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Gov. Jerry Brown on Thursday unveiled his proposed budget for 2014-2015, a budget that contains some elements that would actually move California in the direction of criminal justice reform that remains so urgently needed.Expanding medical and elderly parole will continue to reduce the state prison population. The presumption of split sentencing will help ensure people are able to successfully tra... Read More

Sheriff Lee Baca stunned the public this week by announcing that he will immediately retire as the head of Los Angeles County jails. His announcement marks another milestone in the ACLU's campaign to end the culture of rampant deputy-on-prisoner violence that has plagued the Los Angeles County jails for years. Read More

Nine years ago, as a result of an ACLU lawsuit, California promised $800 million help address school facility conditions that pose urgent threats to students' health and safety. The state has failed to honor that commitment. But on Friday, the governor proposed $188.1 million for the Emergency Repair Program in his budget. Read More

This Thursday, the California Public Utilities Commission will decide an important issue - whether to initiate a rulemaking to update privacy protections for the modern smartphone age. Join the ACLU of California and the Electronic Frontier Foundation and ask them to stand up for your cell phone privacy. Read More

Kern County Sheriff's actions damage public safety, waste resources, and hurt local families. Read More

If there is a common theme running through the hundreds of bills restricting access to abortion passed throughout the country, it’s that women cannot be trusted to decide whether to have a baby. But California, happily, recognizes that women are fully capable of making moral decisions about pregnancy. Read More

From all over California, people in need of abortion care travel for hours leaving behind children, partners, and dependent parents. Abortion still remains one of the safest and most sought-out medical procedures. Read More

We are very pleased that following our shareholder proposal, Verizon released its first transparency report today. Read More

An historic settlement was reached Thursday in a class action lawsuit between immigration authorities and immigrants bringing an end to the federal government’s practice of forcing detained immigrants to go through their civil immigration hearings in handcuffs, leg irons, and chains. Read More

Today the ACLU of California and the ACLU Immigrants' Rights Project applaud the Department of Homeland Security’s decision to halt its troubling practice of arresting individuals at Kern County courthouses. Read More