FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Sept. 12, 2023 MEDIA CONTACT: PubDef-MediaRelations@sfgov.org | Valerie Ibarra, PIO (628)249-7946 **PRESS STATEMENT** San Francisco Public Defender’s Office Condemns SFPD Shooting of Richard Everett in Tenderloin District SAN FRANCISCO – On Aug. 28, members of the San Francisco Police Department shot at Richard Everett, 54, after being dispatched to the scene regarding...Read More

The College Pathway Project will connect system-impacted clients with college opportunities through partnerships with local colleges A recording of this press conference is available here: https://youtu.be/6kz6ksnqdhM?si=V43_fQL6Y5P-NXrp FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Sept. 6, 2023CONTACT: SF Public Defender Public Relations Officer Jessie Seyfer | (415) 851-2212 | PubDef-MediaRelations@sfgov.org   **PRESS RELEASE** SAN FRANCISCO — Today, as students across the country...Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Aug. 14, 2023 CONTACT: PubDef-MediaRelations@sfgov.org | PIO Valerie Ibarra (628)249-7946 **PRESS RELEASE** SF Jury Acquits Woman Who Defended Herself Against Stalker Who Sent Revenge Porn to Her Children SFPD Investigators Never Followed Up on Her Claims of Self-Defense SAN FRANCISCO — A San Francisco jury acquitted an SF woman on Friday of...Read More

Aug. 8, 2023 Media Contact: PubDef-Mediarelations@sfgov.org | Jessie Seyfer, public relations officer | (415) 851-2212 **PRESS STATEMENT** SAN FRANCISCO — The San Francisco Public Defender’s Office is condemning SF Supervisor Matt Dorsey’s suggestion to re-allocate $18.9 million in city funds earmarked for Wellness Hubs to jail-based services for individuals arrested in sweeps for public intoxication. Elected Public...Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 28, 2023 MEDIA CONTACT:  San Francisco Public Defender PIO Valerie Ibarra | (628) 249-7946 | PubDef-MediaRelations@sfgov.org   **PRESS RELEASE** SF Public Defender’s Office Concludes “Summer Sit-In” Series Protesting Speedy Trial Violations and Court Backlog;Reports Progress in Felony Courts, Continued Violations in Misdemeanors  More than 1,100 trials are delayed past their Constitutionally-mandated deadlines, with 115...Read More

July 11, 2023 Media Contact: PubDef-Mediarelations@sfgov.org **PRESS STATEMENT** SF Public Defender’s Office Rebukes Supervisor Dorsey’s Attack on Due Process and Immigrants SAN FRANCISCO – On July 11, 2023, San Francisco Supervisor Matt Dorsey announced during a Board of Supervisors meeting that he was submitting a letter to the Budget and Legislative Analyst requesting an inquiry into...Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 10, 2023 Media Contact: PubDef-MediaRelations@sfgov.org **PRESS STATEMENT** SF Public Defender Mano Raju Condemns SFPD Tactics Detaining Youth at Dolores Street Skateboarding Event The militarized police response to a youth-led skateboarding event was a tremendous overreach that escalated tensions, endangered young people and onlookers, and violated people’s rights. Showing up in riot...Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 28, 2023 MEDIA CONTACT: PubDef-MediaRelations@sfgov.org | PIO Valerie Ibarra (628)249-7946  **PRESS RELEASE** SF Jury Acquits Legally Blind Man Who Chose Jail to Get a Faster Misdemeanor Trial Amid a backlog of 1,100 overdue trials in SF Superior Court, strict pretrial conditions can hinder the lives of those awaiting trial SAN FRANCISCO...Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 20, 2023CONTACT: San Francisco Public Defender PIO Valerie Ibarra | (628) 249-7946 | PubDef-MediaRelations@sfgov.org   **MEDIA ADVISORY** SF Public Defender’s Office Continues “Summer Sit-Ins” to Draw Attention to Worsening Trial Backlog; Seventh in Series to Focus on Legal Challenges to the Backlog NOTE SPECIAL LOCATION: Civic Center Courthouse, 400 McAllister St. More than 1,100 trials...Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  May 16, 2023MEDIA CONTACTS:  Jessie Seyfer, SF Public Defender’s Office | (415) 851-2212 | PubDef-MediaRelations@sfgov.org   Sepi Esfahlani, M Strategic Communications | (714) 746-7090 | se@m-consultants.net S.F. Implements New State Law Allowing Thousands of Previously Ineligible Individuals to Expunge Conviction Records SF Supervisors, Public Defender, State’s Leading Advocates for Community Safety Spoke at...Read More