Groundbreaking Bill Introduced to Create California Public State Bank
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 9, 2020 Media Contacts Sam Lew, 415-272-8022, slew@lccrsf.orgCalifornia Public Banking Alliance Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area, Communications Manager Fermin Vasquez, 213-924-7661,press@calreinvest.orgCalifornia Reinvestment …
Letter Demands City of Sacramento Drop Charges Against 72 Protesters for Violating Curfew
For Immediate Release June 15, 2020 Media Contacts: Sam Lew, 415-272-8022, slew@lccrsf.org, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the …
Judge Orders ICE to Maintain Pandemic Protections at Detention Centers
FORIMMEDIATE RELEASE June 9, 2020 MEDIA CONTACTS Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area, Sam Lew, slew@lccrsf.org, (415) 272-8022 Judge Orders ICE to Maintain Pandemic Protections at Detention …
Court of Appeal Ruling Could Invalidate Thousands of Driver’s License Suspensions
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 4, 2020 MEDIA CONTACTS Bay Area Legal Aid, Taylor Brady, Tbrady@baylegal.org, (510) 250-5234 Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area, Sam Lew, slew@lccrsf.org, (415) 272-8022 Western …
Immigrant, 74, Dies By Suicide in Mesa Verde Detention Facility
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 18, 2020 MEDIA CONTACTS: ACLU SoCal Communications & Media Advocacy, communications@aclusocal.org, 626-755-4129 Centro Legal de la Raza, jchavez@centrolegal.org, 559-213-6841 San Francisco Public Defenders, valerie.ibarra@sfgov.or, 628-249-7946 Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of …
LCCRSF and Start Small Think Big Announce Strategic Partnership for Bay Area COVID-19 Small Business Assistance
Partnership will increase service capacity and speed in matching small business clients with legal, financial and marketing assistance FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 7, 2020 Contact: Mark Conley-Buchsieb, mconleybuchsieb@lccrsf.org, (415) 500-5229 …
ADVOCATES DEMAND THAT MAYOR BREED FOLLOW THE LAW, MOVE UNHOUSED PEOPLE INTO HOTELS AND ALLOW COVID TESTS FOR SHELTER RESIDENTS
The City’s Inaction is Now Unlawful Under Unanimously-Passed Ordinance, Public Health Law FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 5, 2020 News Media Contact: Elisa Della-Piana, Legal Director, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights …
Court Finds Likely Constitutional Violation in ICE’S Detention of Immigrants in Two Cramped Detention Centers during Pandemic
Order Establishes Process for Court to Consider Releases of Detainees FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 29, 2020 MEDIA CONTACTS: San Francisco Public Defenders, Valerie Ibarra, valerie.ibarra@sfgov.org, 628-249-7946 ACLU SoCal Communications & Media Advocacy, communications@aclusocal.org, …