10th annual public defenders summit. Im so excited to be here today. Our office has been putting on this summit for the past 10 years. We draw together attorneys, community leaders, nonprofit leaders and directors and people committed to improving the criminal Justice System. We come together once a year to talk about the issues and problems that we want to solve. This year is a particularly special summit because yesterday marked the 50th an niversary of the Supreme Court decision. One of the most significant dimensions our country. On march 16, 1963, the court said you have a right to a lawyer. Even though it had been part of the constitution as the 6th amendment for years and years it was not recognized it was a right until they said it was an obligation by the state to provide a lawyer. It never would have happened unless gideon, a drifter who had been involved convicted for robbing a pool hall. At that time unless you were charged with a capital offense, you would not be given a l
Chineseamericans. Were linked to help build railroads with many of the chinese immigrants coming to San Francisco to join in the immigration station just to reach our shores. This new bridge will not be just an engineer marvel but carrying 2 hundred and 80 thousand vehicles between San Francisco and the east bay each day and hundreds of thousands of bicyclists at the same time. Today marks the historic part of our region but its a long ending of a long chapter after the 1989 earthquake. Just 29 years ago it took 63 lives. And we were forced to with an accepted opportunity to build something better. In my city because of the earthquake the embark freeway is gone. Now the service retrofit of todays bay bridge will insure that when the next massive earthquake hits our infrastructure will withstand that. It serves as ingenuity and it will help us. As we say thank you to the contractors and the engineers, the men and women in our labor force and their representatives and as they go on to ot
The most significant dimensions our country. On march 16, 1963, the court said you have a right to a lawyer. Even though it had been part of the constitution as the 6th amendment for years and years it was not recognized it was a right until they said it was an obligation by the state to provide a lawyer. It never would have happened unless gideon, a drifter who had been involved convicted for robbing a pool hall. At that time unless you were charged with a capital offense, you would not be given a lawyer. You had to represent yourself. The gideon decision changed that for felony cases and that brought other cases. But this is still a basic right that we are fighting for each and every day there was a New York Times article yesterday, its called the right to council. Badly battered add at 50. In miami they handle more than 550,000 cases a year. All of city and county systems that pretty much rely on local funding to provide public defenders. In kentucky, 68 percent of poor people accus
Should be elevated and think great thoughts. He should not be in the hustle and bustle of the urban environment. There were very restrictive. They tried to say you had to have certain setbacks and you could not use buildings for other than the residents, and you could not be a minority unless you had permission. That was a big problem. They are still here. You can see this place. I am not positive i know where this is. Can you aureate me . That is ocean avenue on the bottom left. The center line of that is myrmar ave. What is there that anybody would know . There are two gates. On the monterey side, theres a beautiful ornamental gate that welcomes people. All bungalows. What do you mean by that . Traditionally, it is all on of little half story it is up on a little half story. They are smaller homes. There were supposed to be within reach of the average working man. Architecturally, the bomb blows bungalows were derived from craftsman style and affected by the mission revival. This is
10th annual public defenders summit. Im so excited to be here today. Our office has been putting on this summit for the past 10 years. We draw together attorneys, community leaders, nonprofit leaders and directors and people committed to improving the criminal Justice System. We come together once a year to talk about the issues and problems that we want to solve. This year is a particularly special summit because yesterday marked the 50th an niversary of the Supreme Court decision. One of the most significant dimensions our country. On march 16, 1963, the court said you have a right to a lawyer. Even though it had been part of the constitution as the 6th amendment for years and years it was not recognized it was a right until they said it was an obligation by the state to provide a lawyer. It never would have happened unless gideon, a drifter who had been involved convicted for robbing a pool hall. At that time unless you were charged with a capital offense, you would not be given a l