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NLG-SF Letter to Oakland City Council about COVID Protections for Incarcerated and Houseless Communities
Dear Ms. Tilak, Thank you for your April 24th letter. The National Lawyers Guild – SFBA welcomes the efforts of the Oakland City Council and City Attorney Barbara Parker to protect incarcerated people and other communities that are particularly vulnerable to the...
Right to Shelter Press Conference: Protect Unhoused Californians from COVID-19
On Thursday, April 16th, 2020, NLG-SF hosted a Press Conference releasing a list of demands from the Right to Shelter committee, and endorsed by dozens of local organizations working to protect and provide for houseless communities in the Bay Area and across the State...
NLGSF Fights for Public Access to Police Body Cam Videos
On Tuesday, March 3, 2020, the California Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in National Lawyers Guild, San Francisco Bay Area Chapter v. City of Hayward (Case No. S252445) The issue in the case is whether public agencies can charge the public for the cost of...
NLGSF seeks new Executive Director
2019 saw the SF/Bay Area NLG engaged in multiple areas of defense and resistance. Our members fought increasing attacks on migrants both here in the Bay and at the border. We continued to defend the ever growing numbers of those unhoused as well as those locked up...
NLGSF is seeking board members for April 2020 Elections
National Lawyers Guild SF Bay Area Chapter (NLGSF) is inviting committed and passionate members to run for a position on our Board of Directors. The NLGSF Board of Directors plays a crucial role in governance, fundraising, strategic planning, and supporting...
Congressmember Rashida Tlaib to Headline National Lawyers Guild San Francisco Bay Area Chapter’s 40th Testimonial Dinner
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Jay Kim, NLGSF Executive Director, jaykim@nlgsf.org SAN FRANCISCO - Congressmember Rashida Tlaib will deliver a keynote speech on March 28, 2020 during the annual benefit for the National Lawyers Guild San Francisco Bay Area Chapter...
NLGSF Sues U.S. Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Customs and Border Protection for Records of the Detention and Treatment of Muslim Filipino Human Rights Defender Jerome Aba
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jay Kim, NLGSF Executive Director jaykim@nlgsf.org or 415-285-5067 Ext. 104 SAN FRANCISCO – The National Lawyers Guild San Francisco Bay Area Chapter (NLGSF) today sued the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the U.S. Customs...
NLGSF Urges Mexican Government to Cease Collaboration with Trump and Respect the Rights of Refugees
CONTACT: Gabriela Lopez, Immigration Committee Member, gabriela@oaklandclo.com, (415) 952-0597 The Immigration Committee of the National Lawyers Guild, San Francisco Bay Area, urges the Mexican government of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador to cease collaborating...
Setting the Record Straight: A Statement by NLGSF Board of Directors
On May 29, 2019, former National Lawyers Guild SF Bay Area Chapter (NLGSF) Program Director and current member Riva Enteen wrote an article for the Black Agenda Report and republished in the local BayView newspaper, titled “National Lawyers Guild Echoes Smear Campaign...
NLGSF Immigration Committee Condemns Appointment of Torture Collaborator Nicolas R. Ford to San Francisco Immigration Court
CONTACT: Jay Kim, Executive Director, NLGSF, jaykim@nlgsf.org, 415-285-5067 x104 The Immigration Committee of the National Lawyers Guild San Francisco Bay Area strongly condemns the appointment of Nicolas R. Ford as a judge in the San Francisco Immigration Court....
