Maricela Sanchez is an Investigator at the ACLU of Northern California. She works in the Fresno office to advance the ACLU of Northern California's work on immigrants' rights and criminal justice issues.
Shilpi Agarwal is the legal director at the ACLU of Northern California. In that role, she provides strategic guidance that shapes the organization’s litigation docket and its policy portfolio. She also oversees every affirmative case brought by the organization and provides direct support to litigation teams.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit on May 23, 2018 demanding records of ICE’s relationship with private companies to access vast troves of information about drivers through Automated License Plate Reader (ALPR) databases.
Jarvis Jay Masters, a death-sentenced inmate, and Witness to Innocence, a nonprofit organization composed of and led by exonerated death row inmates and their family members, is challenging California’s new lethal injection regulations.
The ACLU Foundation of Northern California is committed to fighting against spurious legal claims that threaten free speech. Especially when corporations and other powerful entities attempt to strong-arm people who have less resources at their disposal.
This is exactly what happened to Claudia Rossi, a Bay Area school-board member and trustee, when she raised concerns about a private charter school at a public meeting during which board members were considering renewal of the school’s charter.
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