SF public defenders move to block new drug court judge from cases

Attorneys at the San Francisco Public Defender's Office have filed a flurry of challenges in an effort to prevent the new ...
ABC7 San Francisco

San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi dies at 59

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Five-term San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi has died. He suffered an apparent heart attack while traveling. Adachi served in the San Francisco Public Defender's office ...
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SF Superior Court could dismiss cases after Public Defender's Office caps its caseload

SAN FRANCISCO SUPERIOR COURT is facing another backlog of criminal cases that could be dismissed, just over a year after dozens of cases had to be dismissed because they had gone past their ...
KTVU

Some pre-trial defendants to be released from custody amid SF court caseload dispute

San Francisco Superior Court says it will release some defendants from pre-trial custody because of unavailable public defenders. The Public Defender's Office said there has been an increase in ...
SFGate

SF: Public Defenders Office Launches Program For Housing Parolees In Private Homes

A program offering stipends for landlords who provide spare bedrooms to formerly incarcerated people is coming to San Francisco. The "Homecoming Project" allows those exiting imprisonment to secure ...
SF Weekly

SF Public Defender’s office announces new reentry program partnership

The San Francisco Public Defender’s office announced a new partnership Thursday with a reentry program that pairs those recently released from incarceration with hosts in individual homes, instead of ...