California Legislature Passes First-in-the-Nation Commercial Tenant Protections for Small Businesses and Nonprofits
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: September 3, 2024 Media Contact: Raya Steier, 530-723-2426, rsteier@lccrsf.org ***PRESS RELEASE*** Sacramento, Calif. – This week, the Commercial Tenant Protection Act (SB 1103) was passed by the …
Immigrants in California ICE Detention Center File Civil Rights Complaint After Private Prison Guards Respond to Peaceful Protests with Violent Raid, Pepper Spray, Solitary Confinement
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 15, 2024MEDIA CONTACTS: Alex Mensing, alex@ccijustice.org, 415-684-5463, Raya Steier, rsteier@lccrsf.org, 530-723-2426 ***PRESS RELEASE*** “Everyone get the fuck down on the floor!” yelled a guard at Golden …
U.S. Supreme Court’s Decision in Grants Pass v. Johnson Guts Civil Rights Protections of Unhoused People Nationwide; Lawsuit Against the City of San Francisco Will Proceed
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 28, 2024MEDIA CONTACT: Raya Steier, C:530-723 2426, rsteier@lccrsf.org ***PRESS RELEASE*** San Francisco, Calif.– Today, in a landmark decision, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Grants Pass v. Johnson, a case …
President Biden’s New Asylum Ban Puts Thousands of Lives at Risk
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: June 12, 2024 MEDIA CONTACT: Raya Steier, rsteier@lccrsf.org, C:530-723-2426 ***STATEMENT*** On June 4, 2024, President Biden enacted a ruthless asylum ban that places arbitrary limits on asylum seekers’ …
Lawyers’ Committee in Court Thursday to Argue Habeas Corpus Case Concerning Rights of Immigrants Detained by ICE’s San Francisco Field Office
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 15, 2024MEDIA CONTACT: Raya Steier, 530-723-2426, rsteier@lccrsf.org ***MEDIA ADVISORY*** What: Oral arguments in John Doe v. Merrick Garland, an appeal where the federal government asks the …
Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument on Punishing Homelessness; Ruling will not Prevent Case Against San Francisco from Proceeding
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: April 22, 2024 MEDIA CONTACT: Raya Steier, rsteier@lccrsf.org, C:530-723-2426 ***PRESS RELEASE*** SAN FRANCISCO –Today, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Grants Pass v. Johnson, a case …
Iconic San Francisco Legacy Business Peña Pachamama Faces Closure as It Battles Realty Company’s Exploitation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: April 18, 2024 MEDIA CONTACT: Raya Steier, rsteier@lccrsf.org, C:530-723-2426 Iconic San Francisco Legacy Business Peña Pachamama Faces Closure as It Battles Realty Company’s Exploitation ***PRESS RELEASE*** …
Amici Curiae Brief from Civic Organizations and Local Leaders Blasts San Francisco for Playing Politics at the U.S. Supreme Court to Cover up the City’s Affordable Housing Failures
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 2, 2024 MEDIA CONTACT: Raya Steier, rsteier@lccrsf.org, C: 530-723-2426 ***PRESS RELEASE*** San Francisco, Calif.—Today, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area …