San Francisco County: Reentry Legal Services & Voting Information

Reentry Legal Services

Adult Record Remedies

• Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area

  • Second Chance Legal Clinic Free legal assistance for individuals with past arrest or conviction records:
    • Criminal record remedies (aka “expungement”)
    • Employment applications and denials
    • Criminal background check reports
    • Occupational licenses
    • Housing applications and denials
    • Suspended drivers’ licenses
  • Last Tuesday of Each Month at 6pm
  • West Bay Community Center, 1290 Fillmore Street (cross street Eddy), San Francisco, CA 94105
  • Clients must call to sign-up: 415-814-7610
  • Second Chance Flyer
  • Website

• San Francisco Public Defender’s Office Clean Slate Program

  • For more information visit website or call 415.553.9337
  • Download information about the Clean Slate Program: Clean Slate Program Instructions, Procedures, and Application (PDF)
  • You can also visit during Clean Slate drop-in hours: locations and times

Certificates of Rehabilitation

• San Francisco Public Defender’s Office Clean Slate Program

  • For more information visit website or call 415.553.9337

Juvenile Record Sealing

• Probation Special Services

  • Call 415-753-7661 to request an application

Other Legal Services

• Public Defender

  • 555 Seventh Street, San Francisco 94103
  • 415-553-9337
  • fax: 415-553-9646
  • notes: Clean Slate Program

Voter Registration & Information

• Director of Elections

  • City Hall - 1 Dr. Carlton B Goodlett Place, Room 48, San Francisco 94102-4635
  • 415-554-4375
  • fax: 415-554-7344
  • sfvote@sfgov.org
  • http://www.sfgov2.org/index.aspx?page=599
  • hours: 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
  • official: John Arntz

• Voter Registration Status Check

  • 415-554-4375
  • http://www.sfelections.org/VoterRegStatus/index.html