Calls For SF Chief to Resign In Wake of Fatal Shooting
Last week, Mario Woods, 26, was shot 15 times by police officers. This week, protesters, outraged over…
ACLU Calls For Investigation of Orange County Prosecutorial Misconduct
By Ana Zamora and Brendan Hamme “You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can…
Lethal Injection Déjà Vu?
by Ana Zamora Last Friday, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) made public proposed regulations…
Racial Justice and Free Speech Are Not Mutually Exclusive
By Dennis Parker The recent wave of college demonstrations starting at the University of Missouri and Yale…
Report Finds Wild Divergences in Law Enforcement Practices One Year after Prop 47
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of California today released a report, Changing Gears: California’s Shift to…
Documents Show DOJ Admitting that StingRays Spy on Innocent Bystanders
by Linda Lye Documents recently obtained by the ACLU of Northern California from the Department of Justice…
Gang Injunctions Are Ineffective and Criminalize Youth of Color
by Caitlin Sanderson With all we now know about unrelenting bias and systemic racism in our criminal…
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:…
Governor Vetoes Border Crossing Identification License Bill
On Friday, Governor Brown vetoed SB 249, sponsored by Democratic Senator Ben Hueso, a measure to create…
Senate Unveils Bipartisan Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act
This past week, a bipartisan group of Senators unveiled a plan that could represent a major reform…
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,…
Enhanced Driver’s Licenses Would Be A Privacy and Civil Liberties Nightmare
by Kevin Baker If someone tried to sell you security software that was ten years old, would…
Is the Sacramento Sheriff Spying on You?
by Linda Lye In response to a lawsuit brought by the ACLU, the Sacramento Sheriff has now…
Lawsuit Could Have Impact on Potential Local Policies on Body-Worn Cameras
This summer, when Assistant Chief Darren Pytel presented the Davis Police potential body-worn camera policy, he had…
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…
Despite Bipartisan Support Civil Asset Forfeiture Law Soundly Defeated
SB 443 was a bill that was sponsored by Republican Assemblymember David Hadley, Senator Joel Anderson, and…
Time To End “Theft by Cop”
By Margaret Dooley-Sammuli Imagine you’re on your way to buy a used car and a police officer…
Making the Local Control Funding Formula Work
By David Sapp While students, parents, faculty and school staff gear up for the excitement of a…
Monday Morning Comments II: Here We Go Again in Ferguson
It was a day of peaceful protest and remembrance that will unfortunately be remembered as yet as…
