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Judge Authorizes San Francisco to Release Records in Police Killings and Misconduct cases
Mar 29, 2019
SAN FRANCISCO – Today, a judge authorized the release of all records of San Francisco police officers involved in shootings, killings and other serious misconduct, as legally required under SB 1421.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California (ACLU-NC) had gone to court to thwart the San Francisco Police Officer’s Association’s efforts to defy the historic transparency bill by re...
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California Voters Overwhelmingly Support Stronger Consumer Privacy Protections, New Data Shows
Mar 27, 2019
SACRAMENTO – New polling released today shows that Californians from all walks of life and all parts of the state support legislation to strengthen consumer privacy protections. Across race, gender, party, and regional lines, 90% of likely California voters want to require companies to do more to protect their personal information. (Read the polling results.)
“California voters clearly want inc...
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Court Rules State Violating Due Process Rights of Defendants with Psychiatric and Intellectual Disabilities
Mar 26, 2019
A judge ruled that California is violating the due-process rights of defendants who have been declared incompetent to stand trial by letting them languish for months in jail. State agencies must now reduce transfer delays.
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ACLU Sues St. Joseph Health for Discrimination Against Transgender Patient
Mar 21, 2019
EUREKA — The ACLU Foundation of Northern California, the ACLU Foundation of Southern California and the law firm Rukin Hyland & Riggin LLP today filed a lawsuit against St. Joseph Health Northern California for denying care to a transgender patient.
Filed on behalf of Oliver Knight, the suit argues that withholding medical care from a patient because he is transgender violates California’s Unru...
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Facebook Agrees to Sweeping Reforms to Curb Discriminatory Ad Targeting Practices
Mar 19, 2019
NEW YORK — A historic civil rights settlement was announced with Facebook today following a variety of anti-discrimination legal actions. The settlement encompasses sweeping changes that the tech giant will make to its paid advertising platform to prevent discrimination in employment, housing, and credit advertising.
Since late 2016, Facebook has faced legal pressure from the American Civil Lib...
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ACLU of California Launches Radio Ad Campaign in Support of AB 392 to Reduce Number of Police Shootings
Mar 19, 2019
SACRAMENTO — One year after the tragic shooting death of Stephon Clark in his grandmother’s backyard in Sacramento, the ACLU of California is launching an advertising buy in support of legislation to reduce the number of police shootings in the state. The organization is investing in 30 second radio spots that will be featured for a two-week period on KHYL-FM in Sacramento and KPWR-FM in Los Angel...
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Records Reveal ICE Using Mass Surveillance Database to Track People With Aid of Local Law Enforcement
Mar 13, 2019
SAN FRANCISCO — The American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California today released records revealing that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has gained access to an expansive surveillance database to target immigrants. The documents also reveal that local law enforcement agencies are aiding ICE in the surveillance efforts by sharing residents’ location information with ICE agents, some...
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ACLU Commends California Governor Newsom’s Plan to Place Moratorium on Executions
Mar 13, 2019
SACRAMENTO – Last night, news broke that California Governor Gavin Newsom is planning to announce a moratorium on executions in the state.
The following statement can be jointly attributed to the three executive directors of the California ACLU affiliates: Abdi Soltani (Northern California), Hector Villagra (Southern California) and Norma Chávez Peterson (San Diego & Imperial Counties):
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ACLU Foundation of Northern California Sues School District for Censoring Students’ LGBTQ Quotes in Yearbook
Mar 06, 2019
MADERA, CA — The ACLU Foundation of Northern California today filed a lawsuit against Chawanakee Unified School District and Minarets High School administrators on behalf of two students for censoring the students’ speech celebrating their LGBTQ identities in violation of their free speech rights and right to be free of anti-LGBTQ bias in California schools.
Steven Madrid and Mikayla Garaffa, t...
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ACLU Statement in Response to California AG’s Independent Investigation into the Death of Stephon Clark
Mar 05, 2019
SACRAMENTO – Today, California Attorney General Becerra announced that the state Department of Justice would not bring criminal charges against the police officers who shot and killed Stephon Clark, who was unarmed at the time, in his grandmother’s backyard on March 18, 2018. The announcement comes after days of protests in Sacramento following the decision by the county’s District Attorney who al...
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ACLU of Northern California Statement on Decision Not to Charge Deputies in Chinedu Okobi Case
Mar 01, 2019
There is a national, statewide, and local pattern of police using excessive force against people of color during routine encounters. The video and reports provided by the San Mateo County District Attorney related to the death of Chinedu Okobi in Millbrae on Oct. 3 have all the earmarks of racial profiling. If crossing the street made Okobi the object of police attention and attempted detention – ...
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ACLU Statement on Sacramento DA Decision in Stephon Clark Shooting
Mar 01, 2019
SACRAMENTO – Today, Sacramento District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert announced that her office will not press charges against the officers who shot and killed Stephon Clark in his grandmother’s backyard on March 18, 2018. Clark was unarmed, holding a cell phone, at the time he was killed.
Lizzie Buchen, legislative advocate for the ACLU of California’s Center for Advocacy and Policy, had this ...
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