This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Fresh off their failed attempt to kill Gov. Gavin Newsom’s redistricting plan in the Democratic-controlled Legislature, California Republicans and anti-gerrymandering groups this week launched an all-out resistance to defeat what they regard as an unconstitutional ballot question. Republican legislators in particular, many of […]
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AG Seeks to Force St. Joseph Hospital to Comply with Agreement in Abortion Case
California Attorney General Rob Bonta’s office filed a motion June 9 in Humboldt County Superior Court seeking a judge’s order enforcing a stipulation reached in a lawsuit brought against Providence St. Joseph Hospital last year requiring it to comply with state’s Emergency Service Law and provide emergency abortive procedures when they are deemed medically necessary. […]
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Judge Denies St. Joseph Motion to Dismiss AG Abortion Lawsuit
Humboldt County Superior Court Judge Timothy Canning has rejected Providence St. Joseph Hospital’s request to dismiss a landmark lawsuit brought by the California Attorney General’s Office alleging it violated state law when it refused to provide a medically necessary abortion in February 2024, putting the mother’s life at risk. Attorneys representing the hospital filed for […]
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Court Tosses Gaza Lawsuit Against Huffman
A federal judge has dismissed a class action lawsuit filed in December against North Coast Congressmember Jared Huffman alleging he broke the law when he voted in favor of providing military aid to Israel. About a month after the case was filed, Vince Chhabria, a judge in the U.S. District Court for Northern California, ordered […]
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Judge Takes St. Joseph Abortion Case Under Submission
After hearing about 30 minutes of oral arguments this morning over whether he should dismiss or delay a landmark lawsuit from the California Attorney General’s Office alleging St. Joseph Hospital violated state law when it refused to provide a medically necessary abortion, Humboldt County Superior Court Judge Timothy Canning took the matter under submission, saying […]
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St. Joseph Hospital Seeks Dismissal of Abortion Lawsuit, Cites Religious Freedom
Providence St. Joseph Hospital has filed a motion asking a Humboldt County Superior Court judge to dismiss the bulk of the lawsuit brought against by the California Attorney General’s Office alleging it illegally denied abortion services to a local woman, while asking that the rest of the suit be stayed pending a state investigation. The […]
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Sex Abuse Suits Pouring in as State’s Catholic Leaders Seek Relief From Highest Court
In California, the lawsuits are mounting — middle-aged men, saying they were sexually assaulted as children by a Boy Scout leader or a priest. A woman, now in her late 30s, detailing how she was allegedly assaulted in a center for foster children. A man who said he was abused while volunteering with the Salvation […]
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Lawsuit Alleges Eureka Police Used Excessive Force During George Floyd Protest
A local woman has filed a federal lawsuit against the county of Humboldt and the city of Eureka, alleging police officers violated her constitutional rights when they shot her with less-than-lethal projectiles as she peacefully marched while protesting the May 25, 2020, murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer. In the suit filed […]
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County Allows Cannabis Growers to Apply for Tax Refunds in Wake of Court Ruling
After a an appeals court ruled the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors overstepped when it “impermissibly broadened the scope” of the cannabis tax voters approved in 2016, the county is beginning the process of refunding potentially millions of dollars in tax payments. In a press release issued today, the county is introducing a process for […]
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Hoopa Valley Tribe Files Lawsuit to Block Contract with Central Valley Agribusiness
The Hoopa Valley Tribe has filed a federal lawsuit to block the U.S. Department of Interior from signing a water delivery contract with an agribusiness in the Central Valley, an agreement which would divert water out of the Trinity River basin 400 miles away. “The Hupa people have a long history of fighting to protect […]
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Judge Instructs County, Blanck to Talk Settlement, T-S reports
County counsel Jeffrey Blanck and the county of Humboldt have been told to find a way to settle their differences by a federal judge, who also blocked the board of supervisors from meeting to consider the status of his employment, the Times-Standard reports. According to the story, Blanck — who filed legal action against the […]
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Humboldt County Threatened with Suit Over Temporary Evictions Ban, Times-Standard Reports
The Times-Standard is reporting that Humboldt Coalition for Property Rights (HumCPR) is threatening to take legal action against Humboldt County over its eviction bans for tenants who are unable to pay for rent due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Read the full story here.