SF Gate –

San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera opened another front Thursday in the city’s legal combat with the Trump administration, suing Attorney General Jeff Sessions for the unexplained withdrawals of Obama-era civil rights guidelines meant to protect poor people from jail for unpaid fines and strengthen rights of the disabled.

The guidance documents describe the government’s interpretation of federal laws, providing information that can be important to state and local agencies, employers and recipients of federal funds. Sessions withdrew many of them in December, in line with President Trump’s decree to roll back a wide range of federal regulations.

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