Elected San Francisco Public Defender Mano Raju 力儲文
@manorajupd.bsky.social
The elected Public Defender of San Francisco, California. Courage. Humanity. Integrity. sfpublicdefender.org
The Adachi Project is back with 'DEFENDER—Off the Record' — a new series of short films about @sfpublicdefender clients: Sal, Prezi, and Julia.
Join us for a special screening 12/2 at 6pm; $10 tix available at Roxie.com.
Followed by a panel moderated by Boots Riley w/film subjects & filmmakers.
Join us for a special screening 12/2 at 6pm; $10 tix available at Roxie.com.
Followed by a panel moderated by Boots Riley w/film subjects & filmmakers.
December 2, 2025 at 12:03 AM
The Adachi Project is back with 'DEFENDER—Off the Record' — a new series of short films about @sfpublicdefender clients: Sal, Prezi, and Julia.
Join us for a special screening 12/2 at 6pm; $10 tix available at Roxie.com.
Followed by a panel moderated by Boots Riley w/film subjects & filmmakers.
Join us for a special screening 12/2 at 6pm; $10 tix available at Roxie.com.
Followed by a panel moderated by Boots Riley w/film subjects & filmmakers.
Had a blast speaking with members of the Leadership Academy about careers in public defense at Third Street Youth Center & Clinic! I always appreciate the opportunity to talk with young people about the impact they could make in public defense.
November 24, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Had a blast speaking with members of the Leadership Academy about careers in public defense at Third Street Youth Center & Clinic! I always appreciate the opportunity to talk with young people about the impact they could make in public defense.
Many thanks to the National Association for Public Defense for supporting of our office’s decision to declare unavailable in a limited number of cases. When understaffing and underfunding threaten quality representation, public defenders must decline new cases.
publicdefenders.us/blogs/napd-s...
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November 24, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Many thanks to the National Association for Public Defense for supporting of our office’s decision to declare unavailable in a limited number of cases. When understaffing and underfunding threaten quality representation, public defenders must decline new cases.
publicdefenders.us/blogs/napd-s...
publicdefenders.us/blogs/napd-s...
Our Nov. 2025 featured community partner is the Coalition on Homelessness. COH advocates for compassionate solutions like housing & healthcare over criminalization. We join them in "shining a light on poverty & injustice" in San Francisco. Thx COH! @sfpublicdefender.sf.gov
November 19, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Our Nov. 2025 featured community partner is the Coalition on Homelessness. COH advocates for compassionate solutions like housing & healthcare over criminalization. We join them in "shining a light on poverty & injustice" in San Francisco. Thx COH! @sfpublicdefender.sf.gov
Our Oct. 2025 featured community partner is the Latino Task Force. We partner with LTF to support clients who are immigrants or limited English proficient speakers, and our @sfpublicdefender.sf.gov Clean Slate team tables at LTF events to help people access services and work towards expungement.
November 19, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Our Oct. 2025 featured community partner is the Latino Task Force. We partner with LTF to support clients who are immigrants or limited English proficient speakers, and our @sfpublicdefender.sf.gov Clean Slate team tables at LTF events to help people access services and work towards expungement.
It was great to convene w/our @sfpublicdefender.sf.gov College Pathway Project partners abt how we can support even more of our clients to access higher ed. Thx SFSU Project Rebound & CCSF New Directions for working w/pub def staff to ensure students who've been system-involved get higher ed opps.
November 18, 2025 at 10:39 PM
It was great to convene w/our @sfpublicdefender.sf.gov College Pathway Project partners abt how we can support even more of our clients to access higher ed. Thx SFSU Project Rebound & CCSF New Directions for working w/pub def staff to ensure students who've been system-involved get higher ed opps.
We stand in solidarity with SF’s court clerks — whose work keeps our courts running.
Like our office, they’ve been stretched thin by rising case filings and growing workloads. We deeply appreciate their commitment to access to justice.
