Economic Justice

The ACLU works to defend economically disadvantaged people and fights income-based discrimination in the criminal justice and public benefits systems, and in housing and employment. Economic justice is a civil right.

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Homeless people's stuff being destroyed in Fresno

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Events

Sacramento: Bail Reform Film Screening & Discussion

October 28, 2017 - 10:00am

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Criminal Justice and Drug Policy, Economic Justice, Racial Justice

Join the ACLU in Sacramento, CA on Saturday, Oct. 28 at 10 a.m. for a free film screening and discussion on money bail and what we can do to replace the broken system in California. Read more

Events

Elk Grove: Bail Reform Film Screening & Discussion

October 28, 2017 - 7:00pm

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Criminal Justice and Drug Policy, Economic Justice, Racial Justice

Join the ACLU in Elk Grove, CA on Saturday, Oct. 28 at 7 p.m. for a free film screening and discussion on money bail and what we can do to replace the broken system in California. Read more

News

ACLU Comment on Newly Released Report on Pretrial Detention Reform in California

October 24, 2017

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Criminal Justice and Drug Policy, Economic Justice, Racial Justice

California's Pretrial Detention Reform Work Group today released a report that includes many encouraging recommendations to overhaul California’s fraught pretrial justice system. Read more

Blog

A clipping from the 1981 ACLU News announcing victory in the lawsuit to protect abortion care in California

The California Fight for Abortion Access for All: #ACLUTimeMachine

October 20, 2017

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Economic Justice, Racial Justice, Reproductive Justice & Gender Equity

"Once the state furnishes medical care to poor women in general, it cannot withdraw part of that care solely because a woman exercises her constitutional right to have an abortion.” Read more »

News

An illustration of a black woman wearing a pink hat from the women's march, flexing her arm, with a speech bubble that says "WE CAN DO IT!"

ACLU Filing Lawsuit Challenging Trump Administration Contraceptive Coverage Rule

October 6, 2017

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Economic Justice, Reproductive Justice & Gender Equity

“The Trump Administration is forcing women to pay for their boss’s religious beliefs,” said ACLU senior staff attorney Brigitte Amiri. “We’re filing this lawsuit because the federal government cannot authorize discrimination against women in the... Read more

Blog

People pick strawberries in an agricultural field.

Trump’s EPA is Harming California’s Farmworkers. You Have the Power to Help.

October 2, 2017

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Economic Justice, Racial Justice

The people who grow our food shouldn’t have to risk getting sick just to do their jobs . But dozens of California-grown crops—including oranges, lemons, almonds, and walnuts—are often treated with a dangerous pesticide called chlorpyrifos that can... Read more »

Blog

Bail Reform: Not a Question of If, But When for California

September 18, 2017

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Criminal Justice and Drug Policy, Economic Justice, Racial Justice

Bail reform is gaining steam, and we couldn’t be happier. Across the country, counties and states are tackling problems with their money bail systems. Even Congress — dysfunctional as it can be — is taking a look at the issue. And, here in... Read more »

News

Advocates Applaud Governor Brown and Chief Justice’s Commitment to Reform California’s Unjust Bail System

August 25, 2017

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Criminal Justice and Drug Policy, Economic Justice, Racial Justice

Sacramento - Today, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr., Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye, Senator Bob Hertzberg and Assemblymember Rob Bonta announced their plan to work together to reform California’s fraught money bail system. The bill cosponsors... Read more

Action

Prop 57 Criminal Justice Reform the Right Way

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Criminal Justice and Drug Policy

Economic Justice

Racial Justice

Voters approved Prop. 57 last year to break the cycle of incarceration by prioritizing rehabilitation and reintegration. California prisons must implement the law the right way.Read more »

Events

Antioch: Bail Reform Film Screening & Discussion

August 15, 2017 - 6:30pm

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Criminal Justice and Drug Policy, Economic Justice, Racial Justice

Join the ACLU and Bend the Arc in Antioch on Tuesday, Aug. 15 at 6:30 p.m. for a free film screening and discussion on money bail and what we can do to replace the broken system in California. Read more