Ninth Circuit Appears to Reaffirm Civil Rights Protections in Litigation Over San Francisco’s Discriminatory Policing of Unhoused People
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 23, 2023 CONTACT Severn Williams, Public Good PR, 510-336-9566, c: 415-336-9623, sev@publicgoodpr.com SAN FRANCISCO – A three judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held …
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 – …