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Government,
Criminal

Feb. 26, 2019

Interim appointee may fill San Francisco public defender role for now

As the only California county with an elected public defender, San Francisco has a long way to go before a sense of permanency settles in an office that represents more than 23,000 people each year and employs 104 lawyers and 95 support staff.

Interim appointee may fill San Francisco public defender role for now
Adachi

As the only California county with an elected public defender, San Francisco has a long way to go before a sense of permanency settles in an office that represents more than 23,000 people each year and employs 104 lawyers and 95 support staff.

At the time of his death Friday, Jeffrey G. Adachi was beginning a fifth term as public defender, having been re-elected last November. According to the county charter, the mayor may make an ...

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