South Bay and Bay Area leaders are pushing for new local zoning policies and moratoriums to halt the development of private ICE detention centers. ALAS stands firmly with regional advocates in this effort, emphasizing that blocking these facilities is a matter of protecting public health and restoring humanity for immigrant families living in fear.

By Ryan Macasero PUBLISHED: March 29, 2026 | UPDATED: March 31, 2026 Interstate Grading and Paving, Inc. owner Craig Caron shows the parcels where housing traillers will be installed on the Stone Pine Cove Farmworkers Housing Project in Half Moon Bay, Calif., on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group) Of the 15 cities Gov. Gavin Newsom threatened Wednesday with legal action over housing law violations, only one is in the Bay Area: Half Moon Bay. As the state grapples with...

North Fair Oaks residents unite against rising anti-immigrant rhetoric State Senator Josh Becker, center, gathers with community members during a press conference about SB 537, a bill aimed at memorializing the Mexican Repatriation of the 1930’s on Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024, in Redwood City, Calif. (Aric Crabb/Bay Area News Group) By Ryan Macasero | rmacasero@bayareanewsgroup.com | Bay Area News Group UPDATED: November 4, 2024 at 5:12 AM PST In a nation that prides itself on being built by...