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Judge blocks administration from enforcing anti-diversity and anti-transgender executive orders

Judge blocks administration from enforcing anti-diversity and anti-transgender executive orders

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A federal judge in California has blocked the Trump administration from enforcing anti-diversity and anti-transgender executive orders in grant funding requirements that LGBTQ+ organizations say are unconstitutional.

San Francisco leaders blast Trump for trying to erase gay rights icon Harvey Milk's name from ship

San Francisco leaders blast Trump for trying to erase gay rights icon Harvey Milk's name from ship

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Leaders in San Francisco are blasting the Trump administration for stripping the name of gay rights activist Harvey Milk from a U.S. naval ship, and especially during Pride Month, when people gather to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community.

Judge blocks administration from revoking protected status for small subset of Venezuelans

Judge blocks administration from revoking protected status for small subset of Venezuelans

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- An estimated 5,000 Venezuelans granted temporary protected status can continue to work and live in the U.S. despite a Supreme Court ruling revoking protections while their lawsuit against the Trump administration is pending.

Judge pauses much of Trump administration's massive downsizing of federal agencies

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- The Republican administration must halt much of its dramatic downsizing of the federal workforce, a California judge ordered Friday.

Judge bars Trump from denying federal funds to 'sanctuary' cities that limit immigration cooperation

Judge bars Trump from denying federal funds to 'sanctuary' cities that limit immigration cooperation

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A federal judge in California on Thursday barred the Trump administration from denying or conditioning the use of federal funds to "sanctuary" jurisdictions.

Progressive icon and ex-US Rep. Barbara Lee wins race for mayor of struggling Oakland, California

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Progressive icon and former U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee declared victory Saturday as the new mayor of troubled Oakland, a San Francisco Bay Area city reeling from economic stagnation, crime and homelessness.

Judge orders Trump administration to tell fired workers they were not let go for poor performance

Judge orders Trump administration to tell fired workers they were not let go for poor performance

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A U.S. district judge in San Francisco on Friday ordered the Trump administration to provide probationary workers fired en masse a written statement saying they were not terminated for performance reasons, but as part of a government-wide termination.

Progressive icon Barbara Lee wants to be mayor of an Oakland marked by crime and homelessness

Progressive icon Barbara Lee wants to be mayor of an Oakland marked by crime and homelessness

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Oakland, California, voters who recalled their mayor in November over crime, homelessness and allegations of corruption are weighing whether to give the job to former U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee, a progressive icon and Black female trailblazer who represented the city in Congress for over two decades.

Judge finds mass firings of federal probationary workers were likely unlawful

Judge finds mass firings of federal probationary workers were likely unlawful

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A federal judge in San Francisco on Thursday found that the mass firings of probationary employees were likely unlawful, granting temporary relief to a coalition of labor unions and organizations that has sued to stop the Trump administration's massive dismantling of the federal workforce.

Judge finds mass firings of federal probationary workers to likely be unlawful

Judge finds mass firings of federal probationary workers to likely be unlawful

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A federal judge in San Francisco on Thursday found that the mass firings of probationary employees were likely unlawful, granting some temporary relief to a coalition of labor unions and organizations that has sued to stop the Trump administration's massive trimming of the federal workforce.

US judge in San Francisco will hear request by unions to halt mass firings of probationary workers

US judge in San Francisco will hear request by unions to halt mass firings of probationary workers

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Labor unions are asking a federal judge in San Francisco on Thursday for an emergency injunction blocking the mass firings of probationary federal employees by President Donald Trump's administration, saying officials not only lack the authority to order terminations but that notices to workers were premised on a lie of poor job performance.

San Francisco grants new mayor 'unprecedented' powers to battle fentanyl crisis

San Francisco grants new mayor 'unprecedented' powers to battle fentanyl crisis

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- San Francisco's Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to give newly elected Mayor Daniel Lurie greater powers and flexibility to expedite the city's response to a fentanyl crisis that has turned sidewalks into open-air dens of drug consumption and homelessness.

San Francisco ready to grant new mayor greater powers to battle fentanyl crisis

San Francisco ready to grant new mayor greater powers to battle fentanyl crisis

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- San Francisco's Board of Supervisors is poised to grant newly elected Mayor Daniel Lurie greater powers and flexibility to expedite the city's response to a fentanyl crisis that has turned sidewalks into open-air dens of drug consumption and homelessness.

San Francisco Mayor London Breed loses reelection to Levi Strauss heir Daniel Lurie

San Francisco Mayor London Breed loses reelection to Levi Strauss heir Daniel Lurie

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- San Francisco Mayor London Breed lost her reelection race to Levi Strauss heir Daniel Lurie.

Voters in Oakland oust Mayor Sheng Thao just 2 years into her term

Voters in Oakland oust Mayor Sheng Thao just 2 years into her term

Voters in Oakland, California, have ousted Mayor Sheng Thao just two years after she narrowly won office to lead the liberal San Francisco Bay Area city.

Levi Strauss heir Daniel Lurie pledges to make San Francisco safer as mayor

Levi Strauss heir Daniel Lurie pledges to make San Francisco safer as mayor

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Daniel Lurie, an heir to the Levi Strauss fortune and philanthropist who has never held public office, promised on Friday that as San Francisco's mayor he will help struggling small businesses and bring an end to the open-air drug markets.

San Francisco's first Black female mayor concedes to Levi Strauss heir

San Francisco's first Black female mayor concedes to Levi Strauss heir

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- San Francisco's first Black female mayor, London Breed, conceded the race for mayor to Levi Strauss heir Daniel Lurie on Thursday, pledging a smooth transition as he takes over the job.

Democratic mayors in San Francisco and Oakland fight to keep their jobs on Election Day

Democratic mayors in San Francisco and Oakland fight to keep their jobs on Election Day

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Voters are deciding whether to reelect San Francisco Mayor London Breed -- the first Black woman in the role -- or to pick one of her four challengers in a pricey and competitive race that's heated up over homelessness and public safety.

Man serving 30 years for attacking Nancy Pelosi's husband gets a life term on state charges

Man serving 30 years for attacking Nancy Pelosi's husband gets a life term on state charges

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- The man who was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for attacking the husband of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi with a hammer in their California home was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison without the possibility of parole following a separate state trial.

San Francisco's first Black female mayor is in a pricey battle for a second term

San Francisco's first Black female mayor is in a pricey battle for a second term

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- When London Breed was elected as San Francisco's first Black woman mayor, it was a pinch-me moment for a poor girl from public housing whose ascension showed that no dream was impossible in the progressive, compassionate and equitable city.

More shelter beds and a crackdown on tents mean fewer homeless encampments in San Francisco

More shelter beds and a crackdown on tents mean fewer homeless encampments in San Francisco

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Sidewalks once teeming with tents, tarps and people passed out next to heaps of trash have largely disappeared from great swaths of San Francisco, a city widely known for its visible homeless population.

More shelter beds and a crackdown on tents means fewer homeless encampments in San Francisco

More shelter beds and a crackdown on tents means fewer homeless encampments in San Francisco

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Sidewalks once teeming with tents, tarps and people passed out next to heaps of trash have largely disappeared from great swathes of San Francisco, a city widely known for its visible homeless population.