A San Francisco jury found a man accused of possessing magic mushrooms not guilty Friday after his lawyer argued that he forgot they were in his backpack, so he could not have knowingly possessed them.
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Public Defender Jeff Adachi is gearing up for a serious political campaign in a battle of dueling pension measures.
Adachi has said he would drop his ballot measure if Mayor Ed Lee’s measure, reached by consensus with unions, is changed by increasing workers’ contribution rates to generate more savings. However, that seems unlikely to happen.
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San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi is participating in a community forum tonight on the recent police misconduct scandal involving residential hotels in The City.
The forum, hosted by San Francisco-based POOR Magazine, will include people living in the city's residential hotels, as well as Tal Klement, a deputy public defender who worked on one of the cases that was dropped because of surveillance video showing the alleged misconduct.
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Taxpayer dollars have gone mostly to San Francisco’s jails and the Sheriff’s Department over the last two decades while less money has been allocated to prosecutors, police and probation officers, according to a preliminary Harvard study on public safety spending.
The information, compiled by District Attorney George Gascón using data from the California Attorney General’s Office, casts a different light on The City’s priorities when it comes to fighting crime.
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Teresa Caffese, chief attorney for the Public Defender’s Office, is leaving after 23 years to start a private practice.
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The Public Defender’s Office has been undergoing a lot changes in the last couple months, the most significant being the exit of Teresa Caffese, the chief attorney in the office, who is leaving Dec. 31 to start her own private practice. And while it may not match the palace intrigue over at City Hall, the question of who will become Public Defender Jeff Adachi’s No. 2 is presenting some juicy scenarios.
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Though the final decision rests with Mayor Gavin Newsom, supervisors will hear a resolution Wednesday that asks to fill seven vacated positions at the Public Defender’s Office.
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