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Lawsuit alleges Sheriff’s Office violates law by sharing license plate reader data
A lawsuit filed Thursday accuses the Marin County Sheriff’s Office of endangering immigrant communities by sharing license plate and location data with federal and other outside agencies in violation...Read More
Judge says city can’t bar prior drug sales arrestees from entering neighborhoods
A San Francisco judge on Friday denied a request for a preliminary injunction from the city that would have barred four people previously arrested for selling drugs from entering...Read More
SF measure to drop municipal voting age makes it to November ballot
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors Tuesday voted unanimously to place a measure on the November ballot that allows city youth aged 16 and 17 to vote in municipal...Read More
Bay Area leaders applaud ‘watershed’ LGBTQ rights U.S. Supreme Court ruling
Gov. Gavin Newsom and Bay Area officials celebrated a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision Monday that extended protections against job discrimination to gay, lesbian and transgender workers. The high...Read More
9th Circuit hears arguments in appeal for restrictive asylum rule
A U.S. Department of Justice lawyer defended a restrictive asylum rule by the administration of President Donald Trump in arguments before a federal appeals court in San Francisco Monday....Read More
Federal judge reinstates nationwide injunction on asylum restriction
A federal judge in Oakland on Monday reinstated a nationwide preliminary injunction blocking a new government rule that would prevent almost all migrants at the southern U.S. border from...Read More
Federal judge blocks administration’s new asylum rule
A federal judge in San Francisco on Wednesday issued a nationwide preliminary injunction blocking a new government rule that would prohibit almost all migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border, including...Read More
Groups challenge asylum restriction in court, say rule ‘cannot stand’
Four refugee assistance groups sued the administration of President Donald Trump in federal court in San Francisco Tuesday to challenge a new rule that severely restricts asylum applications. The...Read More
Court’s legal counsel decision subdues ICE raids
After the American Civil Liberties Union took the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to federal court in Northern California, the impact of the planned raids was subdued Sunday, an...Read More
Injunction becomes latest block of Trump’s partial asylum ban
A federal judge in San Francisco Wednesday issued a preliminary injunction blocking President Donald Trump's partial ban on asylum seekersRead More
Overturn of Trump asylum ban praised by refugee rights group
A spokeswoman for an East Bay refugee rights group that sued President Donald Trump over a partial asylum ban said today the group is thrilled with a temporary restraining...Read More
Judge blocks protected status termination for immigrants
A federal judge in San Francisco has ordered the administration of President Donald Trump to allow more than 300,000 immigrants from El Salvador, Haiti, Nicaragua and Sudan to remain...Read More
Court orders prompt hearings for undocumented teenagers
A federal appeals court ruled in San Francisco Monday that undocumented teenagers who are accused of gang affiliation can't be held in custody indefinitely and must be given a...Read More
Sanctuary state law stands in federal court
A federal judge in Sacramento refused Thursday to block two state laws that the Trump Administration claimed obstructed federal immigration enforcement.Read More
Media sue state over execution viewing
Three media organizations sued California corrections officials in federal court in San Francisco Thursday, seeking the right for witnesses, including reporters, to view the entire procedure of an execution.Read More
Supreme Court denies bond to those facing deportation
The U.S. Supreme Court overruled a San Francisco federal appeals court and said that immigrants facing deportation can be held in custody indefinitely while awaiting resolution of their cases.Read More
Trump team trots out revised travel ban
President Donald Trump Monday signed a revised executive order banning entry to the United States by certain citizens from six predominantly Muslim countries.Read More
Cal, Stanford students sue over Trump immigration order
A student at Cal and another at Stanford University filed suit Thursday challenging President Donald Trump's executive order banning travel from seven majority Muslim countries.Read More
Homeless sue Caltrans over encampment sweeps
A coalition of East Bay homeless people and advocates sued Caltrans in Alameda County Superior Court in Oakland Tuesday.Read More