Chapters

The ACLU is a network of staffed affiliate and volunteer-run chapter offices in all 50 states and Puerto Rico. California has three affiliates, one in San Francisco, one in Los Angeles, and one in San Diego. With 55,000 members and 50 staff members, the ACLU of Northern California, based in San Francisco, is the largest ACLU affiliate in the nation.

On a day-to-day basis, each affiliate is autonomous and makes its own decisions about which cases to take and which issues to emphasize. Each has its own Board of Directors and staff, each sets its own civil liberties priorities, and each decides for itself what cases to take, what state and local bills to work on, and what kind of public education campaigns to run.

The ACLU of Northern California consists of 17 established local chapters and 7 campus clubs which meet throughout the area:

Chapters

Berkeley/North East Bay Chapter
Berkeley, Albany, Richmond, Kensington, and Surrounding Area

Chico Chapter
Chico and North Valley

Greater Fresno Chapter
Fresno, Madera, Tulare, and Kings counties

Marin County Chapter
Marin County

Mid Peninsula Chapter
Mid Peninsula

Monterey County Chapter
Monterey County

Mt. Diablo Chapter
Central and Eastern Contra Costa County

North Peninsula Chapter
Daly City to San Carlos

Paul Robeson Chapter
Alameda County: Alameda, Castro Valley, Fremont, Hayward, Newark, Oakland, San Leandro, San Lorezno, & Union City

Redwood Chapter
Humboldt, Del Norte, Western Trinity and Northern Mendocino Counties

Sacramento County Chapter
Sacramento County

San Joaquin County Chapter
San Joaquin County

Santa Clara Valley Chapter
Mid & Southern Santa Clara County

Santa Cruz County Chapter
Santa Cruz County

Shasta-Tehama-Trinity Chapter
Shasta, Tehama, and Trinity Counties

Sonoma County Chapter
Sonoma County

Yolo County Chapter
The Greater Yolo County Area

Campus Clubs

CSU Fresno Club
CSU Fresno

Golden Gate University School of Law Club
Golden Gate University School of Law

Pacific McGeorge School of Law Club
Pacific McGeorge School of Law

Santa Clara University School of Law Club
Santa Clara University School of Law

Stanford University Club
Stanford University

U.C. Berkeley Club
U.C. Berkeley

U.C. Davis King Hall School of Law Club
U.C. Davis King Hall School of Law