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Sacramento County Sheriff Must Comply with Pro-Immigrant State Laws Under Lawsuit Settlement
Dec 19, 2022
Sacramento resident Misael Echeveste and two local nonprofit organizations, United Latinos and NorCal Resist, today announced a settlement in their lawsuit against Sheriff Scott Jones for illegally transferring immigrants from the county jail to the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
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ACLU of Northern California Files Complaint Against Loleta USD on Behalf of Tribe for Discrimination of Indigenous Students
Dec 05, 2022
The ACLU Foundation of Northern California filed an administrative complaint with the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights on behalf of the Bear River Band of the Rohnerville Rancheria regarding repeated acts of discrimination against Native American students and students with disabilities in Loleta Union School District.
The complaint reveals troubling patterns of racial hostilit...
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ACLU Comment on Upcoming SCOTUS Oral Argument Challenging the Indian Child Welfare Act
Nov 04, 2022
The Supreme Court is preparing to hear oral arguments this upcoming Wednesday, Nov. 9th in Brackeen v. Haaland, a case that could gut the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) — a law which establishes basic requirements to protect Native American children from continued forced removal from their families, tribes, and tribal culture.
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New Episode of ACLU Gold Chains Podcast Examines Indigenous Child Slavery in 19th century California, Connects to Upcoming U.S. Supreme Court Case Brackeen v. Haaland
Nov 01, 2022
The ACLU of Northern California releases the third episode of Gold Chains, our podcast about California’s hidden history of slavery. It connects the dots between an early California law that allowed white settlers to enslave Indigenous children and a current U.S. Supreme Court case
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Civil Rights Groups Sue City of Sebastopol for Ordinance Aimed at Displacing Residents Living in Their Vehicles
Oct 25, 2022
An ACLU lawsuit challenges a Sebastopol ordinance designed to drive unhoused people out of town by banning vehicles "used for human habitation" from parking anywhere within city limits during the day.
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City of San Francisco & Mayor London Breed Sued for Harassing Unhoused San Franciscans, Violating Civil Rights to Cover Up the City’s Affordable Housing Failures
Sep 28, 2022
For years, San Francisco has claimed that it is taking steps to address the City’s homelessness crisis. But in fact, the City is forcing unhoused people out of sight—destroying their survival belongings and citing and arresting them for sleeping in public when they have no shelter.
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ACLU Lawsuit Challenges San Francisco Sheriff’s Unconstitutional Search and Surveillance Conditions for Pretrial Electronic Monitoring
Sep 08, 2022
An ACLU lawsuit urges the court to prevent the San Francisco Sheriff’s Office from requiring that individuals agree to unconstitutional “four-way” searches and GPS location data-sharing as conditions of pretrial release on electronic monitoring.
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ACLU Files Amicus Brief Urging Supreme Court to Uphold The Indian Child Welfare Act
Aug 18, 2022
The Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) — which establishes basic requirements to protect Native American children from continued forced removal from their families, tribes, and tribal culture — is slated to be reviewed by the Supreme Court this fall via Brackeen v. Haaland.
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Civil Rights Groups Announce Settlement in Federal Lawsuit over Illegal Immigration Arrests
Jul 07, 2022
A key legal victory will prevent U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from illegally using a third-party contractor, G4S Secure Solutions, Inc., to arrest people at jails and prisons to funnel them into the deportation pipeline.
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ACLU Responds to the Recall of San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin, Announces Alliance to Hold Next DA Accountable for Upholding Public Safety and Pursuing Reform
Jun 08, 2022
“We insist that the next San Francisco district attorney pursue reform, reduce incarceration, hold police accountable when they break the law, and root out racial bias in the criminal justice system.”
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Community Activists Reach Settlement with Marin County Sheriff for Unlawfully Sharing Drivers’ Locations with Out-Of-State and Federal Agencies
Jun 01, 2022
Community activists in Northern California reached a settlement in their lawsuit against the County of Marin and Marin County Sheriff Robert Doyle, whose office illegally made the license plate and location information of local drivers available to hundreds of federal and out-of-state agencies, including Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection.
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Federal Judge Blocks Ordinance Restricting Public Access to Encampment Sweeps
May 25, 2022
A federal judge has blocked the City of Fresno from enforcing an ordinance that puts unconstitutional restrictions on reporters, advocates, and other members of the public documenting how city workers treat unhoused people during encampment sweeps.
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