Residents and businesses in San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood can proceed with most of their lawsuit against the City and County of San Francisco, a federal judge has ruled.
The plaintiffs allege that the city’s policies have turned their neighborhood into a “containment zone” for illegal drug activities, resulting in crime and unsanitary conditions that violate their rights.
In an order issued on Oct. 15, Judge Jon S. Tigar of the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of California granted in part and denied in part the city’s motion to dismiss the case.
While dismissing the plaintiffs’ federal due process claim under the “state-created danger” doctrine, he allowed their state law claims—including public and private nuisance and violations of California’s Disabled Persons Act—to move forward….