‘Be The Jury’ Pilot Program Evaluation Shows Providing $100 a Day Compensation Helps Low-Income Individuals Participate in Civic Rights and Duties August 18, 2023 Read More
A Juror Gets Paid Just $15 A Day For Serving. A State Bill Would Up That Amount July 02, 2023 Read More
From $15 to $100: Proposal to increase juror pay across CA one step closer to becoming reality June 27, 2023 Read More
Incarceration Without Exploitation Read our report on how San Francisco eliminated profits on commissary and the positive impacts of this reform. Read More
Be The Jury: One-Year Evaluation of Program Read our report on the one-year evaluation of the Be The Jury Pilot Program, an effort to ensure that juries reflect the economic diversity of San Francisco. Read More
San Francisco Museums for All: Case Study and Impact Report Read our report about the San Francisco Museums for All Program, used over 130,000 times in 2022 by low-income San Franciscans. Read More
People Over Profits: A Truly Free, No Cost Tablet Program for Incarcerated People in San Francisco Read our report about San Francisco's first-in-the-nation effort to provide a completely free tablet to incarcerated people. Read More
Be The Jury: Preliminary Results from First Six Months of Pilot Program Read our report on the preliminary results of the Be The Jury Pilot Program, an effort to ensure that juries reflect the economic diversity of San Francisco. Read More
Eliminating Discriminatory Fines & Fees: Learning from San Francisco - Center for an Urban Future April 28, 2022 Read More
Civil Assessments: The Hidden Court Fee that Penalizes Poverty - Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights of the SF Bay Area March 02, 2022 Read More
Inequitable fines and fees hurt vulnerable communities. Now, policymakers have an opportunity for reform. - The Brookings Institution December 17, 2021 Read More
Policies and Programs for Inclusive and Equitable Recovery - The Urban Institute November 18, 2021 The Urban Institute highlighted The Financial Justice Project's work to reform fines and fees in San Francisco as a critical step to recovering from the COVID-19-induced recession. Read More
Case Study on The San Francisco Financial Justice Project - Results For America September 15, 2021 Results For America authored a case study on The Financial Justice Project, highlighting our work to assess and reform fines and fees in San Francisco. Read More
NEW Report: SF Museums for All Program Provides Free Admissions to Over 130,000 Low-Income San Franciscans June 12, 2023 Read More
NEW Report: First-of-its-kind SF Program Provides FREE Tablets to Incarcerated People May 31, 2023 Read More
New Child-Friendly Visiting Room Opens at SF Jail with Aim to Reduce Intergenerational Incarceration March 20, 2023 Read More
Unique Pilot Program Shows Success in Expanding Racial and Economic Diversity in San Francisco Jury Pools December 02, 2022 Read More
2022 Cities & Counties for Fine and Fee Justice Bootcamp Recording March 04, 2022 On March 3-4, 2022, The Financial Justice Project, PolicyLink, and the Fines & Fees Justice Center hosted the first Cities & Counties for Fine and Fee Justice Bootcamp. Read More
Info Session on 2022 Fine and Fee Justice Bootcamp - Cities & Counties for Fine and Fee Justice December 09, 2021 Read More
Webinar on SFMTA's NEW Discounts for People Experiencing Homelessness - The Financial Justice Project October 07, 2021 Read More
3/23 Online Panel on Prison and Jail Phone Justice - Worth Rises at The Greene Space March 23, 2021 The SF Financial Justice Project participated on an online panel hosted by Worth Rises at The Greene Space... Read More
The High Cost of Jail Calls and Commissary Markups - Aspen Institute February 23, 2021 The SF Financial Justice Project participated in a panel with the Aspen Institute and community advocates on February 23, 2021 on the costs... Read More
New Fine and Fee Discounts for Struggling San Franciscans - The Financial Justice Project February 02, 2021 The Financial Justice Project hosted a webinar on new fine and fee discounts for struggling San Franciscans for service providers and partners in community... Read More
Local Government Use of Fines and Fees - Michigan Journal of Law Reform January 28, 2021 The Financial Justice Project joined the Michigan Journal of Law Reform for a panel on how local governments use fines and fees as a revenue source... Read More
How We Rise: How social networks impact economic mobility - Brookings Institution January 12, 2021 The Financial Justice Project joined the Race, Prosperity and Inclusion Initiative at Brookings and community leaders from Racine, WI and Washington, DC for a webinar to examine... Read More
Cities & Counties for Fine and Fee Justice - PolicyLink December 18, 2019 To seize upon and expand the movement for Financial Justice, PolicyLink, The Financial Justice Project, and the Fines and Fees Justice Center have established... Read More
The Payback Problem: Why Child Support in California Goes to the Gov't Instead - PolicyLink April 30, 2019 The Financial Justice Project joined PolicyLink and other experts for a conversation on how very year, hundreds of thousands of poor children across California... Read More
