2009 Press Releases

December, 2009

Fresno Hospital Agrees To Training And Policy Changes In Response To Mistreatment Of Lesbian Couple (Dec 16, 2009)

Extraordinary Rendition Case Should Move Forward, Argues ACLU In Court (Dec 15, 2009)

Sikh Religious Musicians Settle with US Airways After Wrongful Removal From Flight (Dec 14, 2009)


November, 2009

Online Privacy Has a New Ally: ACLU of Northern California's Demand Your dotRights Campaign to Protect Digital Data (Nov 18, 2009)


October, 2009

ACLU Lawsuit Challenges California's Mandatory DNA Collection at Arrest (Oct 7, 2009)


September, 2009

ACLU of Northern California Celebrates 75th Anniversary (Sep 21, 2009)

Community Leaders Ask Alameda County Supervisors for Open Process in Selecting Interim District Attorney (Sep 14, 2009)

Minority, Women-Owned Small Businesses Seek Role in Caltrans Contracting Suit (Sep 14, 2009)

Authors Urge Rejection of Google Book Search Deal (Sep 8, 2009)


August, 2009

Prison Agency Announces Youth Prison Closure, As Proposed by Community Groups (Aug 28, 2009)

ACLU Launches Facebook Privacy Quiz, Calls for Stronger Privacy Defaults (Aug 26, 2009)

Community Groups Propose Smart Prison Budget Cuts to Save $1.2 Billion (Aug 18, 2009)


July, 2009

ACLU Asks Solano County Court to Limit Scope of Gang Injunction, Citing Due Process and Racial Profiling Concerns (Jul 14, 2009)

LGBT Community Groups Seek to Intervene in Federal Challenge to Proposition 8 (Jul 8, 2009)

Government Rescinds "No Match" Rule Harmful To Legal Workers (Jul 8, 2009)


June, 2009

Hundreds Testify In First-Ever Public Hearing On California's Death Penalty (Jun 30, 2009)

Antioch Unified School District and ACLU Reach Settlement (Jun 25, 2009)

Fresno Hospital Bars Lesbian From Visiting Partner And Giving Advice About Her Treatment (Jun 15, 2009)

ACLU Challenges Defense Department Personnel Policy To Regard Lawful Protests As "Low-Level Terrorism" (Jun 10, 2009)

ACLU Asks Sonoma County Schools to Comply With California Law on Sex Education (Jun 3, 2009)

EFF and ACLU Planning to Appeal Dismissal of Dozens of Spying Cases (Jun 3, 2009)


May, 2009

ACLU Sues for Release of Fresno Police Department Records (May 27, 2009)

LGBT Organizations Point Out that Lawsuits Could Set Back Progress on Marriage for Same-Sex Couples (May 27, 2009)

Court Upholds Prop 8; State Continues to Recognize 18,000 Marriages (May 26, 2009)

High School Student Takes On Anti-Gay Harassment...And Wins (May 18, 2009)

Student Privacy Gets an Early Win in School Drug Testing Case (May 6, 2009)

Del Norte County Unified School District and ACLU Reach Agreement to Address Discipline Disparities and Improve School Environment for Native American Students (May 1, 2009)


April, 2009

Federal Court Permits Landmark ACLU Rendition Case To Go Forward (Apr 21, 2009)

Interrogation Memos Provide Further Reason To Give Torture Victims Day In Court, Says ACLU (Apr 21, 2009)

ACLU of Northern California Names Abdi Soltani New Executive Director (Apr 7, 2009)


March, 2009

California Still the Highest Spender on the Death Penalty; New Mexico Abolishes (Mar 18, 2009)

Appellate Court Upholds Berkeley Unified School Districts Voluntary Desegregation Plan (Mar 17, 2009)

ACLU of Northern California Launches New Publication to Help Guide the Protection of Customer Privacy and Free Speech Rights (Mar 11, 2009)

Attorneys Urge California Supreme Court To Invalidate Prop 8 (Mar 5, 2009)

State Supreme Court Unanimously Reaffirms Fans' Right to Privacy in 49ers' Pat Down Case (Mar 2, 2009)


February, 2009

ACLU Argues Extraordinary Rendition Case Should Go Forward (Feb 10, 2009)

California Supreme Court To Hear Oral Arguments In Prop 8 Legal Challenge On March 5 (Feb 3, 2009)


January, 2009

Community Organizations and Publishers Sue FBI and Other Agencies Over Illegal Computer Searches (Jan 14, 2009)

Debate Over Sex Ed Heats Up in Fremont (Jan 14, 2009)

San Francisco Surveillance Cameras Dont Reduce Violent Crime, Study Finds (Jan 9, 2009)

California Supreme Court Hears ACLU Privacy Violation Arguments in 49ers Pat-Down Lawsuit (Jan 6, 2009)

New Filing in Prop 8 Legal Challenge (Jan 5, 2009)