Judge rejects San Francisco s request to ban alleged drug dealers from downtown
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In this Feb. 15, 2011, file photo, shown is a view looking up Taylor Street of the Tenderloin neighborhood in San Francisco. Eric Risberg/Associated Press
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A San Francisco judge on Friday denied a request for a preliminary injunction from the city that would have barred four people previously arrested for selling drugs from entering the city s Tenderloin and South of Market neighborhoods.
Back in September 2020, City Attorney Dennis Herrera filed civil lawsuits against each of the defendants, seeking to bar them from entering a 50-square-block area in an effort to break the supply chain for addicts who congregate in the Tenderloin.
San Francisco judge denies city s request to bar alleged drug dealers from Tenderloin, SOMA neighborhoods
By Daniel Montes article
City Attorney Dennis Herrera listens to a staff discussion on e-cigarettes on Tuesday, March 19, 2019, in San Francisco, Calif. (Photo by Liz Hafalia/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)
SAN FRANCISCO - A San Francisco judge on Friday denied a request for a preliminary injunction from the city that would have barred four people previously arrested for selling drugs from entering the city s Tenderloin and South of Market neighborhoods.
Back in September 2020, City Attorney Dennis Herrera filed civil lawsuits against each of the defendants, seeking to bar them from entering a 50-square-block area in an effort to break the supply chain for addicts who congregate in the Tenderloin.
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The American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California has filed a new complaint against the Tulare County Jail for its living conditions during the pandemic, alleging that the jail is failing to adequately test for COVID-19 and that its social distancing policy violates inmates’ constitutional rights. Filed last Thursday in federal court, the supplemental complaint is the latest development in a lawsuit originally brought against the jail last summer.
The initial complaint from July alleged that the jail didn’t provide masks to incarcerated people for months into the pandemic, and that new visitation policies ostensibly prevented inmates from meeting with attorneys. In an interview with FM89 at the time, Sheriff Mike Boudreaux acknowledged that inmates were not given masks until July, but denied that the jail’s legal visitation policy was unnecessarily restrictive.
Tulare County Sheriff s Office faces more complaints about COVID-19 policies
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FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) New claims have emerged against the Tulare County Sheriff s Office over the management of COVID-19 policies inside the county jail.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California claims that poor policies have not protected inmates, leading to an outbreak in December.
A complaint about safety protocol last year resulted in a federal judge ordering the Tulare County jail - to implement a mandatory mask policy.
Now, the ACLU has tacked on 31 pages to its complaint.
The ACLU is representing new claims from inmates who say Sheriff Mike Boudreaux s solution to social distancing is to force some inmates to remain in their cells nearly the entire day.