sanctuary city

Brooke Jenkins Exploited by Homeland Security
The saga of City Hall’s right wing-ification continues. District Attorney Brooke Jenkins has ostensibly requested a reversal of San Francisco’s status as a Sanctuary City. The Chronicle and KTVU were quick to blame Jenkins when news first broke of the controversy. It is unfortunately an easily understandable impulse. Victorious by

Oakland is First City in CA to Declare Itself Sanctuary City for Abortion
By Keith Burbank and Katy St. Clair The Oakland City Council has unanimously passed a resolution to make Oakland a sanctuary city for women seeking abortions, Vice Mayor Rebecca Kaplan announced on Tuesday evening. The resolution is in response to the potential that the U.S. Supreme Court will overturn Roe

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Bay Area and Beyond News Roundup for Feb. 9 – Feb. 15, 2018
This week’s Bay Area and Beyond News Roundup is fraught with some tragic and disturbing themes, and one boat trip gone wrong. South Florida’s school massacre A 19-year-old male is suspected of showing up to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in the Parkside burb of South Florida armed with a

Being a ‘Sanctuary City’ Really Does Make San Francisco Safer
Another senseless gun homicide has finally provoked national outrage for reform, because this time it was a Mexican guy who shot the gun. The national conversation turned against San Francisco this week as a sanctuary city policy in effect here since 1989 has been widely blamed for the July 1