FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Oct. 4, 2023 MEDIA CONTACT: SF Public Defender’s Office | Valerie.Ibarra@sfgov.org | (628) 249-7946 **PRESS RELEASE** SF Leaders Urge Gov. Newsom to Sign AB 881 to Increase Juror Pay at Sneak Preview of Documentary “Judging Juries”   AB 881, Be The Jury CA (Ting), is on the governor’s desk SAN FRANCISCO — Last...Read More

For Immediate Release: May 11, 2022  Media Contacts: Emma Tozer, GLIDE Foundation, etozer@glide.org, (301) 383-3128 Valerie Ibarra, SF Public Defender’s Office, Valerie.Ibarra@sfgov.org, (628) 249-7946   ***PRESS RELEASE*** Coalition of 60 Civil Rights, Traffic Safety, and Community Groups Urging San Francisco Police Commission to End Racially-Biased Pretext Stops SAN FRANCISCO —  Today at 11:00 AM, the Coalition...Read More

Megan Cassidy of the San Francisco Chronicle reported: San Francisco to close crumbling, unsafe county jail sooner than expected in face of coronavirus threat. “The closure of County Jail 4 has been a long time coming,” said San Francisco Public Defender Mano Raju, who linked the jail’s closure to broader criminal justice reform efforts.“The COVID-19...Read More