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In May of 2021, the Siskiyou County Board of Supervisors passed racially motivated ordinances to cut off water to the county’s Hmong residents. The county failed to provide a sufficient rationale for enacting the ordinances or for their discriminatory targeting of Hmong people.
In August of 2021, the ACLU of Northern California and Advancing Justice-Asian Law Caucus filed an amicus brief supporting a lawsuit against the water ordinances. And in September, a judge issued a temporary injunction against two of the ordinances.
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Angie Alas is a senior paralegal at the ACLU of Northern California. In this capacity, she supports the Racial and Economic Justice Program in active litigation and advocacy matters.
Prior to joining the ACLU, Angie worked for the Marin County District Attorney’s Office as a bilingual legal process assistant. Before that, Angie worked on worker’s rights and housing issues as a bilingual legal assistant at Legal Aid of Marin. Angie also served as a legislative intern for California State Senator Bill Dodd.
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Kassie Dibble is a senior paralegal at the ACLU of Northern California. In this capacity, she supports the Criminal Justice team in active litigation and advocacy matters.
Prior to joining the ACLU, Kassie worked for the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals as a paralegal/judicial assistant to Judge Lucy H. Koh. Before this role, Kassie served as Judge Koh’s courtroom deputy at the District Court for the Northern District of California. Kassie also worked for Stanford University’s Office of Technology Licensing.