Read more from @missionlocal.org: bit.ly/courtclerks.
Like our office, they’ve been stretched thin by rising case filings and growing workloads. We deeply appreciate their commitment to access to justice.
Read more from @missionlocal.org: bit.ly/courtclerks.
November 8, 2025 at 12:04 AM
We stand in solidarity with SF’s court clerks — whose work keeps our courts running.
Like our office, they’ve been stretched thin by rising case filings and growing workloads. We deeply appreciate their commitment to access to justice.
Read more from @missionlocal.org: bit.ly/courtclerks.
Like our office, they’ve been stretched thin by rising case filings and growing workloads. We deeply appreciate their commitment to access to justice.
Read more from @missionlocal.org: bit.ly/courtclerks.
Thx to @seattleulaw.bsky.social Profs. Robert Boruchowitz &
@ucirvinelaw.bsky.social Robert Chang for their
@dailyjournalcorp.bsky.social op-ed on how underfunding of public defenders vs. law enforcement undermines fairness for indigent, BIPOC people.
📖 tinyurl.com/PubDefDJ
⚖️ #FundPublicDefense
@ucirvinelaw.bsky.social Robert Chang for their
@dailyjournalcorp.bsky.social op-ed on how underfunding of public defenders vs. law enforcement undermines fairness for indigent, BIPOC people.
📖 tinyurl.com/PubDefDJ
⚖️ #FundPublicDefense
November 4, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Thx to @seattleulaw.bsky.social Profs. Robert Boruchowitz &
@ucirvinelaw.bsky.social Robert Chang for their
@dailyjournalcorp.bsky.social op-ed on how underfunding of public defenders vs. law enforcement undermines fairness for indigent, BIPOC people.
📖 tinyurl.com/PubDefDJ
⚖️ #FundPublicDefense
@ucirvinelaw.bsky.social Robert Chang for their
@dailyjournalcorp.bsky.social op-ed on how underfunding of public defenders vs. law enforcement undermines fairness for indigent, BIPOC people.
📖 tinyurl.com/PubDefDJ
⚖️ #FundPublicDefense
🎃 Happy Halloween from @sfpublicdefender and our amazing Magic Programs — @mo_magic415 and @bayviewmagic — who are out spreading joy with the children and families we serve!
Wishing everyone a safe, fun, and magical night. 💜🕸️👻
Wishing everyone a safe, fun, and magical night. 💜🕸️👻
October 31, 2025 at 11:35 PM
🎃 Happy Halloween from @sfpublicdefender and our amazing Magic Programs — @mo_magic415 and @bayviewmagic — who are out spreading joy with the children and families we serve!
Wishing everyone a safe, fun, and magical night. 💜🕸️👻
Wishing everyone a safe, fun, and magical night. 💜🕸️👻
SF needs housing & care for our most vulnerable residents--NOT armed federal troops terrorizing our city. We will fiercely defend those who protest the injustices of this administration. Thx @us.theguardian.com, for including my response to Trump’s threats: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
October 17, 2025 at 7:32 PM
SF needs housing & care for our most vulnerable residents--NOT armed federal troops terrorizing our city. We will fiercely defend those who protest the injustices of this administration. Thx @us.theguardian.com, for including my response to Trump’s threats: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Our Young Defenders program—made possible by SF’s Opportunities for All—offers local high school students paid internships w/ our office to learn about the criminal legal system. In this video, Young Defender Joleen shares a key takeaway. Big thanks to intern Sai for their work on this video!
October 17, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Our Young Defenders program—made possible by SF’s Opportunities for All—offers local high school students paid internships w/ our office to learn about the criminal legal system. In this video, Young Defender Joleen shares a key takeaway. Big thanks to intern Sai for their work on this video!
I was honored to help kickoff anti-human trafficking awareness month at S.F. Collaborative Against Human Trafficking. We @sfpublicdefender.sf.gov have been educating about labor trafficking/exploitation in jury trials and in public policy arenas.
