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Lisa Hathaway is the managing attorney of the Legal Advocacy Department at the ACLU Foundation of Northern California. In this capacity, Lisa provides managerial and operational support for the department, including maintaining litigation and policy practice infrastructure, overseeing department operations, leading the internship and fellowship programs, and supervising the legal and policy support team.
The ACLU Foundation of Northern California filed suit against Sacramento Sheriff Scott Jones on behalf of Black Lives Matter leaders who were unlawfully blocked from the sheriff's official Facebook page.
Tanya Faison and Sonia Lewis, co-leaders of Black Lives Matter Sacramento, have been vocal critics of the sheriff and other law enforcement officials. Both had comments deleted and were blocked from the sheriff's page during a critical time of public debate about whether the sheriff's department should be subjected to outside oversight.