| 2026-11-02 | Sen. Padilla and Rep. Costa Are Denied Entry to ICE's Golden State Annex on an Unannounced Oversight Visit
2 src Alex Padilla · U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · GEO Group | | confirmed |
| 2026-10-31 | Newsom Writes California's Chief Federal Judges About Search Warrants for Ballots
1 src Gavin Newsom | | reported |
| 2026-10-29 | Bloomberg Law: DOJ Leadership Ordered California U.S. Attorneys to Seek Criminal Subpoenas of State and Local Election Officials, Per Anonymous Sources
2 src Department of Justice · Bill Essayli · Shirley Weber | | confirmed |
| 2026-10-29 | CBS: DOJ Issued Grand Jury Subpoenas to California State and Local Election Officials; Orange County Says One Seeks 77 Registrants' Records
2 src U.S. Department of Justice · Markwayne Mullin · Trent McCotter | | confirmed |
| 2026-10-27 | Judge Seabright Rules Essayli Is Unlawfully Serving as Los Angeles's Top Federal Prosecutor and Bars Him From Two Cases; Disqualification Delayed Pending a Stay Request
2 src Bill Essayli · U.S. Department of Justice | | confirmed |
| 2026-10-27 | San Diego City Council Unanimously Passes 45-Day Data Center Moratorium After NAVWAR Site Proposal
1 src | | confirmed |
| 2026-10-26 | Ninth Circuit Dismisses DOJ Emergency Appeal Over California Ballots 2-1, Calling the Emergency Self-Constructed
1 src U.S. Department of Justice | | confirmed |
| 2026-10-24 | Detainee Dies at Otay Mesa Detention Center; Person Unnamed
6 src CoreCivic · U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement | | reported |
| 2026-10-23 | U.S. Attorneys Serve California County Registrars With Lists of "Likely Aliens" and a 48-Hour Demand; Letters Are in the Court Record
5 src U.S. Department of Justice · California Secretary of State | | reported |
| 2026-10-22 | DOJ Files Notice of Appeal to the Ninth Circuit in United States v. California, Saying the District Court's Silence on Its TRO Application Is a Constructive Denial
2 src U.S. Department of Justice · California Secretary of State · Shirley Weber | | confirmed |
| 2026-10-21 | Chief Judge Boasberg Takes Trujillo v. DHS, Sets Oct. 30 Hearing on Superseding TRO Motion Over California Voter Lists; Government Opposition Filed Oct. 26
11 src Department of Homeland Security · Markwayne Mullin · Todd Blanche | | reported |
| 2026-10-21 | ICE Detains and Injures a U.S. Citizen Special-Education Student Walking to Santa Maria High School, Then Releases Him as Not Its Target
4 src Immigration and Customs Enforcement | | confirmed |
| 2026-10-20 | California Tells Federal Court Its Secretary of State Has Received Grand Jury Subpoenas for Voter Records of About 300 Individuals Since August
2 src California Secretary of State · Shirley Weber · U.S. Department of Justice | | confirmed |
| 2026-10-19 | Judge Sooknanan Grants Government Motion to Reassign Trujillo v. DHS (California Non-Citizen Voter Demand); Case Was Not Related to Earlier LWV v. DHS
2 src Department of Homeland Security · Markwayne Mullin · Todd Blanche | | reported |
| 2026-10-17 | ICE Agents Tase and Injure a U.S. Citizen on an E-Bike in North Long Beach; Neighbors Block Agents Until Police Arrive
2 src Immigration and Customs Enforcement · Robert Garcia · Department of Homeland Security | | confirmed |
| 2026-10-16 | California and LA County Oppose DOJ's Related-Case Notice, and Civil-Rights Groups Move to Intervene, in United States v. California
1 src U.S. Department of Justice · Shirley Weber · Dean Logan · NAACP | | confirmed |
| 2026-10-16 | DOJ's D.C. Brief Says DHS Bought California's Voter Roll; HSI's Declaration in the California Case Says Its Office 'Received' a Roster
5 src U.S. Department of Justice · Department of Homeland Security · Homeland Security Investigations · Markwayne Mullin | | confirmed |
| 2026-10-16 | DOJ's McCotter Writes LA County Counsel That Knowingly Tabulating Ballots of Voters Federal Agencies Flag as Noncitizens Risks Aiding and Abetting a Federal Crime
2 src Trent McCotter · U.S. Department of Justice · Dean Logan · Shirley Weber | | confirmed |
| 2026-10-16 | Essayli Posts on X That the 20,000 California Names Are "Noncitizens Confirmed by a Review of Federal Databases," a Day After DOJ Called the Analysis Preliminary
1 src Bill Essayli | | confirmed |
| 2026-10-16 | Trump Posts "They Will All Go to Jail for a Long Period of Time!!!" on Truth Social Alongside DOJ's LA County Ballot Letter
2 src Donald Trump · Trent McCotter · U.S. Department of Justice | | confirmed |
| 2026-10-15 | DOJ Press Release on California Suit Quotes DHS Secretary Mullin Calling the 20,000-Name Analysis "Preliminary" and the Review "Ongoing"
