April 07, 2025
San Francisco pushed for a win in California federal court, arguing that the nonprofit accusing the city of unconstitutionally destroying homeless encampments doesn't have standing to sue.
August 06, 2024
A California federal magistrate judge has partially sided with homelessness advocates and San Francisco residents accusing the city and county of violating the U.S. and state constitutions by destroying homeless residents' self-made encampments and forcing them out of the city with citations, fines and arrests.
February 08, 2024
A nonprofit representing homeless residents faced off against San Francisco in California federal court Thursday, urging the judge to reject the city's bid to pause its lawsuit until the U.S. Supreme Court rules on an Oregon city's case over similar Eighth Amendment issues.
January 18, 2024
San Francisco wants to put the brakes on an ongoing lawsuit it faces over the constitutionality of its homeless encampment sweeps until the U.S. Supreme Court determines the lawfulness of an Oregon city's similar enforcement actions, saying the two cases are "inextricably tied" to one another.
January 11, 2024
The Ninth Circuit in a memo and split published opinion Thursday upheld a trial court's December 2022 preliminary injunction preventing the city of San Francisco from indiscriminately clearing unhoused residents from the street when there's no shelter space available.
October 11, 2023
San Francisco's attempt to get another judge assigned to the lawsuit it faces from homeless residents and activists was cut short Wednesday after a federal judge denied the move, according to court filings.
October 10, 2023
San Francisco wants the federal lawsuit by local homeless residents reassigned to another judge and related to a 2020 suit with which its case is "intertwined," but advocates for the homeless say the move is "desperate," amounts to "judge shopping" and should be swiftly denied.
September 06, 2023
San Francisco's bid to modify a court order preventing it from removing unhoused residents from the street was brought to a halt this week, after the Ninth Circuit determined that a recent consensus reached over the term "involuntarily homeless" satisfied the core of the city's case to adjust the injunction.
August 29, 2023
Elon Musk is calling for a boycott of Latham & Watkins LLP over its involvement in a lawsuit in which a federal judge has temporarily blocked San Francisco from displacing homeless residents as long as there is no adequate shelter space locally.
August 24, 2023
A federal judge on Thursday rejected homelessness advocates' assertion that San Francisco is still threatening to crack down on unhoused residents, in violation of an injunction, but said she wanted to see what level of homeless outreach training currently exists before determining if any further action against the city is needed.