Bay Area jurisdictions expand legal fight against Trump sanctuary crackdown

A GROWING NUMBER OF BAY AREA jurisdictions, including Marin County and the cities of Berkeley, Palo Alto, Santa Rosa, and Petaluma, have joined a nationwide lawsuit led by San Francisco and Santa Clara County challenging President Donald Trump’s administration’s actions targeting sanctuary jurisdictions.

San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu said Wednesday that 34 new cities and counties — including eight from the Bay Area — have joined the litigation, which now includes 50 jurisdictions nationwide. The amended complaint, filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, argues that the federal government’s attempts to penalize sanctuary cities violate the U.S. Constitution.