Our mission is to protect and defend the rights of our indigent clients through effective, vigorous, compassionate, and creative legal advocacy. We strive to provide the highest level of legal advocacy for each of our clients and to be a nationwide model for the delivery of indigent defense services.

San Francisco Public Defender's Office is headquartered in San Francisco, United States.

San Francisco Public Defender's Office was founded in 1921.

San Francisco Public Defender's Office has 200-500 employees.

Our mission is to protect and defend the rights of our indigent clients through effective, vigorous, compassionate, and creative legal advocacy.

Today, the San Francisco Public Defender’s Office launched “ The Adachi Project ”, a first-of-its-kind storytelling initiative that illuminates powerful stories and unseen perspectives of the U.S. criminal legal system. The San Francisco Public Defender’s Office on Wednesday launched a website where members of the public can search for police records of misconduct, shootings, civil suits and certain officer complaints.