FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 8, 2021 CONTACT: SF Public Defender’s Office – Valerie.Ibarra@sfgov.org – (628)249-7946 **PRESS RELEASE** SF Jury Acquits Graffiti Artist of Assault Charges Stemming from Vigilante Incident Public Defender presented case of self-defense SAN FRANCISCO – Today, a San Francisco jury acquitted Anthony Portillo, 29, of charges stemming from a 2017 incident in...Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 7, 2021 CONTACT: SF Public Defender’s Office – Valerie.Ibarra@sfgov.org – (628)249-7946 **PRESS RELEASE** SF Jury Acquits Young Woman of Child Endangerment and Reckless Driving SAN FRANCISCO – Deputy Public Defender Latisha McCray won an acquittal for her 20-year-old client who was pulled over for speeding on the Bay Bridge last August....Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  June 30, 2021 MEDIA CONTACTS: 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 – SF District Attorney’s Office – (415) 416-4468 – Rachel.Marshall@sfgov.org; Nannette Miranda – Assemblymember Ting’s Office – (415) 557-2312 – Nannette.Miranda@asm.ca.gov...Read More

For Immediate Release: June 11, 2021 Contact: SF Public Defender’s Office – Valerie.Ibarra@sfgov.org (628)249-7946 **PRESS RELEASE** Ninth Circuit Rules in Favor of Immigrant Woman Escaping Torture in Mexico SAN FRANCISCO – In a groundbreaking decision, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled today in favor of a San Francisco Public Defender client, Delfina Soto Soto,...Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 27, 2021  MEDIA CONTACTS:  San Francisco Public Defender’s Office, (628) 249-7946, Valerie.Ibarra@sfgov.org Sean Lai McMahon, Pangea Legal Services, (415) 471-0754 **PRESS BULLETIN** UPDATE: Federal Judge Grants Temporary Reprieve – Stops Deportation of Willian SAN FRANCISCO – Today, Federal District Court Judge Charles Breyer extended an emergency temporary restraining order, halting Willian’s...Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 26, 2021  MEDIA CONTACTS:  San Francisco Public Defender’s Office, (628) 249-7946, Valerie.Ibarra@sfgov.org Sean Lai McMahon, Pangea Legal Services, (415) 471-0754 **PRESS RELEASE**  SF Public Defender and Pangea Legal Services File Emergency Motion to Stop Deportation of a Young Father Who Faces Extreme Danger in El Salvador  SAN FRANCISCO – Yesterday, attorneys...Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 25, 2021 CONTACT: San Francisco Public Defender’s Office – Valerie.Ibarra@sfgov.org – (628)249-7946 **PRESS RELEASE** Adachi Project Releases From Inside – A Documentary Short About the Psychological Impact of Being Caught in the County Jail System During COVID SAN FRANCISCO – Today, the Adachi Project released From Inside — a short film...Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 20, 2021 CONTACT: San Francisco Public Defender’s Office – (628)249-7946 – Valerie.Ibarra@sfgov.org **PRESS STATEMENT**  Statement from the Office of the San Francisco Public Defender – In Support of Tare Beltran Chuc’s Parole Grant In response to public statements made by the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office and others who have expressed...Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 14, 2021 CONTACT: San Francisco Public Defender’s Office – Valerie.Ibarra@sfgov.org – (628) 249-7946 **PRESS RELEASE** San Quentin COVID-19 Outbreak on Trial: Hearing Starts May 17 Weeks of Evidence and Testimony Expected Hundreds of incarcerated petitioners allege CDCR caused an explosive, deadly COVID-19 outbreak at San Quentin constituting “cruel and unusual punishment”  ...Read More

DATE: May 10, 2021 MEDIA CONTACT: San Francisco Public Defender’s Office – Valerie.Ibarra@sfgov.org – (628)249-7946 **MEDIA ADVISORY** San Quentin COVID-19 Outbreak on Trial: Hearing to Start May 17 Weeks of Evidence and Testimony Expected WHAT: An evidentiary hearing in the case against San Quentin State Prison and the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR)...Read More