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We filed a class-action lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's policy of re-arresting and re-detaining immigrants the government previously had released from custody after concluding they were neither dangerous nor a flight risk. Read More

The federal class-action lawsuit challenges the Trump administration's practice of unlawfully arresting and detaining immigrants whom the government previously determined were not dangerous or a flight risk. Read More

Lo que encontrará en esta guía: QUIÉN puede votar, CÓMO registrarse para votar, CUÁNDO y DÓNDE puedes emitir tu voto y CONSEJOS CLAVE para ser un votante informado. Read More

This guide to voting in California includes information about who can vote, how to register to vote, when and where you can cast your ballot, and key tips on being an informed voter. Read More

The U.S. Supreme Court granted the Trump administration’s request to stay a federal court decision protecting Venezuelans with Temporary Protected Status while it appeals the lower court’s ruling. Read More

We filed a class-action lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's policy of arresting immigrants when they appear for court in Northern California and holding them in inhumane conditions inside the San Francisco ICE field office. Read More

We filed a motion in federal court to prevent Meta from complying with the Department of Homeland Security’s demand that the tech giant turn over the name, email address, and phone number associated with an Instagram account that reposted a video naming a Border Patrol agent. We argue that the government’s administrative subpoena violated First Amendment protections for anonymous political speech. Read More

The federal class-action lawsuit challenges the Trump administration's policy of arresting people when they appear for their mandatory hearings in immigration court and holding them for days in a makeshift detention center without access to beds, basic hygiene supplies, medical care, or legal counsel. Read More

The California Voting Rights Act of 2001 (“CVRA” or “Act”) is one of the state’s most significant civil rights laws and a powerful tool to combat vote dilution. Authored by then-Senator Richard Polanco and inspired by the vision of voting rights giant Joaquin G. Avila, the CVRA was enacted in 2002 to address the persistent harms of dilutive at-large election systems in California—systems that have... Read More

The five-year settlement requires the city to follow its bag-and-tag policy and establishes strong oversight measures. The Coalition on Homelessness sued San Francisco in 2022 over its practice of seizing and destroying unhoused residents’ belongings during encampment sweeps in violation of the Fourth Amendment. Read More