FY 2016 – 17 MOE Budget

April 2016

Presented by: Brendon Woods, Public Defender

To zealously protect and defend the rights

of our clients through compassionate and

inspired legal representation of the highest

quality, in pursuit of a fair and unbiased

system of justice for all.

The Public Defender is the primary defense attorney

for indigent individuals

accused of crimes or

otherwise facing potential incarceration or

loss of liberty.

For these individuals,

legal representation at

public expense is

mandated by the:

› US Constitution

› CA Constitution

› County Charter

If the Public Defender has a legal or ethical

conflict of interest the case is referred to the

Court Appointed Attorneys Program (CAAP),

which operates pursuant to a contract

administered by the County Administrator. The

Indigent Defense budget also includes

expenses for defendants represented by

CAAP.

The Public Defender provides defense services for the

following:

Defendants whose charges expose them to a

possible punishment of death

Defendants accused of felony crimes

Defendants accused of misdemeanor crimes

Minors prosecuted in juvenile delinquency court

and in adult court

Appeals in the Appellate Division of the Alameda County

Superior Court, California Court of Appeal, and California Supreme Court, in matters relating to pending litigation in the

Alameda County Superior Court

Post release community supervision (PRCS) violations

State Parolees in the Parole Reentry Court

Parole Revocation hearings

FY 2016-17 Financial Summary

2015-16

Approved Budget

2016-17

MOE Budget

Change From 2015-16

Amount %

Appropriations $36,271,953 $39,126,064 $2,854,111 7.87%

Revenues $1,210,664 $1,226,568 $15,904 1.31%

Net County Cost $35,061,289 $37,899,496 $2,838,207 8.09%

FTE - Mgmt 127.83 127.83 0.00 0.00%

FTE - Non-Mgmt 38.74 41.74 3.00 7.74%

Total FTE 166.57 169.57 3.00 1.80%

COMPONENT NCC CHANGE

Salary and Employee Benefits $2,143,177

ISF Adjustments $502,584

Increase to DS & S $208,350

Increase to Revenue $-15,904

TOTAL $2,838,207

Major Components of Net County

Cost (NCC) Change

$34,504,537

$4,451,156 $975,471 Salary & Employee

Benefits

87%

Non-Discretionary

Services & Supplies

11%

Discretionary Services

& Supplies

2%

Appropriations by Major Object

Net Appropriation: $39,126,064 Intra Fund Transfer -$805,100

Revenues by Source

$859,000

$367,568

Fund

Development,

Charges for

Services and

Other

70%

State Aid

30%

Total Revenue: $1,226,568

Indigent Defense – Combined Public Defender and Contracted Indigent Defense Services (CAAP)

2015-16 APPROVED

BUDGET

2015-16 NET COUNTY

COST

2016-17 MOE

BUDGET

2016-17 REVENUE

2016-17 NET COUNTY

COST

NET COUNTY COST CHANGE FROM 2015-16

AMOUNT %

Public Defender

$36,271,953 $35,061,289 $39,126,064 $1,226,568 $37,899,496 $2,854,111 8.09%

CAAP $6,754,106 $6,369,106 $7,376,132 $385,000 $6,991,132 $622,026 9.77%

TOTAL INDIGENT DEFENSE

$43,026,059 $41,430,395 $46,502,196 $1,611,568 $44,890,628 $3,460,233 8.35%

Case Load and Type

FY 2014-15

ACTUALS

FY 2015-16

PROJECTED

FY 2016-17

PROJECTED

FY 2016-17

PROJECTED

% OF CASES

TOTAL FILES OPENED 39,865 38,460 39,900

Felony 10,259 9,980 10,300 25.81%

Misdemeanor 22,469 22,374 23,000 57.64%

Juvenile 1,953 1,620 1,800 4.51%

Civil/Commitment 1,508 1,208 1,200 3.01%

Clean Slate 2,293 2,058 2,300 5.76%

Parole/PRCS 1,383 1,221 1,300 3.26%

*Conflicts Declared 3,786 3,775 3,800 9.52%

*Conflicts are also included in the caseload and types listed above

Attorney Workload

Currently represent

70 individuals charged with

homicides

Accepted 37 new homicide cases

Felony lawyers handle

approximately 222 cases per attorney

per year

Misdemeanor lawyers handle

approximately 462 cases per attorney

per year

18 Investigators

completed 3,816 investigations

requests

Served 1,916 subpoenas

Prior Years’ Goals

2015-16

Expand model of Holistic Defense

Improve Services to clients

Implement Vertical Representation

Improve Juvenile representation

Represent clients at arraignment

2014-15 Improve Juvenile Practice with social workers and educational advocates

Improve services to clients

Expand model of Holistic Defense

Increase community outreach efforts

Successful fund development

Expand size and use of collaborative courts

Vertical representation for Hayward Felonies

2013-14

Establish Veterans Treatment Court

Provide vertical representation to juvenile clients

Improve services to clients

Hire full-time immigration attorney

Hire additional social workers

Secure grant funding

Grant and Fund Development

$75,000 $400,000

$25,000 $250,000

Rosenberg Foundation

Supporting Immigration

Representation Initiative

Department of Justice Smart

Defense Initiative

Supporting Improving Public

Defense

The California Endowment

Supporting Proposition 47

Defense Outreach & Services

District 3 Fiscal Management

Reward Funds

Supporting Learn Your Rights

in California (LYRIC)

