Archive for the ‘Featured’ category
ACTION ALERT: The Clock is Ticking – Ask Mayor Lee to Sign the Ordinance!
http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs013/1103244704062/archive/1109701377159.html COMMUNITY ACTION ALERT Wednesday, April 4, 2012 Dear Friends: On Tuesday, April 3rd, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted for a second time to approve the Safe SF Civil Rights Ordinance. Introduced by Supervisor Jane Kim in January, the Ordinance has six sponsors at the Board of Supervisors including Board President David [...]
Over 300 Community Members and Faith Leaders Tell Ed Lee: “Don’t Veto Our Rights!
Having trouble viewing this email? Click here Community Update April 1, 2012 Contact: Summer Hararah, Asian Law Caucus, 510-861-7573, summerh@asianlawcaucus.org Lily Haskell, Arab Resource & Organizing Center 912-398-5641, lily@ararborganizing.org Zahra Billoo, CAIR-SFBA 626-252-0885, zbilloo@cair.com Community Members and Faith Leaders Say to Ed Lee “Don’t Veto Our Rights!” Black Church [...]
Community Endorsements of the Safe SF Ordinance
The following organizations have endorsed the proposed Safe San Francisco Civil Rights Ordinance (San Francisco Board of Supervisors File # 120046) – updated March 16, 2012 Attorney Associations Afghan American Bar Association Asian American Bar Association of the Bay Area (AABA) Bar Association of San Francisco (BASF) Bay Area Association of Muslim Lawyers (BAAML) Bay [...]
Spies in Blue: Secret Memo Indicates SF Cops May Be Working as FBI Spies –with no local oversight
San Francisco Bay Guardian Article http://www.sfbg.com/2011/04/26/spies-blue Spies in blue Created 04/26/2011 – 4:25pm A secret memo indicates that SF cops may be working as FBI spies — with no local oversight sarah@sfbg.com By: Sarah Phelan San Francisco cops assigned to the FBI’s terrorism task force can ignore local police orders and California privacy laws to [...]
Coalition Applauds SF Board of Supervisors for Resolution Endorsing End to Government Profiling of Arab, Middle Eastern, Muslim & South Asian Communities
In Unanimous Vote, Supervisors Endorse Human Rights Commission Report to End Bias Practices of Surveillance & Profiling (SAN FRANCISCO, CA, 04/07/11) The Coalition for a Safe San Francisco (CSSF) applauds the Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco for endorsing a historic Human Right’s Commission (HRC) report on racial and religious [...]
SFPD officers working with FBI given more leeway to gather intelligence
A recently unearthed agreement between the FBI and the San Francisco Police Department allows city cops assigned to a task force designed to combat terrorist attacks to gather intelligence on individuals even if they aren’t suspected of a crime, according to groups that have been in a legal fight with the SFPD over the agreement [...]
Police Accused of Violating Muslim Civil Rights
Host Cy Musiker: Civil rights groups say local police departments in the Bay Area are breaking state and local laws protecting citizens’ rights and violating the civil rights of Bay Area Muslims. That’s happening, they say, because local police chiefs are signing deals to do counter terrorism investigations with the FBI. Those deals require police [...]
Coalition for a Safe SF
|