How Does Silicon Valley De-Bug San Mateo Hope to Improve Public Defense and the Criminal Legal System w/Ana Ramirez Zarate and Lourdes Best

Today, Hunter spoke with Anna Ramirez Zarate and Lourdes Best of the San Mateo Chapter of Silicon Valley De-Bug. On today’s episode, we will hear about how the community views the criminal legal system, the Private Defender Program in San Mateo, and how they felt about the harmful, racist emails sent by some members of PDP.

 

Guest

Ana Ramirez Zarate, Community and Participatory Defense Organizer, Silicon Valley De-Bug

Lourdes Best, Community and Participatory Defense Organizer, Silicon Valley De-Bug

Resources:

SVDB Socials

https://www.youtube.com/user/DeBugTV

https://www.siliconvalleydebug.org/

https://www.instagram.com/sv_debug/?hl=en

https://x.com/svdebug?lang=en

Complaint with CRC

https://civilrightscorps.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/San-Mateo-Petitioners-Additional-Brief7.2022.pdf

 

Reports about PDP

https://sanmateo.courts.ca.gov/system/files/private_defender_program.pdf

https://www.smcgov.org/media/2466/download?inline=

https://sanmateo.courts.ca.gov/system/files/balance_scale_of_justice.pdf

https://6ac.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Harvey-M.-Rose-Associates-San-Mateo-County-Evaluation-Jan.-2022-2.pdf

Emails About Silicon Valley De-Bug

https://www.mercurynews.com/2024/09/23/after-san-mateo-court-complaint-civil-rights-group-is-profanely-assailed-in-secret-by-their-supposed-allies/

https://x.com/svdebug/status/1838380292765327581

 

*** Note on the Episode****

Following my conversation with Lisa and Harpreet flat rate fees in the PDP, Lisa informed me that the Office of the State Public Defender in California released Standards for Contract Panels. They discourage any flat fee compensation. As a result, Lisa will now be working with the county to move away from the flat rate fees towards an all-hourly compensation rate.

New Standards Can be Found Here

https://www.ospd.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/CA-Standards_ContractPanelDefense.pdf

 

 

 

 

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