Secured $750,000 this year Secured $87,000 last year

Fellowships

Secured $144,119 in fellowships this year supporting 4 full-time positions

$45,000

$50,719

$48,400 Stanford

University of Southern

California

Equal Justice Works

Homeless and Caring Court:

Removes barriers by resolving minor misdemeanor

cases for the homeless and formerly homeless

Served nearly 500 clients

“I just wanted to thank you again for everything you

did for me. I just wanted to reach out to you and let

you know that you played a huge role in my life, and

for that I am grateful.”

~ Public Defender Client

Helping high-risk parolees meet their housing,

employment, educational, and drug treatment

needs

Accepted nearly 100 new high-risk parolees

Parole Reentry Court

Juvenile Girls Court:

Focused on addressing trauma, healing, and

empowerment through comprehensive case plans

that address each young woman’s unique

challenges

Represented 65 young women

Veterans Treatment Court

Mentors and treatment plans for

veterans suffering from service-

related issues

› Drug treatment

› Mental health counseling

› Job training

› Education

Success in 64% of cases that went to trial

Success in 50% of felony cases that went to trial

Success in 76% of misdemeanor cases that went to trial

Proposition 47

Since passing on November 4, 2014:

Filed over 2,100 petitions

90% of petitions granted

More than 1,500 cases waiting to

be filed

Approximately 8,000 people in community who are still eligible

All petitions must be filed by November 4, 2017

Proposition 47

We have increased the number of

petitions being filed from 45 per week

to 100 per week.

Visibility and Accessibility

LYRIC on NPR KQED Ashland Cherryland

FamFest Contra Costa County

Stand Down on the Delta

Youth Uprising 10 Year Anniversary

LYRIC Press Event at Oakland High School

Malcolm X Jazz Festival

Visibility and Accessibility

National Night Out

Reentry Expo at Santa Rita Jail

Prop 47 Bay Area Working Group

HAART Clinic Fun Day

City Hall Public Safety Meeting

DAPA/DACA America Immigration Fair

Juneteenth Festival

Prop 47 RAP Sheet Day

The Mentoring Center

Immigration and Prop 47 Forum

Improving Services to Clients

Reduced the number of cases

referred to Court Appointed Council

for Indigent Defense from 6,406 to

3,786 between 2010 and 2015

A conflict exists when we represent a

co-defendant or witness on a case, preventing us from being able to

accept a new client on the related case.

0

1,000

2,000

3,000

4,000

5,000

6,000

7,000

2010 2015

6,406

3,786

Immigration Representation Initiative

First Public Defender’s Office in California to implement Immigration Representation unit within the office

Provided immigration advice in approximately 1,700 criminal proceedings

Assisted undocumented youth in applying for Special Immigrant Juvenile Status based on abuse, neglect or abandonment by parents

Public Defender Program of the Year, 2016 California Public Defender’s Association

Assists clients in obtaining or improving employment opportunities and access to housing and other services

Cases handled since inception: 2,956

Motions granted since inception: 2,751

Current open cases: 1,728

Motions filed in 2015: 1,308

2014:

2015:

To date, served approximately 300 clients

Assess client needs

Provide referrals to services in lieu of incarceration

Assist with client release back into the community

Court accepted 73% of our treatment

plans in lieu of incarceration

93% of clients who received treatment

plans did not recidivate

Stanford Law School

UC Hastings Law School

USF Law School

UC Davis Law School

UC Berkeley Law School

Santa Clara Law School

National Legal Aid and Defenders Association

California Public Defenders Association

In The Community

Donated more than 750 books to clients at Santa

Rita Jail

Served holiday pizza dinner

to nearly 100 youth in custody at Juvenile Hall, in

collaboration with Probation and the Public

Defender Association

Donated 235 coats, baby clothes and hygiene kits

Alameda County employees pledged

t o g e t h e r , w e m a k e a d i f f e r e n c e . t o g e t h e r , w e c h a n g e l i v e s .

Asian Pacific Fund Bay Area Black United

Fund Community Health

Charities Global Impact

Local Independent Charities

United Way of the Bay Area

EarthShare California Foundation for the Arts

in Alameda County

C o o r d i n a t e d b y t h e A l a m e d a C o u n t y P u b l i c D e f e n d e r ’ s O f f i c e

Teaching high school students their

constitutional rights

Educated 2,400 high school students

This Year’s Goals

• Increase professional development

• Upgrade infrastructure

• Uniform representation at arraignment

• Improve juvenile representation

• VERTICAL REPRESENTATION

Improve Juvenile Representation

Unclear who her attorney is

Lost in system

Pending criminal case

Drug addiction

Mental health issues

Immigration consequences

Children

Housing

Clean slate

Employment

Unrepresented at arraignment

Thank you