A coalition of over 85 racial justice, faith, and civil, human, and immigrants’ rights groups today sent letters to Microsoft, Amazon, and Google demanding the companies commit not to sell face surveillance technology to the government.Read more »
Today, California Governor Gavin Newsom introduced his budget proposal for the 2019-20 Fiscal Year, included in the budget was a commitment to expand paid family leave to six months from the current six weeks.Read more »
Today, Governor Gavin Newsom unveiled his proposed budget for the 2019-20 Fiscal Year that includes a $25 million General Fund investment for a community-based rapid response program for nonprofit first responders helping migrant families seeking... Read more »
Today, Gavin Newsom unveiled his proposed budget today for the 2019-20 Fiscal Year, including a $124.9 million investment to expand preschool education to all low-income four-year-olds over the next three years.Read more »
Google announced that they, unlike Amazon and Microsoft, will not release facial recognition technology. The ACLU called on other companies to follow suit.Read more »
Reports released today indicate that Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents are using tear gas against migrants attempting to seek asylum at the San Ysidro port of entry at the Mexico/California border.Read more »
The ACLU will continue to vigorously support efforts that move California forward, advance racial justice and create a pretrial justice system wherein freedom from unnecessary detention is the norm.Read more »
Breaking federal court ruling halts a Trump administration policy that blocked hundreds of lawful permanent residents from serving in the U.S. military.Read more »
Debt Free Justice California, a statewide coalition, launched today to put an end to the unfair ways California's criminal legal system drains wealth from vulnerable communities.Read more »
SAN FRANCISCO — The American Civil Liberties Union, Southern Poverty Law Center, and Center for Constitutional Rights have filed a federal lawsuit challenging the asylum ban proclamation signed this morning by President Trump. The lawsuit currently... Read more »
