A federal judge has granted an injunction against the Trump administration blocking it from freezing or revoking grant funding and attempting to extort UCLA. bsky.app/profile/bigc...

BREAKING: Xavier Becerra confirmed to @sfchronicle.com he is the public official whose campaign funds were allegedly stolen. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

Judge rules that police images taken by Flock’s AI license plate-scanning cameras are public records that can be requested as part of normal public records requests

NEW: ProPublica examined months of Fox News’ coverage and reviewed over 700 videos posted on social media. The network used five-year-old footage, mislabeled other dates and implied footage from elsewhere was in Portland.

Nothing like a proposal for a modest amount of lower-income housing nearby to find out who your neighbors are.

NEWS: Nancy Pelosi is retiring after 20 terms in Congress. “There has been no greater honor for me than to stand on the House floor and say, ‘I speak for the people of San Francisco,'” Pelosi said. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

BREAKING: Alex Padilla tells reporters in DC he will not run for governor of California in 2026. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

Prop 50 is widely expected to win Tuesday, but there will still be plenty to watch for in the hours, days and weeks following California’s special election.

NEW: Trump’s chief immigration enforcer honed his controversial tactics in California -- w/ @saralibby.bsky.social www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

One of the more surprising and welcome developments has been watching an ecumenical Voltron assemble against ICE.

Once more with feeling: "It matters when the government lies, because a democratic government that destroys the presumption that it's accountable for its actions will soon either stop being democratic or stop being a government." reason.com/2025/10/22/h...

For everyone billing Scott Wiener's congressional bid as a challenge to Nancy Pelosi ... she has repeatedly refused to say whether she is running . I don't think this is the race everyone is making it out to be (at least not yet!) www.sfchronicle.com/politics/joe...

USC rejects Trump demands. www.latimes.com/california/s...

BREAKING from PP We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens* The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied: Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado www.propublica.org/article/immi... by @nicolefoy.bsky.social

“The Defense Department has confiscated the badges of the Pentagon reporters from virtually every major media organization in America,” the Pentagon Press Association said

BREAKING: U.S. District Judge Susan Illston said the Trump admin's firings of federal workers is illegal, and has halted the dismissals. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

NEW: Court filings lay out the chaos and errors of the government's rush to fire workers amid the shutdown. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

Honestly shocked that the New York Times let him say this without pushing back that this is illegal. They cannot be cops. A federal judge ruled that they *were* used as cops in Los Angeles -- illegally!

The Trump admin on Friday has filed to delay proceedings in the cases of the National Guard deployments and the UCLA extortion case (possibly others, these are just ones I'm monitoring), because Justice Department lawyers are not working during the shutdown.

An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.

Reporter's notebook: I actually began working on this story shortly after footage of the incident showed up last month. But by the time I finally got ahold of folks, the story grew: 2 *other* faith leaders I spoke with *also* reported being shot w/pepper balls while protesting this ICE facility.

BREAKING: 14 California National Guard troops were sent to Chicago last night to train troops there. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

"Not one speaker among the roughly 500 attendees expressed support for the compact, which calls on universities to follow President Trump’s views on admissions, diversity and free speech, among other areas." www.latimes.com/california/s...

The habeas petition for Byron Rovidio Marin (the guy held w/o charge in a hospital for 37 days after ICE broke his leg) has been unsealed. @davidjbier.bsky.social @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

New filing: "U.S. v. Comey (criminal case)" Doc #15: ORDER - The arraignment of Defendant James B. Comey, Jr. shall begin promptly at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, October 8, 2025, in Courtroom 600 on the Sixth Floor of the… [full entry below 👇] Download PDF | View Full Case #CL71459121

We have all the details on the emergency Sunday night hearing blocking the Trump admin from sending *any* state's National Guard troops to Portland: www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

SCOOP from @sophiabollag.bsky.social: Donald Trump is sending California National Guard members to Portland. Gov. Gavin Newsom says he's weighing another lawsuit over it. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

I love when student journalists break a crazy story, especially about their own school. This one is extraordinarily macabre. www.uscannenbergmedia.com/2025/10/01/u...

4 tracks in, it’s got the storytelling of folklore but the bops of 1989

A great dispatch from the mean streets of Portland from @joegarofoli.bsky.social, where Oregonians are not interested in taking Trump's bait. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/joe...

Reporters Susie Neilson and Megan Fan Munce were honored by the Barlett & Steele Awards for revealing the flawed insurance system that leaves homeowners unprotected when the worst happens.

BREAKING NYT:   Trump just fired a U.S. attorney who insisted on following a court order.   Michele Beckwith, the top federal prosecutor in Sacramento, was fired hours after she reminded a Border Patrol chief to abide by court-ordered restrictions on immigration raids.

In the battle over redistricting in California, supporters led by Gov. Gavin Newsom have amassed a huge network of more than 65,000 individual donors, campaign finance filings released Friday show, compared with about 130 donors reported by opponents. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

This morning, @governor.ca.gov Gavin Newsom announced another international climate agreement, this time with Kenya. More on Newsom's international climate strategy in this story we published yesterday - www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

WOW. The lead plaintiff is a Latino man who's been here legally for 24 years. He was grabbed off the street by plainclothes federal agents who didn't even ASK about his status. He was detained overnight and only released once a supervisor realized he had been illegally arrested.

A must-read: ICE opened a new prison in tiny California City, Calif. The small desert city's municipal government is not equipped to handle everything that's come with it. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

I have stopped saying "undocumented immigrants" or whatever because, let's be real, it doesn't mean anything!

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The last political column I was allowed to write in the @washingtonpost.com was a criticism of Obama. His people took issue with my piece, but we were respectful. Now he is tweeting in support of me. This is how free political speech and respect for debate *actually works*. Or used to work.

California Republicans have rejected 10 bills to create independent redistricting commissions over the last two decades. Now that Prop 50 is going before voters, they've changed their tune. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

"Punjabis are now targeted for impromptu English proficiency tests at highway checkpoints and weigh stations." www.latimes.com/business/sto...

A National Guard report accidentally emailed to the Post says veterans and active-duty troops view the D.C. deployment with "shame and alarm" @alexhorton.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Another veteran House Democrat in the Bay Area is getting a young, intraparty challenger. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/joe...

New filing: "Newsom v. Trump (National Guard Deployment)" Doc #187: NOTICE OF APPEAL to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals filed by Donald J. Trump, Pete Hegseth, U.S. Department of Defense. Appeal of Judgment 186, Findings… [full entry below 👇] Download PDF | View Full Case #CL70496361

The San Francisco Department of Elections won’t give up sensitive voter information to the Trump administration, its lawyers wrote in a letter to the Department of Justice.

As the Legislature hits its final stretch, these are the proposals meant to thwart Trump's agenda that California lawmakers are trying to get over the finish line: www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

This is such a beautiful piece with incredible images. If you need a little joy injection, check it out! bsky.app/profile/sfch...

New York cannot join California in trying to counteract Texas' gerrymandering, because New York tried to do something good. Unfortunately, "evil will always triumph, because good is dumb." New York needs to grow up and join the fight. My latest in @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/poli...

The Trump admin laid off hundreds of meteorologists earlier this year. Now as the National Weather Service begins hiring, applicants must complete "loyalty test" questions. www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...