Government,
Criminal
Mar. 4, 2021
San Francisco public defender opposes DA’s fentanyl task force
The task force’s focus would be on suppliers instead of street-corner dealers, District Attorney Chesa Boudin said, which is why he wants to hire prosecutors and investigators “who can work cases upstream to the source.”
A proposal to create a task force of prosecutors and investigators to target the fentanyl drug trade in San Francisco is being criticized by the county public defender as counterproductive and in conflict with calls to defund the police.
Public Defender Manohar Raju asked the county board of supervisors Tuesday to reject District Attorney Chesa Boudin’s and Supervisor Matt Haney’s request for $2.3 million to fund 10 new positions in...
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