Trump administration revocation of CA's #Lifeline optout means that it is no longer safe for anyone who is undocumented or adjacent to #undocumented people to apply for broadband or telephone subsidies through the program. Very important to get this message out. Trump came after the program when CA passed #AB1303. https://san.com/cc/fcc-pulls-id-shield-from-ca-free-internet-program-risking-immigrant-data/

Police Chief resigns in Brasleton, GA following charges of using automated license place readers to harass, track and stalk people. #ALPR https://apnews.com/article/georgia-plate-readers-stalk-harass-chief-arrested-39adb6f89fc2074da61f2801fef3f180

Court rules program where SMUD searched #utility data and gave high end users over to law enforcement to support #cannabis busts constituted illegal dragnet #surveillance. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/11/victory-court-end-dragnet-electricity-surveillance-program-sacramento

"A jury awarded the Loggervale family $8.25 million for their unlawful detention four years later, but the county’s attorney made a motion for a new trial. The following appeal cost the county an additional $3 million for a total settlement of $11.26 million. The initial settlement offer was approximately $750,000" https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2025/11/24/how-alameda-countys-stonewalling-legal-approach-has-cost-taxpayers-millions/?

"At least 11 of the women told attorneys that the deputies wore vests and face shields, and were carrying large #weapons with scopes. They appeared to be dressed in “assault gear,” said one woman in an interview with Mission Local" #Jail #StripSearch https://missionlocal.org/2025/11/sf-jail-sheriff-mass-strip-search/

"Between 1,000 to 1,500 stoneworkers in California could develop #silicosis within the next decade, leading to roughly 285 deaths, according to California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health, or Cal/OSHA. The state is home to about 5,000 #countertop fabrication workers, predominantly Latino immigrants" https://www.kqed.org/news/12064693/california-doctors-urge-ban-on-engineered-stone-as-silicosis-cases-surge

After New Jersey Public Broadcasting announces an end to operations in July, the state legislature looks at how to save it. #PBS https://newjerseymonitor.com/2025/11/17/nj-lawmakers-hear-pleas-to-save-public-broadcasting/

DHS car spotted outside East Oakland elementary school. #ICE https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2025/11/19/oakland-ice-sighting-hoover-elementary/?

NYU created a new database of #SLAPP claims filed across the country. SLAPP suits (strategic lawsuits against public participation) are often used against media and against advocates to prevent speaking out or covering issues with lawfare. https://slappback.org/data/

San Mateo County unanimously passes further limits on #immigration cooperation including prohibitions on staging raids using county property and reports on all contact and communications between the sheriff's department and federal agents. https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/11/18/san-mateo-county-bans-ice-access-mandates-enforcement-reports/

This is your customs and border patrol. Died of a cocaine overdose a month after this arrest. https://www.ocregister.com/2025/11/18/border-patrol-agent-arrested-in-long-beach-was-combative-asked-police-if-they-are-stupid/

Oakland public safety committee votes down #Flock expansion after 4+ hours of community comment in opposition.

598 of 616 people arrested in Chicago's #immigration surge had no criminal record. https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/14/only-2-5-on-list-of-614-operation-midway-blitz-arrestees-had-criminal-histories-doj-records-show/

Ken Paxton sues Harris County (Houston) for providing public funds for #immigration defense. https://www.borderreport.com/hot-topics/border-report-live/border-report-live-texas-ag-sues-county-for-funding-nonprofit-groups-that-help-migrants-in-court/

Riverside activists plan ballot initiative to create #Sheriff Oversight Commission and hire an Inspector General. https://www.pressenterprise.com/2025/11/12/riverside-county-social-justice-groups-will-take-sheriffs-oversight-proposal-to-voters/

Driverless cars about to hit Bay Area freeways. #Waymo https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/11/12/u-s-first-mountain-view-robotaxi-waymo-bay-area-freeways/?

Cal Matters breaks out the still unresolved fight over whether AT&T can dump the low-income and rural communities it doesn't want to continue to serve with #landline telephones. https://calmatters.org/economy/2025/11/att-landline-california-legislative-fight/

CA Supreme Court bats down warnings on #police #misconduct complaints: "The warning exhibits “numerous characteristics that, considered together, sufficiently burden a protected form of speech — namely, truthful (or at least well-intentioned) complaints of police misconduct". https://calmatters.org/justice/2025/11/lapd-citizen-complaint-forms/

"Polly’s name became synonymous with fear. And California’s #ThreeStrikes law swept through the legislature. Here’s what legislators weren’t doing: asking what would help us heal, what would make us feel safer, or what kind of system we actually wanted. They were looking for pain they could weaponize. And it worked. Politicians simply assumed they knew what #victims wanted, and they used our grief to push an agenda that had little to do with actual safety or healing." https://calmatters.org/commentary/2025/11/crime-survivors-victims-california-klaas/

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