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California Supreme Court Rules Against the City of Hayward and its Police Department in Public Records Case

May 28, 2020

Today, the ACLU Foundation of Northern California prevailed in obtaining a unanimous California Supreme Court opinion that will help ensure that access to electronic records, such as police body camera footage, is not dependent on the requester’s wealth. Read More

Black Lives Will Continue to Matter on Sacramento Sheriff’s Official Facebook Page Despite His Failed Attempt to Ban Free Speech

May 28, 2020

Vote by Mail Not Enough, California Must Also Require Minimum Number of In-person Polls for November Elections

May 21, 2020

Why Freedom of Expression and Public Health Must Coexist

May 18, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic forces a reckoning with the balance between freedom of assembly and public health and safety. The virus is highly contagious and the risks of exposure include severe illness or death. These risks are especially high for medically vulnerable people and communities that our systems have failed, especially Black and brown communities. Read More

Fighting Local Surveillance: A Toolkit

May 14, 2020

Together, we are achieving important victories against secret and dangerous surveillance. We are raising awareness of how surveillance technology like drones, stingrays, and facial recognition exacerbate discriminatory policing, suppress dissent, and facilitate harm to immigrants and people of color. We are building the political coalitions and power essential to win surveillance reform and durabl... Read More

Court Rejects Lawsuit to Force Governor to Halt ICE Transfers During Pandemic

May 13, 2020

The California Supreme Court today rejected a lawsuit that would have forced the governor to halt the transfer of individuals from state prisons and county jails to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention centers that are potential death traps due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Read More

ACLU of California Statement on the Governor’s Executive Order on the November General Election

May 08, 2020

ACLU Condemns DAs in Stanislaus and Tulare Counties for Defying New COVID-19 Statewide Bail Directives

May 06, 2020

The ACLU denounces actions taken by Stanislaus County District Attorney Birgit Fladager and Tulare County District Attorney Tim Ward to keep people in jail during the COVID-19 crisis by circumventing and opposing the emergency bail schedule. Read More

Advocates Demand that Mayor Breed Follow the Law, Move Unhoused People into Hotels and Allow COVID-19 Tests for Shelter Residents

May 05, 2020

Attorneys for the Coalition on Homelessness demanded that Mayor Breed stop shirking her mandatory health duties, and allow COVID-19 testing of all shelter residents, as well as follow the recent City ordinance requiring that hotel rooms be made available for all unhoused people during the shelter-in-place ordinance. Read More

ACLU Demands Release of Records in Police Beating of 14-year-old Boy

May 04, 2020

Jah, who never appeared to pose a threat, was tackled, pinned, and punched by the officer on April 27, 2020 in the area of Mills Station Road and Mather Field Road in Rancho Cordova, CA. Jah and his family are in our thoughts as they heal and recover from this traumatic event. Read More