Time to Implement Laura’s Law
AB 1569 was recently signed into law, which means authority in the Laura's Law statute for a county to operate, establish or continue a program of Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT),…
Man Acquitted of Battery in Case Public Defender Cites as “Tremendous Waste of Resources”
A man whose night of revelry in North Beach ended in an altercation and arrest was acquitted of misdemeanor domestic violence, San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi announced today.
Gun Patriotism or Hypocrisy?
Puzzling me for a long time is the inconsistency between two claims by gun and Second Amendment supporters. One is that what they worship is critically needed to defend themselves…
Speaking Truth to Power: Adachi Wins Prestigious Defense of Poor National Award
The National Legal Aid & Defender Association (NLADA) has selected San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi as its 2012 Reginald Heber Smith Award winner.
Creative Historic Reuse Inspires Urban Planning
An image of historic art deco buildings, not too unlike San Francisco’s mid-Market in its prime, illuminated a slideshow introduction to a long-running revitalization effort that has transformed a once-blighted…
SF Medical Marijuana Community Holds Mock Funeral for Shuttered Dispensaries
A coalition of many as 200 medical cannabis community members staged a New Orleans-styled mock funeral Wednesday to protest the Obama administration’s forced shuttering of San Francisco dispensaries.