Thursday, July 23, 2009
Months of budget battles came to an end Tuesday as the Board of Supervisors voted to restore $650,000 to the Public Defender’s Office. The restoration is in addition to $300,000 that the Budget and Finance Committee voted to allocate to the office last month.
Monday, July 20, 2009
“Parity” is not the same as equality when it comes to funding this country’s promise of justice for all.
The Board of Supervisors plans to vote on restoring funds to the Public Defender’s Office budget on Tuesday, July 21 at 2:00pm, in City Hall, Room 250. Please attend the hearing if you can! Please meet on the steps of City Hall at 1:40pm where we will distribute Public Defender t-shirts to wear during the […]
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Public Defender Jeff Adachi asks the Board of Supervisors to restore funding to avoid increased costs to the city.
Monday, July 13, 2009
Show your support while former clients of the Public Defender’s Office explain how the legal services provided by the office contributed to positive outcomes in their lives.
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi is facing a $1.9 million dollar cut from his budget. The cut comprises nearly 10 percent of his operating budget, which is primarily used to pay for lawyers who provide services to the City’s poor. No other big city department in San Francisco is facing cuts of this magnitude and the machinations that have led to this are among the most unusual at City Hall.
“In my earlier submission, I predicted that the budget battle between the Mayor and the Public Defender’s office would end badly. What I didn’t predict is what actually happened.”
Monday, June 29, 2009
The Public Defender’s Office and the 29,000 people it represents need your support.
Friday, June 26, 2009
According to the co-chairs of the Constitution Project’s National Right to Counsel Committee, proposed budget cuts to the Public Defender’s Office threaten to exact a toll on San Francisco that would greatly outweigh their modest fiscal benefits.
Thursday, June 25, 2009
SF Chronicle: The proposed cut is seriously shortsighted and dishonest. If a defendant can’t get a public defender, the job goes to a pool of private lawyers where one will take the case – and bill the city. Total savings: just about zero.