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For Immediate Release: Feb 17, 2023
Media Contact: press@aclunc.org, (415) 621-2493

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  • Read more about Seventy-seven Detained Immigrants Launch Hunger Strike at Two Central Valley Facilities, Protest Unpaid Labor and Inhumane Conditions

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Feb 16, 2023

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  • Read more about Martinez et al v. The City of Fresno

On March 16, 2022, the ACLU Foundation of Northern California (“ACLU”) and the California Homeless Union, represented by the Law Offices of Anthony D. Prince, filed a federal lawsuit against the City of Fresno, urging the court to strike down a city ordinance that targets unhoused people, and puts unconstitutional restrictions on advocates, organizers, and reporters who try to draw attention to how the unhoused are treated during encampment sweeps.

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Feb 09, 2023

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  • Read more about The Fight Against Surveillance in San Francisco

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For Immediate Release: Feb 09, 2023
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  • Read more about California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Rolls out Discriminatory Beard Policy Revoking Religious and Medical Accommodations

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For Immediate Release: Feb 08, 2023
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  • Read more about Contract Between Yuba County Jail and ICE Officially Terminated

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Jan 29, 2023

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Nick Hidalgo is a senior staff attorney for the Technology and Civil Liberties Program at the ACLU of Northern California, where he works on a variety of issues, including privacy, surveillance, and free speech.

Prior to joining the ACLU of Northern California, Nick was a deputy attorney general at the California Department of Justice, where he worked to protect Californians from fraud and financial misconduct through enforcement of the California False Claims Act.

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For Immediate Release: Jan 12, 2023
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  • Read more about VICTORY: Sq__ Valley, Fresno Officially Renamed Yokuts Valley

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Dec 20, 2022

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  • Read more about Lessons from San Francisco’s Killer Robot Debate

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For Immediate Release: Dec 19, 2022
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  • Read more about Sacramento County Sheriff Must Comply with Pro-Immigrant State Laws Under Lawsuit Settlement

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Dec 12, 2022

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  • Read more about Stiavetti v. Ahlin (State Hospital Suit)

The ACLU Foundation of Northern California has filed a lawsuit to protect the constitutional rights of defendants with psychiatric and intellectual disabilities in California.

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