{"data":{"id":"us-ca/gov-27702","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"GOV § 27702","heading":"","body":"At the time of establishing the office the board of supervisors shall determine whether the public defender is to be appointed or elected.","path":["Government Code - GOV","TITLE 3. GOVERNMENT OF COUNTIES [23000. - 33205.]","DIVISION 2. OFFICERS [24000. - 28085.]","PART 3. OTHER OFFICERS [26500. - 27773.]","CHAPTER 13. Public Defender [27700. - 27711.]"],"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":"a78c6f5b4c0f49e7ae28be6b349b4d43f7bfefc95ab7d57e809bd4966ac9d012","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/gov-27701","next":"us-ca/gov-27703"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}