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Jan 22, 2016

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  • Read more about Making the Great State of California Even Greater
In his 2016 State of the State speech, Gov. Jerry Brown failed to mention a critical dimension to economic inequality in California: racial inequality. People of color are uniquely impacted by government policies that fall most heavily on the poor, like the Maximum Family Grant rule, unchecked police abuses and over-reliance on incarceration as a response to chronically homeless people with mental illness.

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Jan 20, 2016

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  • Read more about On Lethal Injections, What is the CDCR hiding?
In the latest chapter that is California’s broken death penalty saga, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) is poised to repeat its mistakes of the past.

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For Immediate Release: Jan 20, 2016
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  • Read more about California’s Lethal Injection Plan Amounts to Human Experimentation
Legal and scientific experts are warning that California’s proposed lethal injection protocols were created without the transparency and public participation required by law and that these untested execution procedures will amount to human experimentation, with a grave risk that something will go terribly wrong.

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Jan 20, 2016

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  • Read more about How "Evil" is Getting Your Tubes Tied, Really?
Rebecca's doctor said yes. Her hospital said no. The hospital didn't say the procedure wasn't safe. The hospital said the procedure violated its ethical and religious principles.

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For Immediate Release: Jan 19, 2016
Media Contact: press@aclunc.org, (415) 621-2493

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  • Read more about ACLU of CA Report Finds Reproductive Health Abuses in California Jails
The ACLU of California today released a report that finds county jails are putting people’s health at risk by denying, delaying, and ignoring crucial reproductive health care.

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Jan 14, 2016

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  • Read more about It’s a New Year: Here Are Six Digital Privacy Resolutions to Keep
This January, as you consider a gym membership or taking up a new instrument, you also have the opportunity to commit to something else: a more private and secure digital life. Here are six easy steps you and your loved ones can take to help safeguard your digital life this coming year.

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Jan 13, 2016

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  • Read more about ACLU v. DOJ (StingRays)

In April 2013, the ACLU Foundation of Northern California submitted a FOIA request to the Department of Justice to enforce the public's right to information about the federal government’s use of a surveillance tool commonly known as a StingRay. StingRays simulate a cell tower and trick all wireless devices on the same network in the vicinity to communicate with the device. 

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For Immediate Release: Jan 07, 2016
Media Contact: press@aclunc.org, (415) 621-2493

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  • Read more about Proposed State Budget Keeps Prop 47 Savings from Communities

The following can be attributed to Margaret Dooley-Sammuli, Director of Criminal Justice and Drug Policy for the ACLU of California:

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Jan 05, 2016

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  • Read more about A New Year for Digital Privacy
It’s a new year, and that means it’s time to move on from the past and turn towards the future. Put those holiday decorations back in boxes for the foreseeable future. Find a new strategy to ensure that you’re really going to live up to your resolutions this time. And enjoy a new era of digital privacy in California as CalECPA (SB 178) goes into effect.

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Dec 29, 2015

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  • Read more about Hospital Refuses Pregnancy-Related Care Again Because of Religious Directives

Today we filed a lawsuit challenging Dignity Health’s use of religious directives to deny basic reproductive health care to its patients. Filed on behalf of patient Rebecca Chamorro and Physicians for Reproductive Health, the suit argues that withholding pregnancy-related care for reasons other than medical considerations is illegal in California.

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