public defender for the city and county. kpix 5's jackie ward. >> reporter: the public defender's office can now breathe a sigh of relief as a new leader is named. >> and ladies and gentlemen, at this time the next public defender of the city and county of san francisco, minou raju. [ applause ] >> reporter: stepping into the position jeff adachi left behind, has been with san francisco's public defender's office for the last 11 years. >> i am humbled to be able to work in such an incredible office where everyone lays it on the line for our clients day in and out with commitment, with skill, and with empathy. >> reporter: some city insiders thought chief attorney and the public defender's office gonzalez would take his place, but he actually recommended raju for the job, partially because he didn't want it. >> i am verywould have picked this attorney. he's an outstanding choice. >> reporter: while raju says he is different than adachi, a lot of the same values will carry over into the office. >> there was a lot of support in my office, from the people in the community and the people in my office and families of our clients k

public defender's office, if someone complained, or a family member? >> yes, and more. it can come from a friend. it can come from the public defender. it can come from the d.a.'s office. it can come from the sheriff. that's the whole point, we have to institutionalize the process so people and agencies and agents know they can share the information. and then it is those agencies' obligations to make sure that the complaints are handled appropriately, both internally and externally. i think where we've had problems in the past is that externally the information wasn't shared properly. it wasn't shared expeditiously, and it wasn't shared efficiently. and all three of those things have led to a number of the problems that we're addressing now. >> and i think that's why a lot of people get confused. >> yes. >> and that's why family members will come to us with complaints. >> correct. >> and i'm really happy that your office is open to say, come in with complaints, with whomever it is, family members, friends, whomever -- >> otherwise you marginalize -- >> yes. so when someone comes with a complaint, you have to go to the sheriff's department and say, we have this

public defender jeff adachi. kron 4's sara stinson has the details. here at the san francisco city hall, mayor london breed has announced she has picked manohar raju as the new public defender. he says his office still mourning the loss of jeff adachi, but he's excited for this opportunity."i was super excited. we have a wonderful office, it's been inspired and run by jeff adachi for a number of years and i am humbled to lead this office to the next level."raju has been a public defender for 18 years, 11 of which was spent at the san francisco public defenders office.he currently manages the felony division. mayor london breed says there was a lot of solid candidates, but picked raju as she believes his experience will help him create change in the criminal justice system. "he has been an advocate not only in the courtroom, but also making policy changes, fighting for more african american representation in juries, going to sacramento to push for policy changes to make our courtrooms more equitable. and i know that mano is commited to continue pushing and advocating for these policy changes."raju says as the new public defender he plans to build on the work of adachi and working with his staff

defendant by virtue of their office. >>'s twitter account is a designated public forum? >> no, your honor. >> the question i ask is whether you are claiming the only private action he took was of blocking these people? is the twitter account a public forum? >> no. that goes to the second critical error by the district court. we believe that the state action in question whether blocking itself is government authority is a question that should be addressed before the public forum. if there is no state action, there cannot be a first amendment violation. the constitution does not prohibit private parties from -- on theour argument that, defense side, it is a private party? that,e if you are asking it is curious to me that the department of justice is here representing a private entity. is an unofficial capacity. it is the department's policy to defend public officials who are in their official capacity. when theyrrect suggest that this is something that donald trump did an ache official capacity. donald trump has had the ability account anyone from his long before his presi

s office under mr. brown, but he really shaped it beyond the status quo of that time to make it the most progressive and effective public defender's office in the united states of america, and i don't say things like that lately. he actively recruited a remarkable team of talented folks who, quite frankly, could have gone to higher paying jobs, but it is really their life's work. it is a scrappy, amazing team, and i do have to say, jeff and i had our differences, i am known for being a bit tight with the money. he would come in, and kemal harris was asking for three new deputies, and then he said he should get three new deputies, and i would say no, the d.a. handles all the cases, you handle a subset of the cases, so let's do it on the map. he would stay here until 3:00 in the morning until the budget was done, and would ultimately end up with one more than he should have. but jeff was the of cool. this is the guy who could pull off wearing a suit suit, and he was also cool as it related to his legal innovations, whether it was drug court, the clean slate expungement services, of which i actually try to avail myself of, but was to