Travis County Commissioners Court

For years, the county has been trying to give defendants access to lawyers at their first hearings in jail. Staffing shortages and, now, privacy concerns may kill that effort.

The pilot program was part of a study to examine the benefit of providing legal counsel to people immediately after their arrest. But staffing shortages in the sheriff's office have made the program unworkable.

A budget resolution aims to set aside federal money to expand the Community First Village – as well as an effort to bring 1,000 new affordable homes online.

County commissioners will take up a contract to build the facility next week.

Dr. Mark Escott also said that while cases and hospitalizations are declining, the slow rate of decline will delay a move to a lower risk level.

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