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SF District Attorney Reverses Herself On Changes to Sanctuary City Policy

Sensing the political winds might not always be in her favor, SF District Attorney Brooke Jenkins has done a — for her thus far — rare about-face on a policy decision, regarding SF's sanctuary city status.

DA Jenkins and Supervisor Dorsey Both Seek Carve-Outs To SF Sanctuary City Policies

San Francisco’s sanctuary city policy may become a hot potato again, this time in local politics, as DA Jenkins seeks an exception for two suspects abroad, and Sup. Dorsey wants an exception for fentanyl dealers.

SF Officials Call Trump 'Morally Bankrupt' After Threat To Send Undocumented Detainees To Sanctuary Cities

President Trump lobbed a new threat on Twitter Friday, pledging to punish "The Radical Left" by "placing Illegal Immigrants in Sanctuary Cities only." In related news, the president remains a fan of randomly capitalizing words.

Sonoma County Sheriff Blasts ICE And Breitbart For 'Misleading, Inflammatory' Statements About Immigrant Arson Suspect

In response to a Breitbart article and a subsequent press release from the federal agency that enforces the country's immigration laws both of which suggested that an undocumented man who was arrested on

ICE Conducts Sweep Of Bay Area Sanctuary Cities, Makes 27 Arrests

As part of a nationwide gesture to highlight crime by immigrants in sanctuary cities, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency (ICE) conducted a sweep this week arresting some 487 undocumented immigrants.

SF And California File Coordinated Lawsuits Against Federal Government Over Trump's Sanctuary City Threats

In a second attempt to thwart the Trump Administration's efforts to punish so-called sanctuary jurisdictions and force them to comply with federal immigration enforcement efforts, the City of San Francisco and the State

Kate Steinle's Father Once Again Asks That Her Case Not Be Used For Political Ends

After the House of Representatives passed a pair of bills related to immigration two weeks ago, one of them dubbed Kate's Law for the woman, Kathryn Steinle, allegedly shot in San Francisco two

House Passes 'Kate's Law' To Punish Illegal Immigrants, In The Name Of Kate Steinle

President Trump's threats to punish sanctuary cities may have seen some legal setbacks, but the Republican-led House of Representatives has now stepped in to pass two bills cracking down on illegal immigration and

SF Awards $190K To The Man SFPD Illegally Turned Over To ICE

Back in December 2015, a San Francisco man who tried to report a stolen car was turned over to immigration authorities by members of the San Francisco Police Department. The San Francisco Examiner

City Of Hayward Apologizes For Wildly Inappropriate 'Taco' Tweet About Sanctuary City Issue

The City of Hayward and its mayor are being extremely contrite after a crazily inappropriate tweet went out on the city's official Twitter account Tuesday morning trying to get residents to attend a

SFPD Officer Caught On Camera Threatening Bystanders With Deportation

Thanks to an undercover reporting operation by NBC Bay Area that had been focusing on the stolen-goods trade that goes on daily at 7th and Market around UN Plaza, one plainclothes SFPD officer

Mad Dad In New Ad Blames Sanctuary City Policy For Son's Death

Business is booming for TV ads that blame San Francisco for America's ills, as another such spot is hitting the statewide airwaves this week. Don Rosenberg, seen above, lost his son Drew in

Jeff Sessions Confirms That Sanctuary Cities' Punishment Mostly Just A Wrist-Slap

A month after a federal judge in San Francisco told the Trump administration that they could not block federal funding from sanctuary cities like SF that had nothing to do with immigration or

Federal Judge Blocks Trump Administration's Effort To Withhold Funds From Sanctuary Cities

A federal judge in San Francisco has issued a nationwide preliminary injunction against an executive order signed by President Trump in January threatening to withhold federal funding from cities that do not provide

At Friday Hearing, Trump Admin Lawyer Suggests SF Won't Be Penalized For Sanctuary City Status After All

Though the battle is far from over regarding the country's sanctuary cities, President Trump's strong rhetoric regarding how he planned to punish cities that stuck by their guns to shelter illegal immigrants maybe

Feds To Send More Immigration Judges To SF To Speed Up Deportations

In a move prompted by the Department of Homeland Security and being carried out by the Department of Justice, immigration judges are being temporarily reassigned to a dozen cities, including San Francisco, with

Day Around The Bay: iPhone 7s Reportedly Heating Up, Exploding

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How Homeland Security 'Deceived' Santa Cruz Police To Make Immigration Arrests In A Sanctuary City

Homeland Security (& other agencies) launch wave of pre-dawn raids across Santa Cruz, said to be targeting gang-affiliated homicide suspects pic.twitter.com/EDbfKHhDjj— Wilson Walker (@Wilson_Walker) February 13, 2017 An episode

BART Directors Propose Sanctuary In Transit Policy

In an Oakland meeting of the BART Board yesterday, two BART directors took the stance that the regional transit system should investigate and perhaps adopt a "Sanctuary in Transit Policy." That policy, those

Trump Threatens To Yank Funds From 'Out of Control' California If It Declares Itself A Sanctuary State

In a pre-Super Bowl interview with buddy Bill O'Reilly on Fox, President Trump once again said a number of frightening and angry-making things, including new comments praising Vladimir Putin, implying the US government

San Francisco Becomes First City To Sue Over Sanctuary City Order As California May Become Sanctuary State

SF City Attorney Dennis Herrera filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging President Trump's executive order that threatens to withhold federal funds from so-called Sanctuary Cities, becoming the first city the nation to do so.

ICE Agents Descend On Mission's Good Samaritan Center

The immigration crackdown has begun, and some ICE agents, possibly emboldened or directed by the new Trump regime, conducted a rare raid in San Francisco Thursday, descending upon the Good Samaritan Family Resource

Trump Hotels Threaten SF Expansion, Local Leaders Say 'Good Luck'

Eric Danziger, CEO of Trump Hotels, got his start right here in the City by the Bay, working in 1971 as a bellman at the Fairmont Hotel. Now he'd like to see the

'A Sanctuary From Trump's Hate': San Francisco Reacts To Executive Order Punishing Sanctuary Cities

Sanctuary city rally on the steps of city hall #ICEoutofCA pic.twitter.com/qb2sGU0Ds7— gio (@giobannnaa) January 25, 2017 A rally formed on the steps of San Francisco's City Hall Wednesday afternoon shortly

Car Theft Victim Handed Over To Immigration Officials Sues SF

Just as San Francisco bears down for the anti-immigration agenda of the coming Trump Administration, lauding and reaffirming its Sanctuary City policy, a man who was detained in 2015 by SFPD after reporting