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ACLU Urges San Francisco Police Commission to Reject Taser Proposal

March 4, 2010

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Criminal Justice and Drug Policy

Good evening. My name is Kelli Evans and I am the new Associate Director of the ACLU of Northern California. I am also a civil rights attorney and have spent a number of years working on police accountability and integrity issues across the country... Read more »

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ACLU Tells Fresno City College That Anti-Gay Preaching By Health Professor Doesn't Fly

February 8, 2010

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LGBT Equality, Reproductive Justice & Gender Equity

The American Civil Liberties Union sent a letter to Fresno City College today demanding that the school ensure that all its health science classes teach unbiased and medically accurate information. According to students at the college, lectures by... Read more »

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Over 12,000 Object to California's Execution Plan

January 21, 2010

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Criminal Justice and Drug Policy

Over 12,000 individuals, from California and across the country, have submitted comments objecting to the new execution plan recently released by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR). The revised plan, released for... Read more »

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ACLU Lawsuit Challenges California's Mandatory DNA Collection at Arrest

October 7, 2009

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Criminal Justice and Drug Policy, Privacy and Government Surveillance

A lawsuit filed today by the ACLU of Northern California seeks to stop California's policy of mandating that DNA is collected from anyone arrested for a felony, whether or not they are ever charged or convicted. The ACLU opposes this law because it... Read more »

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ACLU, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights File Court Papers Against Proposed Oakland Gang Injunction

April 8, 2010

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Criminal Justice and Drug Policy

On April 8, 2010, the ACLU of Northern California and the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area filed an amicus brief with the Alameda County Superior Court opposing a proposed gang injunction in Oakland. If granted, the... Read more »

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ACLU Asks Solano County Court to Limit Scope of Gang Injunction, Citing Due Process and Racial Profiling Concerns

July 14, 2009

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Criminal Justice and Drug Policy

The ACLU of Northern California has filed a friend of the court brief with the Solano County Superior Court urging it to limit the overly broad scope of a proposed gang injunction in the City of Fairfield. The ACLU-NC is concerned with several... Read more »

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ACLU Asks Sonoma County Schools to Comply With California Law on Sex Education

June 3, 2009

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Reproductive Justice & Gender Equity

Today the ACLU of Northern California has asked school districts in Sonoma County to comply with California law by replacing abstinence-only sex education with curricula that teach about condoms and contraception, as well as abstinence. the ACLU has... Read more »

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Court Upholds Prop 8; State Continues to Recognize 18,000 Marriages

May 26, 2009

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LGBT Equality

Today, in a 6 to 1 decision, the California Supreme Court upheld Proposition 8, the ballot measure that eliminated the right of same sex couples to marry. In the ruling authored by Chief Justice Ronald George, the Court stated "We emphasize only... Read more »

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High School Student Takes on Anti-Gay Harassment...and Wins

May 18, 2009

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Education Equity, LGBT Equality

The ACLU of Northern California announced today that it has reached a settlement agreement with the Vallejo City Unified School District on behalf of a high school student who faced anti-gay harassment and discrimination from teachers and school... Read more »

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Student Privacy Gets an Early Win in School Drug Testing Case

May 6, 2009

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Education Equity, Privacy and Government Surveillance

Join the math club, take a drug test. That was the rule in the Shasta Union High School District until today, when a California Superior Court judge put a stop to the district's policy of requiring students to consent to random drug testing in order... Read more »

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ACLU Urges San Francisco Police Commission to Reject Taser Proposal

ACLU Tells Fresno City College That Anti-Gay Preaching By Health Professor Doesn't Fly

Over 12,000 Object to California's Execution Plan

ACLU Lawsuit Challenges California's Mandatory DNA Collection at Arrest

ACLU, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights File Court Papers Against Proposed Oakland Gang Injunction

ACLU Asks Solano County Court to Limit Scope of Gang Injunction, Citing Due Process and Racial Profiling Concerns

ACLU Asks Sonoma County Schools to Comply With California Law on Sex Education

Court Upholds Prop 8; State Continues to Recognize 18,000 Marriages

High School Student Takes on Anti-Gay Harassment...and Wins

Student Privacy Gets an Early Win in School Drug Testing Case

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