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Another unarmed black person will soon be killed by the police. Take a stand for police reform in CA. Every mother deserves safety for her children - no matter their skin color. Read More

A Fresno County Superior Court judge has ruled that a lawsuit brought against the Clovis Unified School District was justified because the District’s sex education curriculum was out of compliance with California state law. The suit, American Academy of Pediatrics, et al. v. Clovis Unified School District, was brought on behalf of parents, physicians and the Gay-Straight Alliance Network by the AC... Read More

We just learned that Santa Clara County will not be moving forward to purchase an invasive Stingray mobile tracking system. Read More

We need to break the cycle of poverty created by our history of discrimination. We've got to be serious about ending the residential segregation that puts success out of reach for too many of our children. Read More

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In California, legislators, the ACLU, and our partners are advocating for a broad range of measures that, collectively, could put California on a path toward socially just police reform. Read More

The call for justice for trans people is not merely what comes after marriage. Transgender people have been fighting in the streets, in the courts, in prisons and jails, and in legislatures for decades. Read More

The ACLU Foundation of Northern California filed suit against a public school district over abstinence-only-until-marriage sex education in it's high schools. The lawsuit charges that the district is violating California law and putting teens' health at risk by giving students misinformation and denying them critical instruction about condoms and contraception. Read More

Current policies in some CA counties unfairly target low-income people and violate due process rights. So the ACLU is taking action for economic justice. Read More

The ACLU is neutral on SB 277, the California bill regarding vaccinations. We expressed concerns in an April 2, 2015 letter to the Senate committees on Health, Education and Judiciary regarding the bill as originally drafted. Read More