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Lo que encontrará en esta guía: QUIÉN puede votar, CÓMO registrarse para votar, CUÁNDO y DÓNDE puedes emitir tu voto y CONSEJOS CLAVE para ser un votante informado. Read More

This guide to voting in California includes information about who can vote, how to register to vote, when and where you can cast your ballot, and key tips on being an informed voter. Read More

The U.S. Supreme Court granted the Trump administration’s request to stay a federal court decision protecting Venezuelans with Temporary Protected Status while it appeals the lower court’s ruling. Read More

We filed a class-action lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's policy of arresting immigrants when they appear for court in Northern California and holding them in inhumane conditions inside the San Francisco ICE field office. Read More

We filed a motion in federal court to prevent Meta from complying with the Department of Homeland Security’s demand that the tech giant turn over the name, email address, and phone number associated with an Instagram account that reposted a video naming a Border Patrol agent. We argue that the government’s administrative subpoena violated First Amendment protections for anonymous political speech. Read More

The federal class-action lawsuit challenges the Trump administration's policy of arresting people when they appear for their mandatory hearings in immigration court and holding them for days in a makeshift detention center without access to beds, basic hygiene supplies, medical care, or legal counsel. Read More

The California Voting Rights Act of 2001 (“CVRA” or “Act”) is one of the state’s most significant civil rights laws and a powerful tool to combat vote dilution. Authored by then-Senator Richard Polanco and inspired by the vision of voting rights giant Joaquin G. Avila, the CVRA was enacted in 2002 to address the persistent harms of dilutive at-large election systems in California—systems that have... Read More

The five-year settlement requires the city to follow its bag-and-tag policy and establishes strong oversight measures. The Coalition on Homelessness sued San Francisco in 2022 over its practice of seizing and destroying unhoused residents’ belongings during encampment sweeps in violation of the Fourth Amendment. Read More

A federal district court found that DHS Secretary Kristi Noem did not have the authority to cancel the extension of Temporary Protected Status the Biden administration had granted to more than one million Venezuelans and Haitians who have lived and worked lawfully in the US for years. (Photo courtesy of Sam Comen) Read More

As an organization committed to racial justice and the rule of law, it is our obligation to put a spotlight on racism and its overzealous cousin, white supremacy. The Trump administration’s immigration policies are explicitly and implicitly fostering a belief that the white race is inherently superior to other races and that this nation will be better or stronger, whatever superlative fits, with m... Read More