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The Trump administration on Tuesday sued to block Californ... . California Gov. Jerry Brown, left, accompanied by California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, responds to remarks made U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Wednesday, March 7, 2018, in Sacramento, Calif.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions blasted what he called California's "extreme" and "not reasonable" position that seeks to thwart federal immigration policies, in an interview with Fox News Wednesday. Earlier in the day, Sessions had announced a federal lawsuit against California and attacked its elected officials as "radical extremists" in a speech in Sacramento.
The Trump administration's lawsuit challenging California's efforts to protect immigrants who are in the country illegally served as the latest warning shot at communities nationwide with so-called sanctuary policies. As he excoriated California officials for their policies and actions, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions warned against "rewarding" people who enter the country illegally.
The Trump administration on Tuesday sued to block Californ... . California Gov. Jerry Brown, left, accompanied by California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, responds to remarks made U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Wednesday, March 7, 2018, in Sacramento, Calif.
Sessions will speak before the California Peace Off... . FILE - In this Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2018 file photo, Oakland Mayor, Libby Schaaf, center, discusses California's growing homeless crisis at a news conference in Sacramento, Calif.
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra has become the face of the state's resistance to President Donald Trump, challenging the Republican administration's policies nearly four dozen times in court and providing the kind of meat-and-potatoes opposition that Democratic activists say they want. Yet, he was eclipsed at last weekend's state Democratic Party convention by Dave Jones, the comparatively obscure state insurance commissioner who wants Becerra's job.
Now he just needs the money. A judge who was taunted by Trump during the presidential campaign sided on Tuesday with the president on a challenge to building the wall.
A federal judge in San Diego who was taunted by Donald Trump during the presidential campaign has sided with the president on a challen... . FILE - This undated photo provided by the U.S. District Court shows Judge Gonzalo Curiel.
A federal judge in San Diego who was taunted by Donald Trump during the presidential campaign has sided with the president on a challenge to building a border wall with Mexico. U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel on Tuesday rejected arguments by the state of California and advocacy groups that the administration overreached by waiving laws requiring environmental and other reviews before construction could begin.
Quick Bail Bonds on Vignes Street across from the Men's Central Jail in downtown Los Angeles. The debate over the bail system, which Gov. Jerry Brown appealed to the Legislature to overhaul about 40 years ago, is being revived.
The U.S. Department of Justice is appealing a California judge's decision to temporarily block new Trump administration rules allowing more employers to opt out of providing no-cost birth control to women. Lawyers filed the notice of appeal to the 9th District Court of Appeals on Friday, nearly two months after Oakland-based U.S. District Judge Haywood Gilliam blocked the changes to President Barack Obama's health care law.
Attorney General Xavier Becerra said Friday in Fresno that employers must protect confidential information about employees when federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents ask questions. The advice from the state's top law enforcement officer comes only days after at least 40 workers at Bee Sweet Citrus in Fowler lost their jobs after federal immigration agents began checking employee records, searching for people who are not legally allowed to work in the United States.
California commissions that oversee coastal lands and water pushed the Trump administration Wednesday to leave the state out of plans to expand offshore drilling, warning the state would block pipelines to get oil back to land. The agencies weighed in ahead of a public hearing Thursday in Sacramento, the only opportunity for people to register their opinions in person in California.
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California's attorney general announced Monday that his office will oversee reforms at the San Francisco Police Department that were recommended by federal officials after the U.S. Department of Justice's decision to scale back a program that helped departments improve community relations. Attorney General Xavier Becerra said the California Department of Justice will evaluate and publicly report how the department is applying the 272 recommendations made by the DOJ under the Obama Administration.
Attorneys for Petitioner: Civil Rights Corps Alec Karakatsanis Jeff Adachi, San Francisco Public Defender Matt Gonzalez Chief Attorney Paul Myslin Deputy Public Defender Attorneys for Respondent: Attorney General of California Xavier Becerra Gerald A. Engler Chief Assistant Attorney General Jeffrey M. Laurence Senior Assistant Attorney General Seth K. Schalit Supervising Deputy Attorney General Katie L. Stowe Deputy Attorney General Nearly forty years ago, during an earlier incarnation, the present Governor of this state declared in his State of the State Address that it was necessary for the Legislature to reform the bail system, which he said constituted an unfair "tax on poor people in California.
Offshore oil drilling platforms along the California coastline in Huntington Beach. The Trump administration has announced it will open new leases off the California coast, a move strongly opposed by state residents.
After taking the oath of office a year ago, President Donald Trump turned west to offer a preview of his presidency. “From this moment on, it's going to be America first,” he declared from the Capitol steps.
Trump could have guaranteed himself re-election if he would have told Jeff Sessions to have this lawless "law enforcement" official arrested during his announcement that federal laws don't apply to his state: The state's top cop issued a warning to California employers Thursday that businesses face legal repercussions, including fines up to $10,000, if they assist federal immigration authorities with a potential widespread immigration crackdown.
A group of 22 Democratic state attorneys general, including those from California and New York, have filed a lawsuit seeking to block the Federal Communications Commission's repeal of tough net neutrality rules for online traffic.