San Francisco Suit Over Justice Department Guidance Tossed
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) – A federal judge on Monday dismissed another in a line of San Francisco’s challenges to the
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Judge May Toss San Francisco’s Lawsuit Against Justice Department
A federal judge hinted Thursday he might toss San Francisco’s lawsuit challenging the Justice Department’s unexplained repeal of documents providing guidance to state and local governments for complying with federal civil rights laws because the city might not have standing to sue.
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A California appeals court affirmed “substantial penalties” against “extremely uncooperative” landlords who were found in the case San Francisco v. Anne Kihagi to have harassed their tenants, violated state laws and “violated at least 10 court orders.”
Read moreGun on a Plane
A former senior investigator for the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office claims in a federal complaint that he was fired and defamed for reporting truthfully that District Attorney George Gascon carried a gun on airplanes “on many occasions … in violation of federal law.”
Read moreNinth Circuit Weighs City Liability in SF Pier Shooting
A Ninth Circuit judge suggested Thursday that the family of a 32-year-old woman shot dead on a San Francisco pier might get a second chance to hold the city liable for not helping immigration police deport her suspected killer.
Read moreSan Francisco Voters Eye Homeless Tax on Big Business
Supporters of a ballot measure to raise taxes on San Francisco’s biggest companies to fight homelessness say the city must take bold steps to address the crisis. But opponents say it will accomplish little more than harming the city’s booming job market.
Read moreJudge Permanently Blocks DOJ’s Sanctuary City Cuts
A federal judge on Friday permanently barred the Trump administration from withholding policing grants from California, San Francisco and other so-called sanctuary jurisdictions across the nation.
Read moreSan Francisco Accused of Racial Bias in Drug Arrests
San Francisco police officers targeted 37 black people with arrests for selling “small amounts of drugs” because of their race, six arrestees claim in a federal lawsuit filed Thursday.
Read moreNo Safe Injection Sites
California Governor Jerry Brown vetoed a bill that would allow San Francisco to open safe injection sites through a pilot program to combat dirty needles, saying any such sites should require that drug users receive treatment.
Read moreSan Francisco Police Shooting Suit Likely Headed for Trial
Claims that San Francisco police officers used excessive force when they unloaded 21 bullets into Mario Woods, a 26-year-old black man, in 2015 will likely go to trial, a federal judge indicated Wednesday.
Read moreEn Banc 9th Circuit Grills San Francisco on Soda Warning-Label Law
An expanded panel of Ninth Circuit judges on Tuesday reconsidered whether a San Francisco law requiring warning labels on billboard ads for soda passes constitutional muster, with the soda industry arguing that singling out sodas and other sugary drinks as the main contributor to health problems sends a misleading message to consumers.
Read moreGore Likens Climate Change to the Apocalypse at Global Summit
Former Vice President Al Gore, who jumpstarted global awareness of climate change as documented in the 2006 film “An Inconvenient Truth,” pumped up attendees of the final day of an international summit in San Francisco with a rousing call to action.
Read moreSan Francisco 49ers
The Franklin Mieuli Trust asked San Francisco Superior Court to vacate an arbitrator’s ruling that the trust’s 5 percent interest in the San Francisco 49ers was worth just $22.6 million, despite estimates that the franchise is worth as much as $3 billion.
Read moreJudge Winnows Suit Over San Francisco Dock Fees
A private yacht company’s class action against San Francisco over excessive docking fees survives, even as a federal judge dismissed some of its claims Tuesday.
Read moreAssault & Battery
A 70-year-old man claims in court that NFL player Bruce William Miller beat him unconscious and beat up his developmentally disabled son two years ago, in the mistaken belief that he was entitled to the room at the co-defendant San Francisco Marriott Fisherman’s Wharf hotel in which they had been sleeping.
Read moreSewage Floods in San Francisco Jail Spur Lawsuit
Inmates at a San Francisco jail must endure almost daily floods of raw sewage with feces floating on the floor of cells where they eat and sleep, three prisoners claim in a new lawsuit.
Read moreSF Plastics Ban
San Francisco city leaders inched closer to banning all small plastic items Tuesday, with a plan to outlaw plastic straws, food containers and wrappers by July 2019 headed toward a final reading next week.
Read moreAppeals Court Rejects Effort to Drain Yosemite Reservoir
A conservation group can’t force San Francisco and other cities to stop taking water from a glacial reservoir in Yosemite National Park that serves 2.6 million Bay Area residents, a state appeals court ruled Monday.
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