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UC Davis Students Reach $1Million Settlement with University Over Pepper-Spraying Incident

September 26, 2012

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Criminal Justice and Drug Policy, Free Speech

Today attorneys for 21 UC Davis students and recent alumni announced the details of their settlement of the federal class-action lawsuit against UC Davis over the shocking incident in which campus police repeatedly doused seated, non-violent student... Read more »

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Governor Brown Signs Comprehensive Reproductive Health Access Bill -- SB 623

September 23, 2012

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Reproductive Justice & Gender Equity

Several of the state’s leading reproductive rights groups applauded Governor Brown for signing SB 623, an important bill authored by Senator Christine Kehoe (D-San Diego) that will allow the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), to... Read more »

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Ninth Circuit Will Re-Hear the Mandatory DNA Collection at Arrest Lawsuit

September 19, 2012

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Criminal Justice and Drug Policy, Privacy and Government Surveillance

On Sep. 19, 2012, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals will rehear the ACLU of Northern California's federal class-action challenge to a California law that mandates that DNA is collected from anyone arrested on suspicion of a felony, whether or not... Read more »

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ACLU of California Endorses Proposition 30

September 11, 2012

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Education Equity

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of California today announced its endorsement of Proposition 30, the Schools and Local Public Safety Protection Act.Read more »

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Parents and Doctors Sue Clovis School District Over Sex Education

August 21, 2012

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LGBT Equality, Reproductive Justice & Gender Equity

Parents and physicians sued the Clovis Unified School District today over its high school abstinence-only-until-marriage sex education. The lawsuit charges that the district is violating California law and putting teens’ health at risk by teaching... Read more »

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Central Valley School District Reaches Settlement with Civil Rights Groups, Agrees to Ensure Equal Opportunity for English Learners

August 16, 2012

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Education Equity, Immigrants' Rights

Major civil rights organizations have reached a settlement agreement with the Dinuba Unified School District (DUSD) to ensure that young English learners have an equal chance to succeed. The agreement, which was finalized at a school board meeting... Read more »

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U.S. Attorney Shouldn't Be Threatening to Prosecute City Employees CA ACLU Says Duffy Should Retract Threat to Prosecute City Employees over Medical Marijuana Ballot Initiative

August 2, 2012

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Criminal Justice and Drug Policy, Racial Justice

The San Diego U.S. Attorney is treading dangerous legal ground with a legal opinion that seems to be threatening Del Mar city employees with prosecution if they comply with an ordinance on medical marijuana up for a vote in November. In a letter... Read more »

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California is NOT Arizona

July 6, 2012

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Immigrants' Rights, Racial Justice

Yesterday afternoon, the California State Senate approved the TRUST Act (AB 1081-Ammiano) with a vote of 21-13. Assemblymember Tom Ammiano is the bill's author; Sen. Kevin de León served as floor manager for the vote and presented the bill to the... Read more »

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Education or Incarceration?

July 5, 2012

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Criminal Justice and Drug Policy, Education Equity

California’s budget negotiations are an exercise in high stakes tradeoffs. And as legislators accept deep cuts to education and the safety net, the ACLU is challenging Californians to acquire a real-time sense of how the state’s bottom line would... Read more »

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West Contra Costa Unified School District Sued for Substandard Conditions at Richmond School

July 2, 2012

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Education Equity

Citing badly deteriorated conditions at the West Contra Costa school district's Community Day School Program, the ACLU of Northern California and the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights today filed suit on behalf of two concerned taxpayers against... Read more »

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UC Davis Students Reach $1Million Settlement with University Over Pepper-Spraying Incident

Governor Brown Signs Comprehensive Reproductive Health Access Bill -- SB 623

Ninth Circuit Will Re-Hear the Mandatory DNA Collection at Arrest Lawsuit

ACLU of California Endorses Proposition 30

Parents and Doctors Sue Clovis School District Over Sex Education

Central Valley School District Reaches Settlement with Civil Rights Groups, Agrees to Ensure Equal Opportunity for English Learners

U.S. Attorney Shouldn't Be Threatening to Prosecute City Employees CA ACLU Says Duffy Should Retract Threat to Prosecute City Employees over Medical Marijuana Ballot Initiative

California is NOT Arizona

Education or Incarceration?

West Contra Costa Unified School District Sued for Substandard Conditions at Richmond School

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