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Trump Administration Trying to Boot All Undocumented Immigrants Out of SF Public Housing

The latest ‘Show me your papers’ bully move from the Trump administration seems to want immigrants out of any supportive housing that receives federal funding, and they're demanding citizenship checks of Section 8 residents.

Offensive Billboards Appear In SF Promoting ICE as 'Defensive Player of the Year'

Some hastily put together, pro-ICE electronic billboard ads, paid for by a shady outfit with no known donors, have appeared in San Francisco ahead of the Super Bowl, and maybe in other cities as well.

Three Months Ago, San Francisco Was Hours Away From Sharing the Fate of Minneapolis

Were it not for a last-minute reversal by President Trump, brokered in secret by a couple of billionaires and SF's mayor, San Francisco and Oakland could have easily descended into the same violent chaos, provoked by an ICE invasion, that we're seeing in Minneapolis.

Alameda County Will Consider Establishing ‘ICE-Free Zones,’ Potentially Banning ICE From County-Owned Property

The Alameda County Board of Supervisors will vote on a measure that would set “ICE-free zones” where ICE agents would not be allowed to set foot. But it remains to be seen whether any of this is even legally enforceable.

Deadly ICE Shooting of Minnesota Woman Prompts Protests Across the Bay Area

Hundreds marched through San Francisco's Mission District Wednesday night following a deadly shooting by ICE agents across the country in Minneapolis, and there was a simultaneous protest in Oakland as well.

Downtown San Francisco Immigration Court Set to Close In a Year

The federal immigration court in downtown San Francisco that started 2025 with 21 judges and will soon be down to just four, thanks to Trump administration mass-firings, will close by January 2027.

Federal Judge Orders Homeland Security to Stop Arresting Immigrants at Courts In Northern California

A federal judge who previously ruled that conditions at San Francisco's ICE facility are inhumane, has now temporarily halted all arrests of immigrants at courthouses in Northern California and the Pacific Islands, citing lack of due process and violations of civil rights.

Sunday Links: SF Also Had a Huge Outage on December 20 in 2003, Starting at the Same PG&E Substation

If you bought gas from any Bay Area 7-Elevens recently, make sure you weren't charged 100 times what you paid; the SF immigration court is down to four judges from 21; and a third of the city also lost power 22 years ago, also on a Saturday, December 20.

Faith Leaders Arrested After Dozens Chain Themselves Outside SF Immigration Court

A group of protesters from interfaith groups arrived Tuesday in the predawn hours outside the federal facility at 630 Sansome Street in San Francisco where immigrants arriving for immigration court dates have been summarily swept into detention facilities since May.

Federal Judge Orders ICE to Stop Holding Immigrants at 630 Sansome Due to Inhumane Conditions

A federal judge has ordered Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to cease detaining immigrants at its downtown San Francisco facility due to unsanitary and inhumane conditions in the facility.

Day Around the Bay: Trump Fires Five More SF Immigration Judges, to Hire ‘Deportation Judges’

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene announced her retirement after her public falling out with Trump; ICE agents were turned away at a Hayward elementary school Friday; and Trump has fired five additional SF immigration judges to be replaced by “deportation judges.”

California Revokes 17,000 Immigrants’ Commercial Driver’s Licenses After Pressure From Trump Administration

More than 17,000 California commercial driver’s licenses issued to immigrants have been revoked, as the state speeds up to comply with new federal rules that driver’s licenses can’t be valid for those no longer legally allowed to be in the US.

SF’s Trumper Archbishop Rebukes Trump For Once, Condemns Immigration Crackdown

The new “woke pope” seems to be trickling his wokeness down to even the ultraconservative Archbishop of San Francisco, who just joined more than 200 other US bishops in condemning Trump’s immigration crackdown.

26-Year-Old U-Haul Driver Described By Other Protesters as 'Lone Actor' Charged With Assaulting Federal Officers

A 26-year-old man is now facing federal charges for a bizarre act that capped off a mostly peaceful day of protests outside the Coast Guard facility where federal agents were being staged for a local operation that called off by President Trump.

Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee Gets Confirmation That No Immigration Operations Are Happening In Bay Area

Oakland Mayor and former Congresswoman Barbara Lee never had the pleasure of a phone call from President Trump on Wednesday. But she now says that she has otherwise been able to confirm that no immigration-arrest "surges" are happening in the Bay Area, full stop.

Protesters Gather Near Coast Guard Island In Alameda Ahead of Immigration Operation, at Least Two Already Injured

Ahead of a planned immigrant round-up operation by federal agents in the Bay Area that seems likely to look like previous operations in Southern California, protesters gathered early Thursday morning outside the agents' staging area on Alameda's Coast Guard Island.

Trump's Federal Invasion of San Francisco to Begin on Thursday

It's unclear if or how the National Guard might be involved, but apparently a large contingent of federal agents, including US Customs and Border Protection personnel, is headed to the Bay Area on Thursday for some sort of operation.

Newsom Signs Bill Allowing Immigrant Parents to Name Caretakers for Their Kids If They’re Deported

Governor Gavin Newsom just signed a fairly sensible-sounding bill allowing immigrant parents to name a caregiver for their kids in case they are deported. Crazed conservatives are reacting by calling it the “Legalized Child Kidnapping Bill.”

[Update] Deployment of California National Guard Members to Portland Halted by Judge

Governor Newsom announced Sunday that Trump deployed California National Guard members to assist law enforcement in Portland. The move was later blocked by a Trump-appointed federal judge who had previously blocked the president from federalizing Oregon troops.

Saturday Links: Climber’s Death on El Capitan Inadvertently Livestreamed by TikToker

One speed camera in SF’s South Beach generates a quarter of the city’s tickets; a fake Mission District lawyer and MAGA supporter won’t stop giving legal advice to immigrants; and the sole witness to climber Balin Miller’s death also livestreamed it.

Seemingly Bogus Mission District Immigration Attorney Fined $600,000 for Unlicensed Work

The Mission District storefront that claims to house a “Law Group” does not, in fact, have any attorneys, and a court just ruled they have to pay $600,000 for conning payments from immigrants seeking legal services for years.

Newsom Signs Bills Protecting Rights of California Immigrants, Including Ban on Masks for Officers

Governor Newsom signed a series of bills Saturday that aim to keep local and federal law enforcement in check during immigration crackdowns in California. Officers can no longer wear masks during official duties and will be required to identify themselves.

US Citizen and SF Native Arrested by ICE After Protest

We are now at the point where ICE agents are apparently arresting and detaining US citizens, as a San Francisco native became the third US citizen ICE agents have arrested this month in SF, though she was released on Thursday.

Livermore Father Deported By ICE Gets Some Help From Congressman Eric Swalwell, Awaits Hearing In October

A Livermore man who has lived in the Bay Area his entire adult life and raised three children here remains in Mexico, where he has no family, after being deported, while his wife and family here await his next immigration hearing.

Trump Administration on Spree of Firing Immigration Judges, Even While They’re Trying to Hire More

More than 50 immigration judges, including a number in the Bay Area, have been fired nationwide since Trump took office in January, even while the government is simultaneously hiring more immigration judges, just probably Trumpier ones.