ACLU Announces Lawsuit Against SFPD for Alleged Attack on Young Black Man

ACLU Announces Lawsuit Against SFPD for Alleged Attack on Young Black Man

A federal civil rights lawsuit was filed today against San Francisco police for an incident of alleged police brutality against a young black man in…

Jail Guards Who Allegedly Forced Inmate Fights to Receive Body Cameras

Jail Guards Who Allegedly Forced Inmate Fights to Receive Body Cameras

San Francisco sheriff’s deputies working as jail guards may be the first county jail guards in California to wear body-worn cameras, the sheriff’s department announced…

Supes Approve Ordinance to Protect Senior LGBT Residents From Discrimination at Senior Care Facilities

Supes Approve Ordinance to Protect Senior LGBT Residents From Discrimination at Senior Care Facilities

A city ordinance prohibiting discrimination against senior lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender San Franciscans by long-term care facilities and nursing homes was unanimously approved by…

Mayor Lee, Salesforce Ban Employee Travel to Indiana Following Passage of ‘Discriminatory’ Law

Mayor Lee, Salesforce Ban Employee Travel to Indiana Following Passage of ‘Discriminatory’ Law

Both the City of San Francisco and San Francisco-based cloud computing company Salesforce Inc. have barred all employee trips to Indiana after Indiana Governor Mike…

Avalos Works With ACLU to Create Surveillance Technology Oversight Ordinance

Avalos Works With ACLU to Create Surveillance Technology Oversight Ordinance

San Francisco Supervisor John Avalos is leading an effort to make one of the first ordinances in the country requiring public debate, oversight and accountability…

Court In SF To Hear Arguments In Challenge To Controversial DNA Collection Law

Court In SF To Hear Arguments In Challenge To Controversial DNA Collection Law

An 11-judge panel of a federal appeals court is set to hear arguments in San Francisco this afternoon on a challenge to a California law…

Gavin Newsom Chairing Pot Legalization Panel

Gavin Newsom Chairing Pot Legalization Panel

A blue-ribbon panel chaired by Lt. Gov Gavin Newsom is being created to study marijuana legalization in California, officials with the American Civil Liberties Union…

ACLU: Suspicious Activity Reports Don’t Stop Terror Attacks, Target Innocents

ACLU: Suspicious Activity Reports Don’t Stop Terror Attacks, Target Innocents

The American Civil Liberties Union and 26 other groups charged in San Francisco today that a government antiterrorist program to collect reports on suspicious activities…

SFPD Disputes Report That Racial Profiling Drove Arrests For Pot Possession

SFPD Disputes Report That Racial Profiling Drove Arrests For Pot Possession

San Francisco police today disputed a report issued by the American Civil Liberties Union earlier this week that said that police in the city arrested…