Government,
Criminal
May 5, 2021
LA County defenders track how staffing impacts results
The direction from the county board of supervisors comes four months after the board asked Public Defender Ricardo Garcia to produce a report on his office’s caseload and the challenges the pandemic has posed to his constitutional obligation to provide effective representation to his clients.
Los Angeles County Public Defender Ricardo Garcia and his counterpart in the alternate public defender's office were directed Tuesday to start producing a report twice a year detailing how their staffing levels are affecting the outcomes for indigent defendants, particularly during pretrial proceedings.
The direction from the county board of supervisors comes four months after the board asked Garcia to produce a report on his offic...
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