Civil Rights, Law Enforcement, and Legal Services Groups Invite San Francisco City Attorney to Discuss Settlement, Refocus City’s Efforts to Improve Homelessness Crisis
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 10, 2023 MEDIA CONTACT: Nina Erlich-Williams, nina@publicgoodpr.com 510-336-9566, C: 415-577-1153 ***PRESS RELEASE*** San Francisco, Calif. – Today the ACLU of Northern California; Lawyers’ Committee for Civil …
Homeless Advocates Respond to San Francisco’s Flouting of Court Order to Stop Policing Unhoused People with No Shelter Access Amidst Affordable Housing Crisis
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 26, 2023 PRESS CONTACT: Severn Williams, Public Good PR, 510-336-9566, c: 415-336-9623, sev@publicgoodpr.com ***PRESS RELEASE*** SAN FRANCISCO – On behalf of the Coalition on Homelessness, attorneys …
California Court of Appeal Declares San Francisco’s Poverty Tows Unconstitutional As Legislature Confronts Towing Policies Statewide
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 24, 2023 PRESS CONTACT: Raya Steier, 530-723-2426, rsteier@lccrsf.org ***PRESS RELEASE*** San Francisco, CA– Last Friday, the California Court of Appeal held that San Francisco’s policy of …
Federal Court Slams For-Profit Immigration Detention Center for Solitary Confinement Policies
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 26, 2023 MEDIA CONTACT: Raya Steier, 530-723-2426, rsteier@lccrsf.org ***PRESS RELEASE*** Coalition issues public letter warning ICE that the private prison corporation is in violation of their …
Litigation Victory Signals End to California Courts’ Illegal Late Fees That Penalized Poverty For Profit
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 25, 2023 MEDIA CONTACT: Raya Steier, 530-723-2426, rsteier@lccrsf.org ***PRESS RELEASE*** San Francisco, CA- The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area, …
After Hours of Violent Abuse, ICE and Geo Group Abruptly Transfer Four Mesa Verde Hunger Strikers to Texas
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Raya Steier, 530-723-2426, rsteier@lccrsf.org Civil Rights Groups File for Temporary Restraining Order Against ICE, GEO Group BAKERSFIELD, CALIF. – Shortly after 6 a.m. on March 7, 2023, …
Hunger Strikers in Central Valley Immigration Detention Facilities File Class Action Lawsuit Against ICE, GEO Group for Illegal Retaliation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Kurtis Wu, 415-816-7396, kwu@lccrsf.org Lawsuit Filed on Seventh Day of Peaceful Protest Demanding Hunger Strikers’ Release from Detention and Shutdown of Facilities SAN FRANCISCO – …
BREAKING: Seventy-seven Detained Immigrants Launch Hunger Strike at Two Central Valley Facilities, Protest Unpaid Labor and Inhumane Conditions
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Raya Steier, 530-723-2426, rsteier@lccrsf.org | Edwin Carmona-Cruz, 415-933-4922 , edwin@ccijustice.org Strikers demand immediate release and the closure of both immigration facilities BAKERSFIELD AND MCFARLAND, CALIF. – Today, …