Chang

Chang v. County of Siskiyou

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United States District Court, Eastern District of CaliforniaOctober 25, 20242:22-cv-01378California11,856 words

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 Ger Chong Ze Chang, et al., No. 2:22-cev-01378-KJM-AC Plaintiffs, ORDER v. County of Siskiyou, et al., 1S Defendants. 16 The plaintiffs in this civil rights action allege Siskiyou County, California and the Siskiyou County Sheriff (together, “the county” for ease of reference) have recently violated the Fourteenth Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause and California law by employing county 20 zoning ordinances in a racially discriminatory manner. They also allege the county’s recent zoning enforcement efforts have affirmatively put them in danger by depriving them of the water they need to cook, drink, bathe, wash clothes, grow food, raise animals and fight fires, all in 23 violation of the Fourteenth Amendment Due Process Clause. As explained in this order, plaintiffs’ motion for permission to supplement their complaint 25 is granted to permit them to assert claims about the county’s…

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