Commentary: Bill Would Repeal Ineffective Enhancements for Prior Drug Convictions
Advocacy groups argue that the so-called war on drugs drives mass incarceration and racial disparities in the…
ACLU Report: Asset Forfeiture Takes Wealth from Communities of Color
By Margaret Dooley-Sammuli Did you know that in 2014 police took more property from people in the…
Legislation Would Allow Access to Police Misconduct Records
In an effort to improve transparency, accountability and trust between law enforcement and the public, Senator Mark…
ACLU response to Governor Brown’s State of the State
By Natasha Minsker In his State of the State speech yesterday, Gov. Jerry Brown failed to mention…
ACLU Celebrates String of Legislative Victories in California
By Natasha Minsker Last fall, the three ACLU affiliates in California launched our newly expanded Sacramento office:…
California Becomes First State To Ban “Redskins” as School Mascot or Team Name
by Cecilia Escamilla-Greenwald Assembly Bill 30, sponsored by Democratic Assemblymember Luis Alejo (D-Salinas) was signed by Governor…
Governor Signs Groundbreaking Bill to Combat Racial Profiling
On Saturday, Governor Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill 953, The Racial and Identity Profiling Act of 2015,…
Victory for Privacy Rights in California
by Nicole A. Ozer It was a really good week in California for privacy rights. The legislature…
California Will Become First in Nation to Collect All Data on Police Traffic Stops
(From ACLU Press Release) – With a growing chorus of voices demanding systemic police reform, California is…
Can California Lead on Privacy in Cloud Computing?
by Anupam Chander My parents grew up in a pen and paper world, where most of their…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Sodomite Suppression Exposes Mockery of System
It sounds like something we would have come up with a joke in college. Just as Jonathan…
Two More Proposed Bills in California Look at Post-Ferguson Reforms Including Police Body Cameras
In the wake of Ferguson, we have had a nationwide discussion on issues focusing on police accountability…
Legislation Would Create Independent Review in Police Shootings
Long before the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner captured the nation’s attention, shootings like the…
California Senate Bill Would Prevent Use of Grand Juries in Officer-Related Shootings
Last fall, the use of grand juries in two high profile officer-involved killings of unarmed black men…
Can School Choice Really Impact the School to Prison Pipeline?
Earlier this week, Gloria Romero, a former majority leader in the California Senate and director of the…
Sunday Commentary II: Moving Past Blaming the Protesters
Protesters on Saturday gathered at the New York Police Department’s 75th Precinct office in protest of the…
Governor Brown Signs Freedom to Marry Bill
Without comment or fanfare, Governor Jerry Brown on Monday signed legislation that brings state law in line…
