Assessing the Provision of Criminal Indigent Defense

Sep 22, 2022 - This limits our staffing comparisons to the 32 out of the 33 counties that chose to operate pub lic defender offices and reported data to DOJ between 2009 ‑10 and 2018 ‑19. (The data excludes Santa Cruz County as it began operating a public defender ’s office in 2022.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4623