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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
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
Appeals court blocks appropriation of military funds for border wall
A federal appeals court in San Francisco on Wednesday refused to allow the Trump administration of President Donald Trump to begin spending $2.5 billion in diverted military funds on...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
Thousands protest Trump family separation policy
Large gatherings took place Saturday to protest of the Trump Administration policy of separating undocumented immigrant parents from their children.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
Alameda County shifts many arraignments back to Oakland
Alameda County court officials announced Tuesday that starting next Monday, in-custody arraignments of inmates from the northern part of the county will again be held in Oakland.Read More
As feds bail, SF stands behind police reforms
San Francisco city and police officials Tuesday said they will continue to implement reforms recommended last year by the U.S. Department of Justice.Read More
Cameras aim to deter, identify freeway shooters
Contra Costa County officials hope that by this summer a project will be underway to help law enforcement deter or capture people responsible for a series of shootings.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
Detainees released amid day two of SFO protests
Four who were detained at SFO under President Trump's Executive Order have been released, while a final fifth person is being processed.Read More
Hundreds swarm SFO to protest Trump’s Muslim ban
Hundreds swarmed inside SFO to condemn reports that immigrants are being held under Trump's executive order banning entry into the U.S. from Muslim-majority countries.Read More