SAN FRANCISCO — Government coffers are running low everywhere, but when a district attorney says budget cuts would leave him incapable of prosecuting drug crimes, burglaries and vandalism — as Contra Costa County DA Robert Kochly did last month — people take notice.
In San Francisco, where a $438 million budget deficit looms, the city’s three legal departments are facing cuts as well. Mayor Gavin Newsom has asked all city agencies to find ways to reduce their budgets by 12.5 to 25 percent leading up to his own June 1 citywide proposal.
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