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District Attorney, Public Defender, and Alternate Public Defender recommending the Executive Committee allocate the following Community Corrections (AB 109) funding in FY 2026/27 for staffing AB 109 cases;
1. Allocate $248,764 to the District Attorney;
2. Allocate $248,764 to the Public Defender;
3. Allocate $248,765 to the Alternate Public Defender.
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Since the enactment of the 2011 Public Safety Realignment initiative, the county’s criminal justice partners have absorbed substantial new responsibilities that are now core to the effective operation of the AB 109 framework. Both the District Attorney and Public Defender / Alternate Public Defender offices have experienced sustained increases in workload as realigned individuals remain in the local system for longer periods, cycle through multiple phases of supervision, and require repeated court interventions.
A conservative analysis of Deputy District Attorney (DDA) caseloads confirms that no less than 10% of all prosecutorial workload is directly attributable to AB 109-realigned offenders. This includes the filing and litigation of new felony charges for -Post Release Community Supervision (PRCS) violations, mandatory supervision violations, split- sentence- hearings, and the ongoing review of cases involving individuals who, prior to Realignment, would have been committed to state prison rather than managed locally.
The Public Defender’s Office also has significant impacts from AB 109 realignment, as currently 21% of their felony caseload consists of clients with Post Release Community Supervision (PRCS) violations, mandatory supervision violations, split- sentence hearings, and the ongoing review of cases involving individuals who are the realignment population. These cases require Deputy Public Defenders to remain engaged with clients far beyond the timelines typical of ordinary pre-Realignment cases. In addition, the recent Proposition 36 statute has created an additional workload that did not e...
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