October 7, 2025 at 12:14 AM
I was honored to help kickoff anti-human trafficking awareness month at S.F. Collaborative Against Human Trafficking. We @sfpublicdefender.sf.gov have been educating about labor trafficking/exploitation in jury trials and in public policy arenas.
Our Oct. 2025 featured community partner is the Latino Task Force. We partner with LTF to support clients who are immigrants or limited English proficient, and our @sfpublicdefender.sf.gov Clean Slate team tables at LTF events to help people access services and work towards expungement. Thanks LTF!
October 4, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Our Oct. 2025 featured community partner is the Latino Task Force. We partner with LTF to support clients who are immigrants or limited English proficient, and our @sfpublicdefender.sf.gov Clean Slate team tables at LTF events to help people access services and work towards expungement. Thanks LTF!
Wonderful evening last night at the @cwclub.bsky.social discussing Second Chances w/the inspiring panel of Reverend Sonya Brunswick of Greater Life Foursquare Church, Eddy Zheng of the New Breath Foundation, and moderator Supe. Shamann Walton. Thanks to Virginia Cheung for organizing the panel.
October 3, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Wonderful evening last night at the @cwclub.bsky.social discussing Second Chances w/the inspiring panel of Reverend Sonya Brunswick of Greater Life Foursquare Church, Eddy Zheng of the New Breath Foundation, and moderator Supe. Shamann Walton. Thanks to Virginia Cheung for organizing the panel.
A wonderful time connecting w/community/civic leaders at the City Hall celebration of Latinx Heritage Month. In SF, our diversity is our strength. Congrats to honorees Rodrigo Lopez (Mission St. Vendor Assoc.), Claudia Arevali (SEIU Local 2015), & Dr. Estela Garcia (Instituto Familiar de la Raza).
September 23, 2025 at 12:07 AM
A wonderful time connecting w/community/civic leaders at the City Hall celebration of Latinx Heritage Month. In SF, our diversity is our strength. Congrats to honorees Rodrigo Lopez (Mission St. Vendor Assoc.), Claudia Arevali (SEIU Local 2015), & Dr. Estela Garcia (Instituto Familiar de la Raza).
This Latinx-Hispanic Heritage Month, we celebrate the rich cultural diversity of our communities & their contributions to our country. Public defenders thank & join our community partners as we stand up for the rights & wellbeing of our families, friends & neighbors. #ImmigrantRightsAreHumanRights
September 15, 2025 at 4:50 PM
This Latinx-Hispanic Heritage Month, we celebrate the rich cultural diversity of our communities & their contributions to our country. Public defenders thank & join our community partners as we stand up for the rights & wellbeing of our families, friends & neighbors. #ImmigrantRightsAreHumanRights
The death penalty is inhumane, racist & expensive—yet CA has the largest death row in the U.S.: 565 individuals. Join me Thurs 9/11, 2pm @ SF City Hall w/ "Dead Man Walking" author Sister Helen Prejean, @jackiefielder.bsky.social & others to urge @governor.ca.gov to commute ALL death row sentences.
September 10, 2025 at 8:55 PM
The death penalty is inhumane, racist & expensive—yet CA has the largest death row in the U.S.: 565 individuals. Join me Thurs 9/11, 2pm @ SF City Hall w/ "Dead Man Walking" author Sister Helen Prejean, @jackiefielder.bsky.social & others to urge @governor.ca.gov to commute ALL death row sentences.
Our September 2025 featured community partner is Project Rebound @sanfranciscostate.bsky.social which provides educational support to system-impacted students. Our College Pathway Project encourages @sfpublicdefender.sf.gov staff to refer clients interested in higher education & new possibilities.
September 4, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Our September 2025 featured community partner is Project Rebound @sanfranciscostate.bsky.social which provides educational support to system-impacted students. Our College Pathway Project encourages @sfpublicdefender.sf.gov staff to refer clients interested in higher education & new possibilities.
