Forever Grssn, But Not Transparent: Why Does the Grand Jury Keep Investigating the Primary Public Defender Contract?

R3 Auditor-Controller October 1,2010 Santa Cruz County 90 Days

R1 Board of Supervisors September 1, 2010 Sources Documents/Publications 1991/92 Grand Jury Report: Public Defender’s Office 1994/95 Grand Jury Report: A Study of the Cost of Public Defender Services for Indigents 1998 Public Defender Transition Task Force Agendas and Memos 2006 Comparability Model 2008/09 Expenditure Actual Transactions Report for Professional and Special Services Budget Unit Financing Uses Detail – Public Defender FY 2008/09 Conflict attorney contracts Primary public defender contract (current) Primary public defender contractor’s quarterly reports to the CAO Santa Cruz County Budgets for FYs 2005/06 through 2009/10 Interviews Administrators and Personnel: County Administrative Office County Auditor-Controller’s Office County District Attorney’s Office Primary Public Defender Contractor Superior Court of California County of Santa Cruz Site Visits Superior Court of California County of Santa Cruz Web Sites http://www.buttecounty.net/Department%20Contacts.aspx http://www.co.marin.ca.us/ http://www.co.merced.ca.us/ http://www.co.santa-cruz.ca.us/ http://www.co.shasta.ca.us/html/CAO/budgets.htm http://www.cpda.org/ http://www.placer.ca.gov/Departments/Auditor/Budget.aspx http://www.slocounty.ca.gov/site4.aspx