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Media organizations are challenging the execution viewing procedure at San Quentin State Prison. Read More

The ACLU Foundation of Northern California submitted a Public Records Act Request on April 10, 2018 seeking information about racial discrimination and harassment at Visalia Unified School District.The request seeks records relating to how the District responds to racial hostility and harassment, discipline policies and procedures, and the presence of law enforcement officers at all high scho... Read More

Today the American Civil Liberties Foundation of Northern California submitted a Public Records Act Request seeking information about racial discrimination and harassment at Visalia Unified School District. Read More

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra provided California public school leaders with policies they must adopt by July 1 to protect students from immigration enforcement while at school. We must demand that school leaders adopt all of these policies. Read More

As the Trump Administration exploits local surveillance systems to target immigrants, California residents are fighting for legislation and reforms that protect all residents from invasive surveillance. Read More

On April 4, 1968, I was 11 and growing up in Memphis when the news came that Martin Luther King had been murdered. My parents couldn’t hide how bad it was – they were angry. They were afraid. And most memorably to my childhood self, they were crying. I couldn’t articulate it at the time, but I know now that I was afraid that killing the dreamer could kill the dream.Exactly one year earlier, in a s... Read More

California legislators heard and responded to the community’s call for action by introducing landmark legislation to change the law governing deadly use of force by police, and to require the disclosure of information about investigations into police use of force and misconduct. Read More

Five years ago, the ACLU Foundation of Northern California and the National Center for Youth Law (NYCL) joined with California Indian Legal Services to file a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR), asking that agency to investigate what the groups argued was ongoing racial and disability discrimination against Native American students by Lolet... Read More

Immigration and Customs Enforcement revoked guidance limiting the detention of pregnant women. Read More

Every year, thousands of Californians are jailed before even having their day in court — all because they can't afford to pay bail to buy their freedom. The effects of this unjust money bail system are wide-reaching, tearing apart families and communities across the state. Read More