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9th Circuit Nixes Order to House All of Skid Row This Fall

Thu, 09/30/2021 - 05:29 By Brittany M.

A three-judge panel for the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has overturned a ruling by U.S. District Judge David O. Carter that would have required Los Angeles to provide shelter to the entire population of Skid Row by October 18.

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Judge Says All of Skid Row’s Homeless Must Be Offered Shelter by Fall

Thu, 04/22/2021 - 04:54 By Brittany M.

“Los Angeles has lost its parks, beaches, schools, sidewalks, and highway systems due to the inaction of city and county officials who have left our homeless citizens with no other place to turn," a federal judge said.

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He Attacked a Woman Outside Her Condo on Video. A San Francisco Judge Set Him Free. Now Leaders Are Speaking Out.

San Francisco leaders have condemned a Superior Court judge’s decision to release a homeless man with no monitoring after he attacked a woman outside her apartment building on video.

Brittany M. Mon, 08/19/2019 - 16:55

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Former Mayoral Candidate Arrested for Threatening to Burn Down Judge’s Home

Thu, 07/18/2019 - 03:08 By Brittany M.

A man who ran unsuccessfully for Mayor of Livermore last year was sitting in a jail cell this week after allegedly threatening to burn down the home of a Contra Costa County judge.

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Trump Administration Suffers Another Setback in Sanctuary Fight

Mon, 12/03/2018 - 17:43 By Brittany M.

The Trump administration has been dealt another legal blow in its attempts to withhold federal funds from so-called sanctuary cities.

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