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Cameras from a Dec. 2012 news conference relating to the federal constitutional challenge to Prop 8.

The following are S.F. City Attorney news releases in reverse-chronological order.  For more information, contact the Community and Media Relations Office at +1 (415) 554-4662 or cityattorney@sfcityatty.org.

San Francisco AAPI leaders highlight importance of birthright citizenship in advance of SCOTUS oral argument

May 14, 2025 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
The century-old legal precedent confirming that those born in the United States are citizens has deep ties to San Francisco’s Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities

Categories News

City Attorney and OLSE secure $2.2 million settlement benefitting last-mile delivery drivers

May 12, 2025 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
Agreements require 15 Amazon Delivery Service Partners to pay back workers for violating local health care requirements

Categories Healthy San Francisco, News, Wage Theft

Federal judge issues emergency order blocking the Trump Administration’s unconstitutional reorganization of the federal government

May 12, 2025May 9, 2025 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
City Attorney David Chiu
A federal court issued a temporary restraining order today effectively pausing the massive workforce reductions underway at the order of President Trump

Categories News

Federal court blocks Trump Administration’s illegal conditions on HUD grants

May 8, 2025May 8, 2025 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
Court order stops HUD attempt to force local governments to submit to Trump ideology or relinquish millions in funding used to prevent and address homelessness

Categories News

San Francisco joins lawsuit challenging illegal conditions on HUD grants

May 5, 2025May 2, 2025 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
Unlawful grant conditions threaten local governments to submit to Trump ideology or relinquish millions in funding used to prevent and address homelessness

Categories News

San Francisco, Santa Clara County, and a coalition of non-profits, labor unions, and local governments file lawsuit challenging the unconstitutional reorganization of the federal government

April 29, 2025April 29, 2025 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
As DOGE and other offices reshape federal agencies, the lawsuit seeks to stop the reorganization and massive workforce reductions underway at the order of President Trump

Categories News

Federal court blocks Trump Administration from withholding funds to sanctuary jurisdictions

April 25, 2025April 24, 2025 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
Court order prevents the Trump Administration from commandeering local law enforcement and coercing cities and counties into taking on the federal government’s immigration responsibilities

Categories News, Sanctuary Cities

San Francisco and Santa Clara County issue statement in advance of hearing in sanctuary lawsuit against Trump Administration

April 22, 2025 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
The Trump Administration’s illegal overreach attempts to cut funding to sanctuary jurisdictions to coerce enforcement of federal civil immigration law

Categories News, Sanctuary Cities

City Attorney Chiu sues last mile delivery company for misclassifying drivers

April 21, 2025 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
City Attorney David Chiu
As last mile delivery industry flourishes, new lawsuit alleges GoShare violates fair chance hiring laws and exploits workers by illegally denying protections, wages, and benefits

Categories News, Wage Theft

City Attorney sues Tenderloin drug and gambling dens fronting as small businesses

April 11, 2025April 11, 2025 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
SFPD investigations revealed multiple Tenderloin stores operated illegal gambling dens, sold drugs, and fueled criminal activity and fencing operations

Categories Code Enforcement, News, Public Safety

City Attorney secures $810,000 from Chinatown SRO owners who profited off of unsafe units

April 8, 2025 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
Settlement holds landlords accountable for allowing tenants to live in illegal and unsafe units

Categories Code Enforcement, Housing & Tenant Rights, News, Tenants

Federal court blocks Trump Administration’s illegal conditions on AmeriCorps funding

April 1, 2025 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
Court order stops unlawful defunding threat that would have forced local governments and schools to relinquish funds for essential programs or submit to Trump ideology

Categories News

City Attorney cracks down on illegal grow houses that undermine legal cannabis market

April 21, 2025March 31, 2025 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
City Attorney David Chiu
New lawsuits allege warehouse owners created a public nuisance and undercut law abiding cannabis businesses

Categories Code Enforcement, News

City Attorney blocks nonprofit from City funding after investigation reveals illegal gifts and conflicts

April 21, 2025March 20, 2025 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
City Attorney David Chiu
Collective Impact used City funds to benefit former HRC Director Sheryl Davis instead of the vulnerable children and families who were the intended recipients of City funding

Categories News, Public Integrity

City Attorney shuts down illegal gambling dens and unsanctioned nightclubs

April 21, 2025March 19, 2025 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
Recent code enforcement actions have clamped down on disruptive, illegal activity in the City’s southeast neighborhoods

Categories Code Enforcement, News

San Francisco and Santa Clara County-led coalition seeks injunction to stop federal overreach against sanctuary jurisdictions

March 18, 2025March 18, 2025 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
Motion seeks to immediately prevent the Trump Administration’s illegal attempts to cut funding to sanctuary jurisdictions to coerce enforcement of federal civil immigration law

Categories News, Sanctuary Cities

SFUSD and Santa Fe challenge illegal conditions on AmeriCorps funding

March 11, 2025 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
City Attorney David Chiu
Unlawful defunding threat forces local governments and schools to relinquish funds for essential programs or submit to Trump ideology

Categories News

City Attorney secures $250,000 judgment against smoke shop owners flouting flavored tobacco laws

April 21, 2025March 5, 2025 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
Large-scale decoy operation revealed owners illegally sold flavored tobacco at nearly a dozen smoke shops across the Bay Area

Categories E-cigarettes, News

SCOTUS issues decision in San Francisco’s favor in water quality permitting case

March 4, 2025March 4, 2025 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
City Attorney David Chiu
The U.S. Supreme Court reaffirmed the Clean Water Act and required EPA to issue permits with clear instructions to prevent water pollution

Categories News

16 cities and counties join lawsuit protecting sanctuary jurisdictions from illegal federal overreach

April 21, 2025February 28, 2025 by S.F. City Attorney's Press Office
Local governments across the US join San Francisco and Santa Clara County in legal challenge to federal actions aimed at sanctuary policies

Categories News, Sanctuary Cities
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