Our August 2025 featured community partners are our MAGIC programs! B’Mo’Magic brings together community organizations in neighborhoods that have traditionally been over-represented in the justice system. MAGIC has been key to engaging w/ SF youth & building community strength for 20 yrs. Thx MAGIC!
August 13, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Our August 2025 featured community partners are our MAGIC programs! B’Mo’Magic brings together community organizations in neighborhoods that have traditionally been over-represented in the justice system. MAGIC has been key to engaging w/ SF youth & building community strength for 20 yrs. Thx MAGIC!
It was wonderful to catch up with Santa Barbara County Assistant Public Defender Lea Villegas. Fun fact -- she used to be an intern with our @sfpublicdefender.sf.gov office years ago. Congrats on your many accomplishments Lea!
August 5, 2025 at 7:08 PM
It was wonderful to catch up with Santa Barbara County Assistant Public Defender Lea Villegas. Fun fact -- she used to be an intern with our @sfpublicdefender.sf.gov office years ago. Congrats on your many accomplishments Lea!
Thx to Commissioner Kudrat Dutta Choudhary, our city’s first South Asian immigrant rights commissioner, Supervisor @bilalmahmood.bsky.social & Mayor Lurie. In the spirit of the theme of “Roots and Routes,” I acknowledge the courage of everyone who has undertaken the journey to come to the Bay.
July 29, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Thx to Commissioner Kudrat Dutta Choudhary, our city’s first South Asian immigrant rights commissioner, Supervisor @bilalmahmood.bsky.social & Mayor Lurie. In the spirit of the theme of “Roots and Routes,” I acknowledge the courage of everyone who has undertaken the journey to come to the Bay.
I’m forever grateful to Ms. Woods for swearing me in at my first community inauguration as San Francisco Public Defender, where I took this oath. Her courage & compassion continue to inspire me and all of us @sfpublicdefender.sf.gov. #EndPoliceViolence
July 28, 2025 at 4:19 AM
I’m forever grateful to Ms. Woods for swearing me in at my first community inauguration as San Francisco Public Defender, where I took this oath. Her courage & compassion continue to inspire me and all of us @sfpublicdefender.sf.gov. #EndPoliceViolence
Many thx to Safety & Justice Network & @pretrialjustice.bsky.social for the opportunity to speak on the “Challenging the Harmful Use of Bench Warrants” webinar. I was honored to talk about how courts can end the inequitable practice of jailing people who miss court: sjcexchange.org/viewdocument...
July 25, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Many thx to Safety & Justice Network & @pretrialjustice.bsky.social for the opportunity to speak on the “Challenging the Harmful Use of Bench Warrants” webinar. I was honored to talk about how courts can end the inequitable practice of jailing people who miss court: sjcexchange.org/viewdocument...
It was a joy to meet w/our Brightstar fellows to kick off a project where system-impacted leaders will develop a proposal to create job pathways for @sfpublicdefender.sf.gov clients. We believe in the potential & possibilities for our clients to thrive. Thanks to @macfound.org for your support.
July 23, 2025 at 5:45 PM
It was a joy to meet w/our Brightstar fellows to kick off a project where system-impacted leaders will develop a proposal to create job pathways for @sfpublicdefender.sf.gov clients. We believe in the potential & possibilities for our clients to thrive. Thanks to @macfound.org for your support.
Our July 2025 featured community partner is Californians for Safety and Justice! CSJ's #TimeDone program partners w/ our Clean Slate unit and has worked with us on expanding people's eligibility for records expungement. Thanks CSJ for joining us to help individuals forge a path forward and thrive!
July 9, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Our July 2025 featured community partner is Californians for Safety and Justice! CSJ's #TimeDone program partners w/ our Clean Slate unit and has worked with us on expanding people's eligibility for records expungement. Thanks CSJ for joining us to help individuals forge a path forward and thrive!