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Pacific Legal Settles Lawsuit Over UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Race-Based Internship Program

June 19, 2026 6:30 amJune 19, 2026 6:31 am

The UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital had a longstanding high school internship program called CHAMPS that tried to make whites into chumps. In a blatant violation of Proposition 209 and federal civil rights laws, the program for minorities interested in healthcare...

PLF Lawsuit: Can the Government Force Private Citizens to Operate a Racial Classification Scheme?

June 4, 2026 2:30 pmJune 4, 2026 2:31 pm

In a federal lawsuit filed last week, the Pacific Legal Foundation is representing a Colorado venture capital fund challenging a 2023 California law that requires venture capital funds to report to the state the race and gender and even sexual...

Life Coach Sues California Over Right to Speak With Clients

June 4, 2026 12:26 pmJune 4, 2026 12:58 pm

A California life coach filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday challenging the State’s attempts to prosecute her for talking about mental health without a psychology license. Anna Runkle argues that California is violating the First Amendment by requiring her to have...

Doctors take First Amendment Challenge to US Supreme Court over California’s Implicit Bias Training Mandate

May 7, 2026 3:57 pmMay 7, 2026 3:57 pm

California lawmakers clearly think doctors are a bunch of closet bigots. But should they be allowed to force other physicians to spread that dubious message? Los Angeles ophthalmologist Azadeh Khatibi and the anti-woke medical group Do No Harm last week...

CFER’s New Lawsuit Against Black Infant Equity and ACA 7

May 4, 2026 7:00 amMay 4, 2026 11:47 am

In the minds of today’s progressives, 2026 is certainly no better than 1964, when it comes to race relations and socioeconomic outcomes based on race. Disparities are everywhere, all of which must be attributed to the mythical, yet omnipotent phenomenon...

California Supreme Court Unanimously Reins in Coastal Commission’s Overreach in Major Property Rights Victory

April 24, 2026 9:31 amApril 24, 2026 9:39 am

In a unanimous decision hailed as one of the most significant checks on the California Coastal Commission’s (CCC) power in nearly 40 years, the California Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the agency unlawfully overrode a county-approved building permit for a...

CA Oil, Gas, Mineral Royalty Owners Join Pacific Legal Foundation to Announce Federal Challenge to New York Anti Oil and Natural Gas Policy

April 20, 2026 2:13 pmApril 20, 2026 5:19 pm

NARO-California, of the National Association of Royalty Owners, together with Pacific Legal Foundation announced in January their federal lawsuit challenging Senate Bill 1137, the 3,200-foot oil setback mandate that they argue violates the constitutional rights of oil and gas mineral...