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La Fundación ACLU del Norte de California lanzó un nuevo vid¬¬eo disponible en español para educar a las personas sobre sus derechos de la Primera Enmienda en protestas y manifestaciones, ya sea en un campus universitario o en la vía pública. Read More

The ACLU Foundation of Northern California has released a new video along with detailed Know Your Rights guides to educate people about their rights at protests and demonstrations, whether they’re on a college campus or a public street.  Read More

Today, the ACLU Foundation of Northern California, the Center for Protest Law & Litigation, and civil rights attorney Thomas Seabaugh filed a lawsuit against the University of California Santa Cruz for banning more than 100 students and faculty members from campus after they were arrested at a pro-Palestine protest this past May. Read More

A new report, Resistance, Retaliation, Repression: A Year in California Immigration Detention, analyzes hundreds of complaints filed by detained people through Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) grievance system. Read More

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals blocked several provisions of the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act (CAADCA) that impermissibly and unconstitutionally placed content-based burdens on speech. Read More

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The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Grants Pass v. Johnson opens the door for cities to cite and arrest people simply for being homeless. However, San Francisco has policies and an ordinance requiring the city to offer shelter before clearing encampments. Our lawsuit challenging San Francisco's costly and ineffective response to homelessness will proceed. Read More

The State of California will be required to strengthen oversight of school districts to prevent systemic discrimination against Black students, children with disabilities and English learners. Read More

Last week, over 50 organizations wrote to Congress to warn of the dangers of including broad preemption in the pending federal privacy bill, the American Privacy Rights Act (APRA) Read More

The ACLU of Northern California and Public Justice filed a motion to unseal court records and preserve public access in the class action lawsuit women who were sexually abused at FCI Dublin brought against the federal Bureau of Prisons. The First Amendment protects the right of public access to court records and judicial proceedings. Read More

The Supreme Court’s decision could have far-reaching implications for unhoused people. However, most of the legal issues in Coalition on Homelessness v. City of San Francisco, which challenges the City’s costly and ineffective practice of citing, arresting, and moving unhoused individuals without offering real alternative shelter and destroying their belongings, are not under review in the Grants ... Read More

The ACLU of Northern California re-affirmed its opposition to the recall of Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price, following reports that Price's critics had obtained enough signatures to force a recall election. Read More