Bob Egelko
Courts Reporter at San Francisco Chronicle
legal affairs writer, devoted husband, fan of SF Giants and Stanford women's hoops, all of the above for a long time.
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4 days ago |
sfchronicle.com | Bob Egelko
San Francisco and Santa Clara counties have successfully sued President Trump's administration on their own and in association with other local governments. Evan Vucci/Associated PressFederal courts have found that cities and counties can act as sanctuaries for undocumented immigrants and do not have to turn them over to federal agents for deportation.
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6 days ago |
modbee.com | Bob Egelko
May 7-A federal judge on Wednesday blocked President Donald Trump from imposing his demands for stricter immigration enforcement, and his opposition to abortion and transgender rights, on local governments as a condition of receiving hundreds of millions of dollars in federal homeless-assistance funds.
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1 week ago |
sfchronicle.com | Bob Egelko
President Donald Trump on Tuesday, May 6, 2025, in Washington. Trump sought to impose immigration, abortion and transgender policies on local governments in exchange for their receipt of federal homeless aid but his move was blocked by a federal judge on Wednesday.
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sfchronicle.com | Bob Egelko
Frank, 2, opens flaps while reading a book as his father, Shawn, looks for books at the Oakland Public Library Rockridge Branch in 2021. Lea Suzuki/The ChroniclePresident Donald Trump’s order to slash federal funds for libraries, museums and minority business development programs has been blocked by a federal judge. California’s state librarian said the cutbacks would end programs for the needy and those with physical or mental disabilities, and would impact every user in the state.
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sfchronicle.com | Bob Egelko
California Supreme Court Earl Warren Building in San Francisco in 2024. Jessica Christian/The ChronicleThe California Supreme Court appeared likely Tuesday to uphold a state law that makes it a crime for nursing home workers to deliberately and repeatedly refer to a transgender resident with a name or pronoun that differs from the one they prefer. The 2017 law by Sen.
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