Government
Dec. 12, 2013
Defenders, prosecutors balk at loss of predator funding
Prosecutor and defender offices across the state stand to lose a combined $21 million annually after the California Commission on State Mandates adopted a decision cutting funding for sexually violent predator matters.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Phyllis Morris, San Bernardino County's public defender, is exaggerating only slightly when she calls her budget "bare bones." In the last two years, she's had to trim at least 10 positions from her staff of 235 and make other cuts just to stay afloat. Her office's income, she explained, is based mostly on county funding due to the fact it doesn't qualify for the same grants prosecutor&...
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