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Ordinance retroactively authorizing the Public Defender’s Office (PDR) to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $750,000 from the Board of State and Community Corrections, to comply with Penal Code, Section 1170.01(e)’s mandate to use these funds to support the resentencing of individuals under newly enacted Penal Code, Section 1170.03, for example, by “ensuring adequate staffing of deputy public defenders and other support staff to represent incarcerated persons under consideration for resentencing, identifying and recommending incarcerated persons” who should be considered for resentencing, “and developing reentry and release plans” for the period of September 1, 2021, through September 1, 2024; and to amend the Annual Salary Ordinance No. 109-21 (Annual Salary Ordinance, File No. 210644 for Fiscal Years 2021-2022 and 2022-2023) to provide for the addition of two grant-funded positions, one FTE in Class 8446 Court Alternative Specialist I and one FTE in Class 8173 Legal Assistant for the PDR Resentencing Pilot Program.
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