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ACLU of Northern California Statement on President Biden's Repeal of the Muslim and African "Travel" Bans
Jan 20, 2021
Today, we celebrate the Biden Administration’s swift action to repeal the Muslim and African “Travel” Bans—the result of the advocacy, drive, and resilience of impacted communities. Over four years, and after a series of legal challenges by advocates including the ACLU Foundation of Northern California, former-President Trump pushed forward various iterations of the Muslim and African Bans that tr...
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ACLU Statement on Violence at the U.S. Capitol Building
Jan 06, 2021
In response to the violence at the U.S. Capitol building, delaying the certification of the Electoral College tally, ACLU leaders issued the following statements:
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Settlement Agreement Between City of Palo Alto and Plaintiffs in Civil Rights Lawsuit Opens Foothills Park to All
Dec 16, 2020
A revised municipal ordinance opening Foothills Park to all people has become effective under law, ending Palo Alto’s 55-year history of keeping the public land exclusive to city residents.
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Civil Rights Groups File Damages Claims Against California State Officials for Transferring Four Formerly Incarcerated People to ICE Detention
Dec 09, 2020
The ACLU Foundation of Northern California and Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Asian Law Caucus have filed damages claims against Governor Gavin Newsom, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), and CDCR Secretary Kathleen Allison on behalf of four people who were formerly incarcerated in California prisons but were transferred to the custody of Immigrations and Custo...
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Blistering Order Cites Lies and ‘Deliberate Indifference’ to the Safety of Detainees
Dec 04, 2020
Judge Vince Chhabria slammed ICE and the private GEO Group, Inc., which operates the facility, for their dangerous inactions and for issuing numerous false statements. The judge's order rejects ICE's bid to loosen the restrictions placed on them, but people inside are still afraid for their lives.
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Voting Rights Coalition Demands Immediate Systemic Election Reforms in Alameda County
Nov 12, 2020
Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Asian Law Caucus, Oakland Rising, and the ACLU Foundation of Northern California demand that the Alameda County Registrar of Voters take immediate action to remedy the disenfranchisement of voters that occurred in the November general election, and to increase transparency and compliance with voting rights laws for future elections.
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ACLU of Northern California Statement on Prop. 24
Nov 04, 2020
Proposition 24 appears to have passed, despite its deep flaws, and sends a clear message from California voters to the California legislature that they expect and demand action to protect their privacy and safeguard their fundamental privacy rights.
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ACLU Releases Report on Troubling Disparities in Education Outcomes for Indigenous Students in Humboldt County
Oct 27, 2020
Today, the ACLU Foundation of Northern of California released Failing Grade: The Status of Native American Education in Humboldt County, a report revealing vast and troubling disparities in education outcomes for Indigenous students in Humboldt County. The report exposes a system that fails Native American students by not providing the skills they need to succeed in school and the workforce.
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Advocates Challenge Woman’s Wrongful Imprisonment for Stillbirth
Oct 21, 2020
Today, attorneys representing Adora Perez, a woman charged with murder for a stillbirth, filed a motion in the California Court of Appeal, arguing that she cannot be charged with murder for a pregnancy outcome. The ACLU of Northern California and Drug Policy Alliance filed amicus briefs in support.
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Activists Sue San Francisco for Wide-Ranging Surveillance of Black-Led Protests Against Police Violence
Oct 07, 2020
Local activists sued San Francisco today over the city police department’s illegal use of a network of more than 400 non-city surveillance cameras to spy on them and thousands of others who protested as part of the Black-led movement against police violence.
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ACLU of Northern California Statement on Prop. 25
Oct 01, 2020
The ACLU of Northern California is neutral on Prop. 25, which asks voters to uphold or repeal Senate Bill 10. SB 10 is deeply flawed. Although it would eliminate the predatory commercial bail industry, it would replace it with a risk assessment-based system that perpetuates racial disparities in pretrial detention, and it would grant judges and pretrial service agencies wide discretion to detain b...
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