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In neighborhoods across California, law enforcement agencies are deploying secret and invasive surveillance technologies to collect sensitive location and biometric data, target local activists, and feed ICE’s deportation machine. Read More

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 ... Read More

Last night, the people of Oakland took a significant step in reclaiming ownership of their neighborhoods and protecting the community from secret and invasive police surveillance with the passage of a landmark surveillance ordinance by the City Council. Read More

Central Valley residents in Porterville spoke truth to power and defeated an anti-immigration resolution that was up for a vote at the city council. Read More

My local school board will soon decide whether to adopt a sex ed curriculum that makes it clear: LGBTQ+ people are equally deserving of respect and love. Read More

Today, Legal Services of Northern California and the ACLU Foundation of Northern California asked a federal judge to immediately halt enforcement of an expansive anti-solicitation ordinance adopted by the Sacramento City Council.A motion for preliminary injunction was filed this morning on behalf of the Sacramento Regional Coalition to End Homelessness, the Sacramento Homeless Organizing Committee... Read More

For far too long, users whose content is removed from Facebook have had no way to know what rules they were supposed to comply with. Read More

The ACLU filed suit against Secretary of State Alex Padilla challenging his directives to election officials on language assistance. Read More

In the past month, the Department of Justice has issued a series of stunningly senseless, wasteful, and cruel immigration policies Read More

In anticipation of today's March for Life events to demand action on school safety and gun control, the ACLU Foundations of California sent letters to 19 school districts in the state highlighting their obligation to ensure that students can attend schools where they can openly express themselves and that are supportive, welcoming, and safe. Read More