‘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
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
Survey of People Incarcerated in San Francisco County Jails February 18, 2021 Read our survey of people incarcerated in San Francisco jails, one of the largest surveys of its kind. Read More
Justice is Calling February 18, 2021 Read our report on our first-in-the-nation work to put People Over Profits by making jail phone calls free and ending commissary store markups. Read More
In California, how much do parents pay to talk to their children who are locked up in county juvenile facilities? The Financial Justice Project partnered with the Young Women's Freedom Center and Children's Defense Fund-California to publish a report on the expensive and varying costs of juvenile hall phone calls. Read More
How much do California jails charge incarcerated people for toothpaste, soap, and coffee? The Financial Justice Project partnered with the Young Women's Freedom Center to publish a report on how many California jails use their commissaries as profit centers to fund jail operations. As a result, incarcerated people and their families pay the price. Read More
Advancing Financial Justice in San Francisco: The Experience and Lessons of the City’s Financial Justice Project Three and a half years after the launch of The Financial Justice Project, we are sharing our experiences and lessons learned implementing reforms to local fines and fees in San Francisco. Read More
Driving Toward Justice April 27, 2020 How ending driver’s license suspensions for unpaid traffic tickets helps communities without impacting court collections. Read More
Relief from Government-Owed Child Support Debt August 28, 2019 For many low-income families in California, the majority of their child support payments go to the government, not to children. Read More
The Payback Problem April 08, 2019 The report reveals that every year, hundreds of thousands of low-income children do not receive their full child support payment Read More
Long Overdue: Eliminating Fines on Overdue materials to Improve Access to San Francisco Public Library January 17, 2019 The Financial Justice Project partnered with the San Francisco Public Library to publish a report on the impact of the library’s overdue fines. 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
NEW: $50 million in debt relief for tens of thousands of local residents September 15, 2022 Read More
Reforming Fines and Fees: From Wealth Stripping to Economic Security - PolicyLink April 03, 2018 The Financial Justice Project joined PolicyLink and other experts for a conversation on how regressive fines-and-fees systems can strip wealth from low-income families... Read More
