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On Oct. 6, 2017, California Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law landmark legislation to reform outdated laws that unfairly criminalized and stigmatized people living with HIV. 

“The Trump Administration is forcing women to pay for their boss’s religious beliefs,” said ACLU senior staff attorney Brigitte Amiri. “We’re filing this lawsuit because the federal government cannot authorize discrimination against women in the name of religion or otherwise.”

The ACLU is challenging the Trump administration’s latest version of its Muslim ban - the president’s third such attempt.

We've commissioned a mobile billboard to greet Joe Arpaio (former sheriff of Maricopa County, AZ) in Fresno, where he is scheduled to appear at a GOP fundraiser.

ACLU: The government's intention to retain immigrants' social media info would undoubtedly have a chilling effect on free speech that’s expressed every day online. 

By a unanimous vote, the Coachella Valley School Board has adopted a policy to protect immigrant students and their families, as urged by the ACLU of California and Building Healthy Communities of Coachella Valley.   

President Trump issued a third version of his Muslim travel ban, which the ACLU is challenging at the U.S. Supreme Court with partner organizations.

ACLU Comment on the Trump administration considering new travel ban restrictions to ban Muslims from the United States.

The ACLU of Northern CA's grant program for student groups to bring speakers to UC Berkeley to advance equal justice this school year.

The ACLU of Northern California is not currently representing the Berkeley Patriot in any way, contrary to Pranav Jandhyala’s statement on KQED’s The California Report.

On Monday, the Riverside Unified School District (RUSD) Board of Education unanimously approved a campus sanctuary policy.