The Fresh Start program by the San Diego County Office of the Public Defender offers comprehensive criminal record relief services, including expungement and reclassification of certain convictions. It aims to provide free legal assistance for individuals seeking to clear their records across various types of cases. The program emphasizes expert legal representation and includes services such as sealing records, obtaining certificates of rehabilitation, and providing information on options available to clients.

1. Fresh Start:
Comprehensive
Criminal
Record Relief
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO
OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC DEFENDER
OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC DEFENDER

2. Why it matters ...

3. Who can benefit from
Fresh Start?
Free Service
For Anyone
Anywhere
San Diego County
Cases

4. What makes Fresh
Start Different?
 Breadth of Services

5. Sample of Services . . . .

6.  Expungement (Dismissal) of Criminal Convictions
 Prop. 47 Relief (Reclassifying Certain Low-Level
Felonies to Misdemeanors)
 Prop. 64 Relief (Reclassifying Certain Marijuana Crimes)
 Motions to Reduce Felony Convictions to Misdemeanors
 Motions for Early Termination of Probation
 Human Trafficking Victim Conviction Relief
 Sealing Adult Arrest Records
 Sealing Adult Arrest Records for the Factually Innocent
 Certificates of Rehabilitation/Gubernatorial Pardons
 PC290 Sex Offender Registration Relief
 Correcting Errors in Department of Justice Criminal
History Records
 DNA Database Expungement
 Gang Documentation Relief
 Dismissal Petitions for Successful PC1000 Participants
with Collateral Consequences per PC1203.43
 Fire Camp Participant Dismissal
The List
Grows &
Grows . . .

7. What makes Fresh
Start Different?
 Breadth of Services
 Access to Services

8. http://www.sandiegocounty.gov/content/sdc/public_defender/fresh_start.html
http://bit.ly/FreshStartSD
Fresh Start Program
450 B Street, Suite 900
San Diego, CA 92101
Fresh.Start@sdcounty.ca.gov
(619) 338-4700

9. Information
at your
Fingertips

10. Sample Web
Page

11. How to Get Help . . .

12. Clear My
Record
https://clearmyrecord.codeforamerica.org/

13. What makes Fresh
Start Different?
 Breadth of Services
 Access to Services
 Comprehensive Criminal
Record Review and Relief

14. What’s in
your
record?

15. What makes Fresh
Start Different?
 Breadth of Services
 Access to Services
 Comprehensive Criminal
Record Review and Relief
 Expert Legal Representation
from Start to Finish
 Produce Fresh Start Plan
 Educate you on your options
 Prepare all court filings
 Appear in court to advocate for relief

16. Daniela Reali
San Diego County Office of the
Public Defender
Daniela.reali@sdcounty.ca.gov
(619) 338-4659