Coalition on Homelessness et al v. City and County of San Francisco et al

  1. August 06, 2024

    More Training Needed On SF Encampment Rule, Judge Says

    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.

  2. February 08, 2024

    Homeless Nonprofit Fights San Francisco's Bid To Pause Suit

    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.

  3. January 18, 2024

    San Francisco Wants To Pause Federal Homelessness Lawsuit

    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.

  4. January 11, 2024

    Ninth Circ. Backs Preliminary Halt Of SF Encampment Sweeps

    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.

  5. October 11, 2023

    Judge Rejects San Francisco's Case Reassignment Bid

    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.

  6. October 10, 2023

    SF Wants Homeless Case Reassigned, Advocates Push Back

    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. 

  7. September 06, 2023

    9th Circ. Won't Let San Francisco Alter Homeless Injunction

    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.

  8. August 29, 2023

    Musk Wants Boycott Of Latham Over SF Homeless Suit

    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.

  9. August 24, 2023

    Judge Wants More Facts On SF Homeless Injunction

    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.

  10. August 23, 2023

    SF, Advocates Spar Over Homeless Removal Ban At 9th Circ.

    The city of San Francisco urged the Ninth Circuit Wednesday to vacate an injunction barring the city from removing encampments of homeless individuals for being too confusing, while homeless advocates argued the injunction is necessary to stop the city from making bogus shelter offers as a pretext for criminalizing homelessness in the city.