Assistant District Attorney Ana Gonzalez argued that the San Francisco Public Defender’s Office improperly declared itself unavailable to take on more cases, while Assistant Chief Attorney Hadi Razzaq defended the office’s staffing decisions and argued that the crisis is an emergency.
The San Francisco Public Defender’s Office’s inability to take on many new cases has led to a public defense crisis, which could have been avoided with earlier collaboration between the Public Defender’s Office and the Conflicts Panel, according to the court program representative.
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