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For Immediate Release: Aug 23, 2023
Media Contact: press@aclunc.org, (415) 621-2493

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ACLU NorCal Executive Director Abdi Soltani speaks at a rally before a hearing at the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on the federal injunction barring San Francisco from citing and arresting unhoused people who have no access to shelter.
  • Read more about Ninth Circuit Appears to Reaffirm Civil Rights Protections in Litigation Over San Francisco’s Discriminatory Policing of Unhoused People

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Free speech rights of public school teachers in California
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For Immediate Release: Aug 10, 2023
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  • Read more about Civil Rights, Law Enforcement, and Legal Services Groups Invite San Francisco City Attorney to Discuss Settlement, Refocus City’s Efforts to Improve Homelessness Crisis

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  • Read more about Progress in the Fight Against Face Surveillance

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  • Read more about The California Constitutional Right to Privacy Turns 50 - Our Longtime Work to Make Rights Real

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  • Read more about Berkeley Fails to Learn Surveillance Lessons Within 'Oppenheimer'

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For Immediate Release: Jul 31, 2023
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  • Read more about Lawsuit Challenges Santa Clara Superior Court over Unconstitutional Policy that Forces Poor Defendants to Go to Jail if They Can’t Make Bail

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  • Read more about O'Neill Rogge et al v. Fleming (Criminal Justice)

NOVEMBER 13, 2023: People who are charged in Santa Clara County can now appear in court to request removal of a warrant. You no longer have to surrender to jail first or wait to be arrested. Please refer to our step-by-step guide for assistance if you get an arrest warrant in Santa Clara County: KNOW THE FACTS: What to Do If You Get an Arrest Warrant from Santa Clara County

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For Immediate Release: Jul 26, 2023
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  • Read more about Homeless Advocates Respond to San Francisco’s Flouting of Court Order to Stop Policing Unhoused People

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