MEDIA ADVISORY: Appellate Court Hears Consumer Protection Case With Profound Consequences for California’s Cash Bail Industry
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 14, 2021 Media Contact Sam Lew, 415-272-8022, slew@lccrsf.org Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area *** MEDIA ADVISORY *** Appellate Court Hears Consumer Protection Case With Profound Consequences …
Civil Rights Group Sues City of Sacramento for Withholding Records on Police Conduct During Black Lives Matter Protests
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 8, 2021 Media Contact Sam Lew, 415-272-8022, slew@lccrsf.org Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area ***PRESS RELEASE*** Civil Rights Group Sues City of Sacramento for Withholding Records …
U.S. Dept. of Education Opens Investigation Against Paso Robles School District for Discriminatory Treatment of Latinx and Limited English Proficient Parents
(Español abajo) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 2, 2021 Media Contact Sam Lew, 415-272-8022, slew@lccrsf.org Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area ***PRESS RELEASE*** U.S. Dept. of …
LCCRSF and CREEC Joint Statement on the Acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse
Today, Kyle Rittenhouse was acquitted of all charges in the shooting deaths of two people and injury to a third during protests sparked by the police shooting of 29-year-old Jacob …
Man Detained in Solitary Confinement for 14 Months First to Sue ICE Detention Corporation Using Accountability in Detention Act
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 14, 2021 Media Contact Sam Lew, 415-272-8022, slew@lccrsf.org Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area ***PRESS RELEASE*** Man Detained in Solitary Confinement for …
SFMTA Changes Debt Towing Policies in Response to Lawsuit, Promising New Protections for Vehicularly Housed San Franciscans
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 6, 2021 Media Contact Sam Lew, 415-272-8022, slew@lccrsf.org Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area ***PRESS RELEASE*** SFMTA Changes Debt Towing Policies in Response to Lawsuit, Promising New Protections for Vehicularly Housed San …
San Jose Fails to Stop BLM Protesters from Suing for Police Violence
For Immediate Release September 27, 2021 Media Contact Sam Lew, 415-272-8022, slew@lccrsf.org Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area ***PRESS RELEASE*** San Jose Fails to Stop BLM Protesters from …
LCCRSF Statement on Biden Administration’s Racist and Violent Treatment of Haitian Asylum Seekers in Del Rio
Last week, the Biden Administration decided to respond to increased numbers of Haitians seeking humanitarian protection in the United States by expelling them without due process under Title 42, a Trump-era …