News and Press Releases

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 deportation until the Court can...

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 from the San Francisco Public...

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 featuring raw, candid interviews between...

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 opposition to the Board of...

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”   SAN FRANCISCO – Nearly a...