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Yesue et al v. The City of Sebastopol

Oct 26, 2022

The ACLU Foundation of Northern California, Disability Rights Advocates, Legal Aid of Sonoma County, and California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc. filed a federal lawsuit against the city of Sebastopol for enacting an ordinance that prohibits vehicles “used for human habitation” from parking anywhere within city limits during the day. Read More

New Episode of ACLU Gold Chains Podcast Examines Indigenous Child Slavery in 19th century California, Connects to Upcoming U.S. Supreme Court Case Brackeen v. Haaland

Nov 01, 2022

The ACLU of Northern California releases the third episode of Gold Chains, our podcast about California’s hidden history of slavery. It connects the dots between an early California law that allowed white settlers to enslave Indigenous children and a current U.S. Supreme Court case Read More

Navarro et al. v. City of Mountain View

Nov 04, 2022

On July 14, 2021, the ACLU Foundation of Northern California, the Law Foundation of Silicon Valley, Disability Rights Advocates, King & Spalding LLP, and Hewlett Packard Enterprise filed a class action complaint against the City of Mountain View for enacting two ordinances that, together, severely restricted when and where “oversized vehicles” (OSVs) could park in the City. The plaintiffs i... Read More

ACLU Comment on Upcoming SCOTUS Oral Argument Challenging the Indian Child Welfare Act

Nov 04, 2022

The Supreme Court is preparing to hear oral arguments this upcoming Wednesday, Nov. 9th in Brackeen v. Haaland, a case that could gut the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) — a law which establishes basic requirements to protect Native American children from continued forced removal from their families, tribes, and tribal culture. Read More

Imprisoned for a Stillbirth: Pregnancy Criminalization, California, and Reproductive Justice Post Roe

Nov 09, 2022

While abortion is legal in California, pregnancy criminalization is a rising trend that needs to be addressed. Read More

Free Speech

Nov 14, 2022

Open Government

Nov 16, 2022

Exploring the ACLU News Archive: Battles to Protect Bodily Autonomy in California

Nov 18, 2022

American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California v. Vallejo Police Department(Police misconduct)

Nov 22, 2022

The ACLU of Northern California has filed a lawsuit to compel the city of Vallejo to release public records that contain information about officers in the Vallejo Police Department who allegedly bent their badges after on-duty shootings as a badge of honor. Read More

ACLU of Northern California Files Complaint Against Loleta USD on Behalf of Tribe for Discrimination of Indigenous Students

Dec 05, 2022

The ACLU Foundation of Northern California filed an administrative complaint with the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights on behalf of the Bear River Band of the Rohnerville Rancheria regarding repeated acts of discrimination against Native American students and students with disabilities in Loleta Union School District. The complaint reveals troubling patterns of racial hostilit... Read More