2 src Markwayne Mullin · Todd Blanche · Trent McCotter · Bill Essayli · +2 | | confirmed |
| 2026-10-15 | DOJ Sues California, Weber and LA County's Logan in C.D. Cal. to Bar Tabulating Mail Ballots of Over 20,000 Voters DHS Flags as Likely Noncitizens
2 src U.S. Department of Justice · Shirley Weber · Dean Logan · R. Trent McCotter · +1 | | confirmed |
| 2026-10-14 | DNC's Joint Status Report in Its FOIA Suit Calls McCotter's California Letter a Plausible Threat of Warrant-Based Ballot Seizure; Criminal Division Reported No Responsive Records
3 src Trent McCotter · Democratic National Committee · U.S. Department of Justice | | reported |
| 2026-10-13 | DOJ Letters Give California 48 Hours on 'Likely Noncitizen' Voter List, Demand LA County Segregate Ballots
4 src U.S. Department of Justice · R. Trent McCotter · Shirley Weber · Dean Logan | | confirmed |
| 2026-10-09 | CalMatters Reports Sudden ICE Arrest Surge in San Joaquin Valley: Advocates Count at Least 100 Detained, ICE Declines to Confirm
1 src Immigration and Customs Enforcement | | confirmed |
| 2026-10-08 | ICE Reportedly Launches 45-Day California Enforcement Surge Starting in San Diego as Early Voting Begins
3 src Immigration and Customs Enforcement | | confirmed |
| 2026-10-06 | Oakland City Council Votes 7-0 for a 45-Day Moratorium on New Data Center Approvals
3 src | | confirmed |
| 2026-10-05 | GEO Group Completes $950M Sale of Its Adelanto, California ICE Facilities to DHS and Keeps Operating Them Under Its ICE Contract
3 src Department of Homeland Security · Immigration and Customs Enforcement · George C. Zoley | | confirmed |
| 2026-09-30 | Newsom Signs SB 947 No Robo Bosses Act, Barring Employer Reliance Solely on Automated Systems to Fire or Discipline
3 src Gavin Newsom | | confirmed |
| 2026-09-29 | California Bans Electrical Shock Gloves After ICE Bought 6,000 Pairs for $16.7 Million; DHS Says It 'Will Not Abide'
2 src Gavin Newsom · U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · U.S. Department of Homeland Security | | confirmed |
| 2026-09-16 | DOJ Sent Five Grand Jury Subpoenas for San Diego County Voter Records Between June 1 and Sept. 16, Registrar Says
2 src U.S. Department of Justice · Homeland Security Investigations | | confirmed |
| 2026-09-12 | Judge Lee Grants Preliminary Injunction Freezing Gilroy ICE Facility Construction on NEPA Grounds
4 src Rob Bonta · U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · Department of Homeland Security · General Services Administration | | confirmed |
| 2026-09-10 | Sonoma Sanctuary Coalition Pickets a Sheriff's Foundation Fundraiser Over ICE Notifications; Watchdog Counted 325 Requests, 46 Answered, 21 Arrests
3 src | | confirmed |
| 2026-09-01 | CalPrivacy Fines Data Broker SalesIntel Research $36,400 for Failing to Register on Time
2 src California Privacy Protection Agency | | confirmed |
| 2026-09-01 | Court-Appointed Monitor Stands By Findings After CoreCivic and Federal Defendants Object to California City Detention Report
1 src CoreCivic · U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement | | confirmed |
| 2026-08-26 | Santa Clara/California v. ICE (Gilroy): Docket Shows Full NEPA/ICA/Zoning Complaint, Federal Opposition Claiming '10 Detainees,' and an Unresolved Hearing-Date Discrepancy Between Press (Sept. 8) and the Court's Own Docket Text (Oct. 7)
4 src Santa Clara County · State of California · California Attorney General Rob Bonta · ICE · +2 | | reported |
| 2026-08-24 | Ninth Circuit Lifts Judge Thurston's Border Patrol Stop-and-Arrest Injunction and Remands for a Standing Determination, Leaving the Appeal Pending (United Farm Workers v. Noem)
6 src United Farm Workers · ACLU · U.S. Border Patrol | | confirmed |
| 2026-08-21 | Ninth Circuit Unanimously Denies DHS Stay of Adelanto Conditions Injunction in L.T. v. ICE
3 src U.S. Department of Homeland Security · U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · GEO Group · Public Counsel · +1 | | confirmed |
| 2026-08-13 | CalPrivacy Fines Data Broker Cybba $52,400 for Failing to Register Under the Delete Act
2 src California Privacy Protection Agency | | confirmed |
| 2026-08-13 | Federal Judge Poised to Block Warrantless ICE Arrest Tactics Across 19-Million-Person LA Region
2 src Gregory Bovino · ACLU · Public Counsel · U.S. Customs and Border Protection | | confirmed |
| 2026-08-10 | California Issues First Combined CCPA + Delete Act Enforcement Action, Fines Data Broker LocateSmarter $116,490
3 src California Privacy Protection Agency | | confirmed |
