"District Attorney Jeff Rosen - during his annual State of the Office speech on Tuesday - warned of threats to public safety as a $470 million county budget deficit will require his office to make "unprecedented" layoffs and department funding cuts."
"If you had to put a dollar figure on it, how much is a domestic violence victim's life worth in Santa Clara County?"
"Public safety costs money. Justice is expensive. Money is finite. There is less money. And so, there will be less justice. Please listen carefully: there will be less safety."
A $470 million county budget deficit will force major cuts across Santa Clara County's criminal justice system, including significant layoffs in the District Attorney's Office. Programs such as gun buybacks, collaborative mental-health and drug courts, and domestic violence services face possible elimination or severe reduction. County supervisors are expected to vote on next fiscal year's budget in June. Current-year appropriations allocated $185 million to the District Attorney's Office and $90 million to the Public Defender's Office, while DA staffing projections decline from 672 to 660 to 645. The District Attorney's Office receives more than twice the funding of the Public Defender's Office.
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