public defender has been progressive italy innovating, adding it defense of indigent clients in 1954,iversity with the hiring of the first female african-american attorney and first african- american chief deputy in 1974. i know the clean slate program has been a success. the public defender has a record of 790. a batting average of 700 homicide cases. 3500 clean slate participants with a clearing the record of 1200. it has helped people re-enter society more effectively. a behavioral court made it 37% reduction and i think it's a phenomenal model that other counties around the country are trying to follow. the zero used in incarceration. the public defender presently handle 60% of all felony cases and 70% of all this to the cases filed by the district attorney. our public defenders no stranger to this body, especially around budgetary concerns. we are more than delighted to be commemorating he and the office of public defender on the 90th anniversary. [applause] >> thank you very much for sponsoring this resolution. this is our 90th year. our office was one of the first public defend