Torn Between Two PDs

When PDR first read about Jeff Adachi, San Francisco's Chief Public Defender, and his handling of proposed budget cuts to his office, PDR began began writing his name in big puffy letters on her trial notebooks, dotting the "i" with a heart, and making plans to move to SF for some serious pd work. We devote our defense to you! our beaten up and toughened little heart cried.

Why did Adachi have us giggling and twirling our hair? Because this is what he told the San Francisco Board of Supervisors when he was told to cut his budget by 1.9 million.

In a nutshell, Adachi told them: If you cut my budget by 1.9 million and 23 lawyers, I will refuse to accept