{"data":{"id":"us-ca/gov-15423","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"GOV § 15423","heading":"","body":"The State Public Defender is authorized to appear as a friend of the court and may appear in a legislative, administrative or other similar proceeding.","path":["Government Code - GOV","TITLE 2. GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA [8000. - 22980.]","DIVISION 3. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT [11000. - 15990.3.]","PART 7. STATE PUBLIC DEFENDER [15400. - 15426.]","CHAPTER 2. Duties and Powers [15420. - 15426.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"7f7515629d0775316070f9f86be953cc47e348d1d6151b03f2a1f929634da308","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/gov-15422","next":"us-ca/gov-15424"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}