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, …
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Announces Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Award Winners; Dr. Kimberlé Crenshaw Among Awardees
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Raya Steier, 530-723-2426, rsteier@lccrsf.org ***PRESS RELEASE*** SAN FRANCISCO – The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area (LCCRSF) announced the recipients of …
San Francisco’s Appeal of our Preliminary Injunction is Political Grandstanding; Reveals the City’s Refusal to Confront its Failed Response to the Homelessness and Affordable Housing Crisis
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 25th January 2023 MEDIA CONTACT: Raya Steier rsteier@lccrsf.org 530-723-2426 ***PRESS RELEASE*** On Monday, San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu filed a Notice of Appeal, stating his intention …
Joint Statement from Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area and the ACLU of Northern California on the Violent Attack on an Unhoused Resident by a San Francisco Business Owner
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 10, 2023 MEDIA CONTACT: Raya Steier, rsteier@lccrsf.org, 530-723-2426 ***PRESS RELEASE*** On Monday, 9th January 2023, the social media account of a small business in San Francisco’s …
Victory! Judge Grants Preliminary Injunction Barring San Francisco from Brutal Practice of Criminalizing Homelessness as Cover for the City’s Affordable Housing Failures.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 24th December 2022 MEDIA CONTACT: Raya Steier rsteier@lccrsf.org 530-723-2426 ***PRESS RELEASE*** Last night, just a day after the preliminary hearing in the case, a federal judge in …
Plaintiffs in the Lawsuit Against San Francisco for Criminalizing Homelessness will Hold a Press Conference Tomorrow Before Preliminary Hearing in the Case
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 21st December 2022 MEDIA CONTACT: Raya Steier rsteier@lccrsf.org 530-723-2426 ***PRESS RELEASE*** Tomorrow, plaintiffs in the lawsuit against the City of San Francisco for criminalizing homelessness will hold …
Victory! San Mateo Ends Collection of Illegal Court Fees that Penalize Poverty; Settlement Talks With California’s Statewide Judicial Council Continue
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 15, 2022 Media Contact Raya Steier rsteier@lccrsf.org 530-723-2426 ***PRESS RELEASE*** SAN MATEO, CA — The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area, the ACLU Foundation …
City of San Francisco & Mayor London Breed Sued for Harassing Unhoused San Franciscans, Violating Civil Rights to Cover Up the City’s Affordable Housing Failures
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 28th September 2022 MEDIA CONTACT: Raya Steier rsteier@lccrsf.org 530-723-2426 ***PRESS RELEASE*** Late yesterday, the Coalition on Homelessness and seven individual plaintiffs filed suit against the City and …