﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!--RSS Genrated: Wed, 15 Apr 2026 01:49:07 GMT--><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:ev="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/event/"><channel><title>Santa Cruz County Public Defender</title><link>https://santacruzdefenders.us:443/News/TabId/8489/ctl/rss/mid/20597/Default.aspx</link><atom:link href="https://santacruzdefenders.us:443/News/TabId/8489/ctl/rss/mid/20597/Default.aspx" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><description>RSS document</description><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Edward Willey]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[Santa Cruz County Public Defender Wants More Immigration Lawyers]]></title><link>https://santacruzlocal.org/2025/07/31/public-defender-wants-immigration-lawyers/</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2025 17:49:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://santacruzlocal.org/2025/07/31/public-defender-wants-immigration-lawyers/</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[5c30d7d6-8585-40f5-bfc1-8293c29eced3-907]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Edward Willey]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[Santa Cruz PDO Juneteenth Statement]]></title><link>https://santacruzdefenders.us/Portals/34/Juneteenth Statement PDO 2025.pdf</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2025 22:38:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://santacruzdefenders.us/Portals/34/Juneteenth Statement PDO 2025.pdf</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[5c30d7d6-8585-40f5-bfc1-8293c29eced3-847]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Edward Willey]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA["This was all sitting there": How California fails to prevent wrongful convictions]]></title><link>https://www.santacruzdefenders.us/AboutUs/OurTeam.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2025 22:25:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://www.santacruzdefenders.us/AboutUs/OurTeam.aspx</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[5c30d7d6-8585-40f5-bfc1-8293c29eced3-846]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Edward Willey]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[Unequal Scales: California’s Investment Disparity Between Prosecution and Public Defense]]></title><link>https://santacruzdefenders.us/Portals/34/Unequal Scales_California's Investment Disparity between Prosecution and Public Defense.pdf</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2025 18:31:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://santacruzdefenders.us/Portals/34/Unequal Scales_California's Investment Disparity between Prosecution and Public Defense.pdf</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[5c30d7d6-8585-40f5-bfc1-8293c29eced3-842]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Edward Willey]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[Podcast: The Revival of Public Defense in Santa Cruz County w/ Heather Rogers & Caitlin Becker]]></title><link>https://santacruzdefenders.us/News/TabId/8489/ArtMID/20597/ArticleID/829/Podcast-The-Revival-of-Public-Defense-in-Santa-Cruz-County-w-Heather-Rogers-Caitlin-Becker.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[  Episode Description  

 Hunter Parnell spoke with Heather Rogers and Caitlin Becker of the Santa Cruz County Public Defenders. In 2020, the Sixth Amendment Center put together a report detailing ...]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2025 22:18:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://santacruzdefenders.us/News/TabId/8489/ArtMID/20597/ArticleID/829/Podcast-The-Revival-of-Public-Defense-in-Santa-Cruz-County-w-Heather-Rogers-Caitlin-Becker.aspx</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[5c30d7d6-8585-40f5-bfc1-8293c29eced3-829]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Edward Willey]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[Report calls for new jail or mental health facility in Santa Cruz County]]></title><link>https://santacruzlocal.org/2025/04/09/report-new-jail-or-mental-health-facility/</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2025 22:40:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://santacruzlocal.org/2025/04/09/report-new-jail-or-mental-health-facility/</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[5c30d7d6-8585-40f5-bfc1-8293c29eced3-828]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Edward Willey]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[Local lawyers speak to immigrant fears, the rights they have — and what they should do right now]]></title><link>https://lookout.co/santa-cruz-county-lawyers-speak-to-immigrant-fears-the-rights-they-have-and-what-they-should-do-right-now/</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 13 Feb 2025 18:17:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://lookout.co/santa-cruz-county-lawyers-speak-to-immigrant-fears-the-rights-they-have-and-what-they-should-do-right-now/</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[5c30d7d6-8585-40f5-bfc1-8293c29eced3-808]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Edward Willey]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[Santa Cruz Public Defender moves to solidify ‘Holistic Defense’ model]]></title><link>https://www.santacruzsentinel.com/2024/05/28/santa-cruz-public-defender-moves-to-solidify-holistic-defense-model/</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 31 May 2024 19:04:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://www.santacruzsentinel.com/2024/05/28/santa-cruz-public-defender-moves-to-solidify-holistic-defense-model/</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[5c30d7d6-8585-40f5-bfc1-8293c29eced3-706]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Edward Willey]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[BENCH WARRANT RELIEF DAY - Saturday January 27th, 2024 from 10am to 2pm]]></title><link>https://santacruzdefenders.us/News/TabId/8489/ArtMID/20597/ArticleID/652/BENCH-WARRANT-RELIEF-DAY-Saturday-January-27th-2024-from-10am-to-2pm.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[  BENCH WARRANT RELIEF DAY  

  
Santa Cruz County Criminal Justice Partners (CJP), including the Office of the Public Defender, District Attorney’s Office, Probation Department, and Superior ...]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jan 2024 01:12:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://santacruzdefenders.us/News/TabId/8489/ArtMID/20597/ArticleID/652/BENCH-WARRANT-RELIEF-DAY-Saturday-January-27th-2024-from-10am-to-2pm.aspx</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[5c30d7d6-8585-40f5-bfc1-8293c29eced3-652]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[superuser]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[Santa Cruz County’s plan to tackle homelessness is seeing results]]></title><link>https://lookout.co/santacruz/community-voices/opinion-from-community-voices/story/2023-11-14/santa-cruz-county-plan-to-tackle-homelessness-is-seeing-results-carlos-palacios-op-ed</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 18:43:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://lookout.co/santacruz/community-voices/opinion-from-community-voices/story/2023-11-14/santa-cruz-county-plan-to-tackle-homelessness-is-seeing-results-carlos-palacios-op-ed</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[5c30d7d6-8585-40f5-bfc1-8293c29eced3-650]]></dc:identifier></item></channel></rss>