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The San Bernardino County Public Defender’s Office partners with Inland Empire Rebound for an annual Thanksgiving tradition: holiday baskets for IE Rebound’s reentry population. This year, SB County Public Defenders donated enough food for more than 70 complete Thanksgiving meals, including a gift card to purchase a turkey. Thank you…
San Bernardino County CEO Leonard X. Hernandez presented Public Defender Thomas Sone with his 20-year pin to commemorate PD Sone’s two decades of dedicated service to county communities.
The Law Offices of the Public Defender San Bernardino County will celebrate diversity at the Greater Palm Springs Pride Parade 2021. This year’s theme is “You Are Included.” Join the SBCPD Diversity & Inclusion Committee on Sunday, November 7, 2021, at 10am. The parade will begin in the Uptown Design…
On Wednesday, October 13, 2021, San Bernardino County Public Defenders volunteered at the Veteran Stand Down and Homeless Resource Event organized by Reaching New Heights Foundation at Perris Hill Park. Public defenders helped approximately 100 members of the community clear up their warrants, traffic tickets, and misdemeanor and felony cases.…
San Bernardino County Public Defenders volunteered time to assist community members clear their records at the 17th Annual Fontana CAP Resource Fair on Saturday, August 14. Record clearing, or getting criminal convictions dismissed, enables individuals to obtain employment, access better housing, and receive social services. Fontana CAP, or Community Assistance…
On Tuesday, September 21, San Bernardino County Public Defender staff will be available in person to assist High Desert residents seeking to clear adult felony and misdemeanor records and/or apply for Certificates of Rehabilitation. The record-clearing event will take place at Abundant Living Family Church’s High Desert campus at 17555…
On Monday, August 2, 2021, attorney Kawika Smith took his oath of office to serve as a judge in the San Bernardino County Superior Court. Governor Gavin Newsom announced Judge Smith’s appointment on July 9. Judge Smith served as Supervising Deputy Public Defender at the Law Offices of the Public…
Last month San Bernardino County Public Defender Social Service Practitioners (SSPs) lent support to San Bernardino Fatherhood for two events. Our SSP team co-sponsored the organization’s 24/7 Dad Key Behaviors Workshop, held at the San Bernardino YMCA on Saturday, June 12, 2021, with item donations. Workshop participants learned about the…
We are proud to announce that the Law Offices of the Public Defender San Bernardino County has received a 2021 National Association of Counties (NACo) Achievement Award for our partnership with New Hope, a program of Abundant Living Family Church in the High Desert. New Hope prevents recidivism and assists…
On May 27, 2021, more than a dozen Public Defender staff participated in the Way World Outreach Resource Fair in San Bernardino. The staff members (pictured below) received over 300 intake packets that will be processed to help community members get their criminal convictions dismissed so as to obtain employment,…
