Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump Doj’s Nearly $2B ‘Anti-weaponization’ Fund<\/a><\/p>\n A San Francisco Supreme Court judge challenged a taxpayer-led lawsuit claiming that city officials’ use of taxpayer money for a Reparations Fund was unconstitutional.<\/p>\n (Getty Images)<\/p>\n Quinn also granted the Pacific Legal Foundation leave to amend, giving them a chance to fix any errors in their case.<\/p>\n The\u00a0Pacific Legal Foundation<\/a>, several San Francisco residents, and the Californians for Equal Rights Foundation sued San Francisco, challenging an ordinance that establishes a fund for Black residents.<\/p>\n Read On The Fox News App<\/a><\/p>\n The\u00a0lawsuit alleges<\/a> that the ordinance discriminates on the basis of race because it allows taxpayer money to be funneled into the fund. The plaintiffs said a win would protect taxpayers from supporting a government-run, race-based program and establish boundaries for other cities implementing similar policies.<\/p>\n Quinn was reportedly\u00a0not convinced<\/a> by claims that the reparations plan is discriminatory, stating that there is not enough evidence yet to determine if the use of the program would have racial implications.<\/p>\n “Both the United States and California Constitutions<\/a> forbid this,” the nonprofit says in its complaint. “Government may not allocate benefits, opportunities or burdens according to race or lineage.”<\/p>\n Aoc-backed $30 Minimum Wage Plan Could Backfire In Unexpected Ways, Experts Warn<\/a><\/p>\n The lawsuit claims the San Francisco reparations plan violates both the California and U.S. Constitution.<\/p>\n “This is a taxpayer standing challenge at the pleading stage against an ordinance that assigns a public agency, a taxpayer-funded agency, with the responsibility of administering a fund for an unlawful purpose,” said Andrew Quinio, an attorney with the Pacific Legal Foundation.<\/p>\n “How do you know that?” Quinn asked, pushing back on the claim that reparations<\/a> would be distributed unlawfully.<\/p>\n According to Courthouse News, “Quinn and Quinio had a rousing back-and-forth about taxpayer standing and other issues. Quinn asked whether \u2018a possibility that something race-conscious is going to happen\u2019 was enough to bring a claim.”<\/p>\n “Quinio said yes, it was sufficient,”\u00a0the outlet reported.<\/p>\n “\u2018No, it\u2019s not,” Quinn replied.<\/p>\n “\u2018There\u2019s no authority for that.\u2019 He noted that if that were true, \u2018then we would have thousands of taxpayer actions, challenging all kinds of laws that citizens disagree with because something might happen under that law.\u2019”<\/p>\n Quinn reportedly said that, provided that the plan has one race-neutral option, the plaintiffs would need to show how the ordinance was unlawful in every application it could potentially have to adequately challenge it.<\/p>\n Quinn was appointed by former Democratic California Governor Jerry Brown.<\/p>\n Mayors Want To Keep Handing Out Free Cash After Federal Funds Dried Up<\/a><\/p>\n Judge Joseph Quinn said plaintiffs still need to provide evidence that the San Francisco reparations program is race-based.<\/p>\n Democratic Mayor Daniel Lurie in December signed an ordinance that creates a reparations fund that could one day grant each of the city’s eligible Black residents up to $5 million in reparations for alleged historic discrimination and displacement.<\/p>\n The ordinance, passed by the Board of Supervisors in December, was signed by Lurie two days before Christmas. It established the legal framework for the fund but did not allocate funds or guarantee payments.<\/p>\n![\"View](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/020efd681f73ab129e928f8f31f184e3.jpeg\"\/)
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