Government
Jul. 24, 2009
Big Cuts to S.F. Indigent Defense Fund
This city's long-awaited $6.6 billion budget, which was approved Tuesday night, included an unwelcome surprise for the San Francisco County Superior Court - a $900,000 cut to its indigent defense fund.
Daily Journal Staff Writer SAN FRANCISCO - This city's long-awaited $6.6 billion budget, which was approved Tuesday, included an unwelcome surprise for the San Francisco County Superior Court - a $900,000 cut to its indigent defense fund. County supervisors instead sent $650,000 of the cut money to the public defender's office and $250,000 to the district attorney's office. Michael Yuen, the court's chief financial officer,...
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