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.
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
San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu issued the following statement in response to federal agents accosting and handcuffing California Senator Alex Padilla at a press conference held by Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem in Los Angeles.
Court order blocks HUD and DOT from attempting to force local governments to submit to Trump ideology or else relinquish billions in funding for housing and transportation
The City also secures first judgment preventing website owner from operating sites that use AI-generated nonconsensual explicit images of real adults and minors
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
A federal court issued a temporary restraining order today effectively pausing the massive workforce reductions underway at the order of President Trump
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
Unlawful grant conditions threaten local governments to submit to Trump ideology or relinquish millions in funding used to prevent and address homelessness
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
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
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