California

Division of Juvenile Justice
Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
Bernard Warner, Chief Deputy Secretary
1515 S  Street
Ste 502 South
Sacramento, CA 95814
Tel: (916) 323-6001; Fax: (916) 442-2637;
Email: bernard.warner@cdcr.ca.gov
Second-in-Command:
Silvia Garcia
Tel: (916) 262-1467
Support Staff:
Yolanda Ortiz
Email: yortiz@cya.ca.gov
http://www.cya.ca.gov/

San Bernardino County Chief Probation Officer
Jerry Harper,
175 West 5th St.
San Bernardino, CA 92415
Tel: (909)387-5693; Fax: (909)387-5600
Email: jharper@prob.sbcounty.gov

Chief Probabtion Officer
City and County of San Francisco
William Siffermann,
375 Woodside Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94127-1221
Tel: (415)753-7556; Fax: (415)753-7557
Email: william.siffermann@sfgov.org

Western Juvenile Defender Center

Elizabeth Calvin
Children's Rights Advocates
11500 West Olympic Boulevard #441
Los Angeles, CA 90064
(310) 477-5540 (phone) / (310) 477-4622 (fax)
Email: calvine@hrw.org

Pacific Juvenile Defender Center

California & Hawaii
Patricia Lee
San Francisco Public Defender’s Office
Juvenile Division
374 Woodside Avenue
Room 118
San Francisco, CA 94127
(415) 753-7610 (phone) / (415) 566-3030 (fax)
Email: patricia_lee@ci.sf.ca.us

Juvenile Justice Specialist
Marlon Yarber
Corrections Standards Authority
600 Bercut Drive, Suite A
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 323-8859
Fax: (916) 445-5796

Critical Resistance National Office
Rose Braz
1904 Franklin Street, Suite 504
Oakland, CA 94612
Phone: 510-444-0484
Fax: 510-444-2177
Email: crnational@criticalresistance.com

NCCD
Barry Krisberg
1970 Broadway
Oakland, CA 94612
Telephone:  (510) 208-0500
Fax:  (510) 208-0500
http://www.nccd-crc.org/

Youth Law Center
Sue Burrell
200 Pine Street, Suite 300
San Francisco, CA 94104
Phone: (415) 543-3379
Fax: (415) 956-9022

Books not Bars
Sumayyah Waheed
Books Not Bars Policy Advocate
Ella Baker Center for Human Rights
344 40th Street
Oakland, CA 94609
510.428.3939 x234
bnb@booksnotbars.org
http://ellabakercenter.org/page.php?pageid=2

Human Rights Watch
11500 Olympic Blvd., Suite 441
Los Angeles, CA 90064
Tel: 310.477.5540
Fax: 310.477.4622
hrwla@hrw.org

Human Rights Watch
100 Bush St., #1812
San Francisco, CA 94104
Tel: 415.362.3250
Fax: 415.362.3255
Email: hrwsf@hrw.org

Burns Institute
James Bell
180 Howard Street, Suite 320
San Francisco, CA 94105
telephone: 415.321.4100
fax: 415.321.4140
email: info@burnsinstitute.org

Youth Justice Coalition
Kim McGrill
253 West Martin Luther King Blvd.
Los Angeles CA, 90008
Phone: 323-235-4243
Fax: 323-415-9685
Email: freelanow@yahoo.com

State Juvenile Justice Specialist
Ms. Karen Stoll
California Board of Corrections
Phone: 916-445-8066
Email: karen.stoll@cdcr.ca.gov
http://www.cdcr.ca.gov/DivisionsBoards/CSA/index.html

State Advisory Group Chair
Mr. Victor Mow
County of San Joaquin
Phone: 209-468-9760
Email: vicmow@co.san-joaquin.ca.us

Chapters of parent & family advocacy organizations:
Families Against Mandatory Minimums (FAMM) state chapters:
http://www.famm.org/TakeAction/FindaFAMMVolunteer.aspx

Citizens United for Rehabilitation of Errants (CURE) state chapters:
http://www.curenational.org/new/index.html

Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health (FFMCH) state chapters:
http://www.ffcmh.org/who_chapters.php

Community Parent Resource Centers:
http://www.taalliance.org/centers/index.htm

Protection & Advocacy System state contacts:
http://www.ndrn.org/aboutus/consumer.htm