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On Thursday, October 27, 2022, San Bernardino County Public Defender staff attended the Health Resource Fair hosted by Allied Health in the San Bernardino Valley College where they provided record clearing services to its local community. The Health Resource Fair provided many other services, including vaccinations, job opportunities and children

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Since 2009, members of the Public Defender’s Office have continued to make food, clothing, school, and hygiene donations to the Youth Hope Foundation.  Youth Hope is a nonprofit foundation located in Redlands California that helps homeless and at risk youth with food, education, job training, housing, and healthcare service.  On

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On Thursday, August 25, 2022, San Bernardino County Public Defender staff assisted community members seeking to clear their felony and misdemeanor records at the county’s resource fair in Joshua Tree. The Morongo Basin Resource Fair brought several job opportunities along with community services to High Desert residents. This successful event

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The San Bernardino County Law Offices of the Public Defender has received the 2022 National Association of Counties (NACo) Achievement Award for two of its holistic-based programs. The first award was presented to the Mental Health Diversion program(“MHD”); a viable alternative to incarceration for the mentally ill, made in collaboration

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On Thursday, June 2, 2022, the San Bernardino County held a Ribbon Cutting ceremony for the new Public Defender building located at 323 West Court Street in San Bernardino. The building will house several public defender divisions including, Central, Administration and specialty units from the Special Litigation and Human Services

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Our office is seeking to fill several positions with the Public Defense Pilot Program, focused on assisting clients with resentencing under Penal Code Sections 1170(d)(1), 1170.95, and 3051. Please read full job descriptions below. CONTRACT ATTORNEY The Office of the San Bernardino County Public Defender is currently recruiting qualified candidates

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