directed the county administrator to prepare position modification materials and recommended budget documents for adoption on May 19 and to return with a more detailed June discussion after the state May revise and updated revenue-measure data.
