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Collaborative Efforts in SF: Doctors and Public Health Experts Address Overdose Epidemic

Since 2020, more than double the number of people have died from overdoses in SF than from COVID.  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 14, 2024MEDIA CONTACT: Lance Wilson (341) 203-0888; lance@theworkeragency.com **PRESS RELEASE** Collaborative Efforts in SF: Doctors and Public Health Experts Address Overdose EpidemicMore than double the number of people have died from overdoses in SF than from COVID since 2020. ...
•May 14, 2024
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Care Providers, Violence Survivors Say Legal System Re-traumatizes, Criminalizes Survivors

Speakers say AB 2354 (Bonta) would help, as it would allow human trafficking, domestic violence and sexual violence survivors clear their records and move forward with their lives. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 14, 2024PRESS CONTACT: SF Public Defender Public Relations Officer Jessie Seyfer | (415) 851-2212 | jessie.seyfer@sfgov.org   **PRESS RELEASE** Care Providers, Violence Survivors Say Criminal Legal System Re-traumatizes, Criminalizes...
•May 14, 2024
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Despite SFPD’s Touted Reforms, Racial Bias and Excessive Force Persist

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 12, 2024 CONTACT: PDR-MediaRelations@sfgov.org **PRESS STATEMENT** Despite SFPD’s Touted Reforms, Racial Bias and Excessive Force Persist SAN FRANCISCO — Today at City Hall, the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) held a ceremony to mark the completion of the final of 272 reforms collectively known as the Collaborative Reform Initiative (CRI). These reforms were recommended by the...
•April 12, 2024
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All Charges Dismissed Against William Palmer, SF Sheriff’s Dept. Oversight Board Member

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 3, 2024MEDIA CONTACT: PDR-MediaRelations@sfgov.org  **PRESS RELEASE** All Charges Dismissed Against William Palmer, SF Sheriff’s Dept. Oversight Board MemberPalmer spent five months in jail; DA dismissed case on the eve of trial SAN FRANCISCO — On April 2, the SF District Attorney’s Office dismissed all charges against William Palmer, a member of the SF Sheriff’s Department Oversight...
•April 3, 2024
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Public Defense Chiefs Push Back on Misleading Crime Narratives That Are Driving Policy This Election Year

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 18, 2024PRESS CONTACT: Rabiah Alicia Burks, r.burks@nlada.org, (202) 452-0620 Public Defense Chiefs Push Back on Misleading Crime NarrativesThat Are Driving Policy This Election YearSpeaking at Gideon Day press briefing, chiefs encourage reporters to speak to public defenders for better-informed stories, and discuss ways public defenders promote community safety WASHINGTON — Chief public defenders from across the...
•March 18, 2024
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