| 2026-08-05 | Federal Judge Holds DHS in Contempt for Failing to Preserve ICE Agents' Personal Phone Records From LA Sweeps
2 src Department of Homeland Security · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) | | confirmed |
| 2026-08-01 | California's DROP Platform Goes Live — First US Centralized Data-Broker Deletion Mechanism, 45-Day Check Cycle
7 src California Privacy Protection Agency | | confirmed |
| 2026-07-30 | Court-Appointed Monitor Finds CoreCivic's California City ICE Facility in Sustained Medical Failure, Violating Court Order
3 src CoreCivic · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · American Civil Liberties Union | | confirmed |
| 2026-07-23 | California's Weber Writes Back to DHS: Letter Gives 'No Detail Whatsoever', Asks for Method by August 3
2 src Shirley Weber · Markwayne Mullin · U.S. Department of Homeland Security | | confirmed |
| 2026-07-16 | DHS Secretary Mullin Writes California That Up to 190,832 Noncitizens May Be Registered, Nevada 15,903
3 src Markwayne Mullin · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · Shirley Weber | | confirmed |
| 2026-07-16 | Judge Sykes Enjoins ICE Over Adelanto Conditions, Appoints Two Independent Monitors for Duration of Suit
3 src Lewis A. Kaplan · U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · GEO Group · +3 | | confirmed |
| 2026-06-23 | Marin County Joins CA AG Lawsuit Against Permit-Bypassing Gilroy ICE Facility as Multi-County Coalition Grows
3 src California Attorney General · Santa Clara County · Immigration and Customs Enforcement | | confirmed |
| 2026-06-12 | McFarland, California MOU Relieves City Police of Any Investigative Duty for PREA Sexual-Assault Incidents at GEO's Golden State and Central Valley Annexes
4 src | | confirmed |
| 2026-05-19 | Monterey County Supervisors Unanimously Oppose the Gilroy ICE Detention Facility in the Neighboring County — Second County to Line Up Against a Site Local Zoning Doesn't Permit
2 src Santa Clara County · California Department of Justice · ICE · Elmwood Capital Group | | confirmed |
| 2026-05-15 | CA AG Bonta Releases Fifth ICE Detention Report: Six Deaths, 162% Population Surge, 'Cruel and Inhumane'
2 src Rob Bonta · California Attorney General · ICE · GEO Group · +2 | | confirmed |
| 2026-05-13 | Vance-Oz Anti-Fraud Task Force: $1.3B California Medicaid Deferral; All 50 States Notified; 6-Month Hospice Freeze
4 src J.D. Vance · Mehmet Oz · Gavin Newsom · Rob Bonta · +1 | | confirmed |
| 2026-03-30 | Adelanto GEO Detention Facility Records Fourth Death in Seven Months — Four of California's Six ICE Detention Deaths, the State's Highest Toll Since Inspections Began
5 src GEO Group · ICE · California Department of Justice | | reported |
| 2026-01-08 | CalPrivacy Fines Data Brokers Datamasters $45,000 and S&P Global $62,600 for Registration Failures
1 src California Privacy Protection Agency | | confirmed |
| 2025-09-08 | San Francisco Police Allowed 1.6 Million Illegal License Plate Searches by ICE and Out-of-State Agencies
2 src U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · Flock Safety · Electronic Frontier Foundation · American Civil Liberties Union | | reported |
| 2025-07-07 | Bovino Leads Military-Style Raid on MacArthur Park as Children Flee, Defies Mayor Bass
5 src Gregory Bovino · U.S. Customs and Border Protection · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) |
| confirmed |
| 2025-06-07 | Bovino's Home Depot Immigration Raid Standoff Triggers Trump's National Guard Deployment in LA
4 src Gregory Bovino · Donald Trump · Kristi Noem · California National Guard · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-04-29 | Judge Thurston Enjoins Border Patrol Warrantless Sweeps After Bovino's El Centro Agents Racially Profile Farm Workers in Kern County
5 src Greg Bovino · CBP · United Farm Workers · ACLU | | confirmed |
| 2025-01-08 | GSA Awards Secret 20-Year Lease for Gilroy ICE Detention Site to ECG 6 LLC (Elmwood Capital Group); Not Discovered Until April 2026 — Real-Estate-LLC Concealment Evolves the Warehouse-Buildout Pattern
4 src General Services Administration · Elmwood Capital Group · ICE · DHS · +1 | | confirmed |
| 2019-12-03 | Rep. Duncan Hunter Pleads Guilty to Stealing Campaign Funds After Blaming Wife
3 src Margaret Hunter · Donald Trump |
| confirmed |
| 2019-10-07 | Sutter Health Settles Antitrust Case for $575 Million, Admits to All-or-Nothing Contracting and Price Concealment
3 src California Attorney General |
| confirmed |
| 2018-08-21 | Rep. Duncan Hunter and Wife Indicted for $250,000 Campaign Finance Fraud
3 src Margaret Hunter |
| confirmed |