FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 17, 2022 CONTACT: Valerie Ibarra – SF Public Defender’s Office – (628) 249-7946 – Valerie.Ibarra@sfgov.org Anne Stuhldreher – SF Financial Justice Project – (415) 596-6138 – Anne.Stuhldreher@sfgov.org Rachel Marshall – San Francisco District Attorney’s Office – (415) 416-4468 – Rachel.Marshall@fgov.org **PRESS RELEASE** The Golden State Warriors Release PSAs for San Francisco’s...Read More
Photo credit to Jay Martin. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 15, 2022 CONTACT: SF Public Defender’s Office | Valerie.Ibarra@sfgov.org | (628)249-7946 **PRESS STATEMENT** From the San Francisco Public Defender’s Office José Inez García Zárate is Just Another Innocent Man Who Pled Guilty to a Crime He Did Not Commit On March 14, 2022, José Inez García...Read More
Photo credit to Jay Martin. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 15, 2022 CONTACT: SF Public Defender’s Office | Valerie.Ibarra@sfgov.org | (628)249-7946 **PRESS STATEMENT** From the San Francisco Public Defender’s Office José Inez García Zárate is Just Another Innocent Man Who Pled Guilty to a Crime He Did Not Commit On March 14, 2022, José Inez García...Read More
DATE: March 3, 2022 MEDIA CONTACT: PubDef-MediaRelations@sfgov.org |(628)249-7946 **PRESS STATEMENT** Statement from the San Francisco Public Defender’s Office on Governor Newsom’s “Care Court” Proposal Governor Newsom wants to have a fast solution to a very entrenched problem through his recently announced Care Court proposal. But the reality is that we already have a number of...Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 3, 2022 CONTACT: Valerie Ibarra – SF Public Defender’s Office – (628) 249-7946 – Valerie.Ibarra@sfgov.org Anne Stuhldreher – SF Financial Justice Project – (415) 596-6138 – Anne.Stuhldreher@sfgov.org Rachel Marshall – San Francisco District Attorney’s Office – (415) 416-4468 – Rachel.Marshall@fgov.org **PRESS RELEASE** San Francisco to Launch the “Be The Jury” Pilot...Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 28, 2022 MEDIA CONTACT: SF Public Defender’s Office | Valerie.Ibarra@sfgov.org | (628)249-7946 **PRESS RELEASE** Case Dismissed Mid-Trial Due to Lack of Evidence Against Man Who Spent a Year in SF Jail Defense cites faulty police investigation, questions whether crime was committed at all SAN FRANCISCO – On February 14, charges were...Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 22, 2022 MEDIA CONTACT: SF Public Defender’s Office | Valerie.Ibarra@sfgov.org | (628)249-7946 **PRESS RELEASE** San Francisco Public Defender Announces the Hiring of Angela Chan, Long-time Immigrant Advocate for the Asian Law Caucus SAN FRANCISCO – San Francisco Public Defender Mano Raju announced today that he has hired Angela Chan to join...Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 18, 2022 MEDIA CONTACT: SF Public Defender’s Office | PubDef-MediaRelations@sfgov.org | (628)249-7946 **PRESS STATEMENT** SF Public Defender Calls for the Immediate Destruction and Independent Investigation of Illegal DNA Database Created by SF Police Crime Lab The San Francisco Public Defender’s Office expressed outrage at the recent revelation that the SFPD crime...Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 15, 2022 MEDIA CONTACT: San Francisco Public Defender’s Office | Valerie.Ibarra@sfgov.org | (628)249-7946 **PRESS RELEASE** SF Jury Acquits Longtime Violence Prevention Activist of DUI Charges SAN FRANCISCO – Last week, a San Francisco jury took less than an hour to acquit Richard Isom of a misdemeanor charge of DUI. Deputy Public...Read More
On Monday, February 14, 2022, the Public Defender’s Office held an online community presentation to share our Departmental Budget Priorities for FY 2022-2023. Learn about our values, mission, and priorities for the coming fiscal year 2022-2023. Transformative Justice, Racial Equity, Community Health Public Defender Mano Raju presented our department’s budget priorities at a community event...Read More
