Dakota Bodell is a legal associate at the ACLU of Northern California. In this capacity, she supports both the Racial and Economic Justice Team and the Gender, Sexuality, and Reproductive Justice Team in active litigation and advocacy matters.
In November 2022, the ACLU of Northern California filed a lawsuit to compel the city of Vallejo to release public records that contain information about officers in the Vallejo Police Department who bent their badges after on-duty shootings, allegedly as a badge of honor. The ACLU's petition details Vallejo PD's long history of shooting and killing people, a disproportionate number of whom are People of Color.
On July 14, 2021, the ACLU Foundation of Northern California, the Law Foundation of Silicon Valley, Disability Rights Advocates, King & Spalding LLP, and Hewlett Packard Enterprise filed a class action complaint against the City of Mountain View for enacting two ordinances that, together, severely restricted when and where “oversized vehicles” (OSVs) could park in the City.
On Oct. 25, 2022, the ACLU Foundation of Northern California, Disability Rights Advocates, Legal Aid of Sonoma County, and California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc. filed suit against the city of Sebastopol for enacting an ordinance that unlawfully prohibits vehicles used for human habitation from parking anywhere within city limits during the day.
Real change starts with you – and every one of us can help make a difference.
