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2024 Voting Plan Checklist

Feb 14, 2024
Make a voting plan so that you are prepared to vote early and safely. See our checklist. Share this resource with your friends and family, get involved to reach other voters, and vote for our shared future. Read More

Racial Justice Act

Mar 18, 2024
The Racial Justice Act is a California law which prohibits the State from pursuing convictions or sentences based upon race, ethnicity, or national origin. For the RJA to be effective, the public must be able to access policies and data from prosecutors. But this information—which should be readily available—is often difficult to obtain. Since the law's enactment in 2020, the ACLU, with t... Read More

Racial Justice Act Resources

Mar 21, 2024
The Law Racial Justice Act (AB 2542 (2020)), as implemented in Penal Code 745 RJA Retroactivity, through the Racial Justice for All Act, AB 256 (2022)), with FAQs by OSPD Transparency of Prosecutorial Data: Penal Code 13370, as introduced through the Justice Data Accountability and Transparency Act (AB 2418 (2022)) Community Resources Ella Baker C... Read More
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ACLU Brief Urges Supreme Court to Uphold Eighth Amendment Protections in Grants Pass v. Johnson

Apr 03, 2024
Grants Pass v. Johnson involves an Oregon town that passed ordinances barring people from sleeping outside in public using a blanket, pillow, or even a cardboard sheet to lie on. Last year, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that criminally punishing unhoused people violates the Eighth Amendment “if there are no other public areas or appropriate shelters where those individuals can sleep.” Read More