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The highlights in our 2024 Annual Report illustrate the courage of our ACLU community to shape the future of our region, state, and nation. Read More

The petition demonstrates that racial disparities in California’s implementation of the death penalty are persistent, pervasive, and well documented. Black people are about five times more likely to be sentenced to death when compared to similarly situated non-Black defendants, while Latino people are at least three times more likely to be sentenced to death. Read More

California applies the death penalty disproportionately to people of color, especially when the victim is white. A recent, rigorous statewide study found that Black people are up to 8.7 times as likely to be sentenced to death as similarly situated non-Black defendants, Latino people are up to 6.2 times as likely to be sentenced to death, and defendants of all races are up to 8.8 times as likely t... Read More

For the past six years, Sonoma County's code enforcement section has run an ever-expanding drone surveillance program. They’ve launched more than 700 low-altitude flights that monitor and record residents, their homes and the areas surrounding them. Read More

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The National TPS Alliance sued the Trump administration over the federal government's termination of Temporary Protected Status for thousands of people from Nepal, Honduras, and Nicaragua who have lived lawfully in the United States for many years. Read More

National TPS Alliance v. Noem is a legal challenge to the Trump administration's early termination of Temporary Protected Status for Nepal, Honduras, and Nicaragua. Read More