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5 Court Cases
Jan 21, 2026
Schmitz, et al. v. Permit Sonoma, et al.
The ACLU Foundation of Northern California has filed a lawsuit to block Sonoma County code inspectors from using drones to conduct surveillance of people's homes without a warrant.
Jan 21, 2026
San Francisco Tenants Union, et al. v. Smart Rent, et al.
The ACLU filed a lawsuit in San Francisco Superior Court today to protect tenants' privacy rights from landlords who force renters to allow AI-powered surveillance technology in their homes
Jan 20, 2026
SIREN, et al. v. City of San Jose, et al.
The ACLU of Northern California and the Electronic Frontier Foundation filed suit in Santa Clara County Superior Court against the City of San Jose and others to challenge San Jose police officers’ practice of searching for location information collected by automated license plate readers (ALPRs) without first getting a warrant.
Sep 30, 2022
Simon et al v. The City and County of San Francisco, Sheriff Paul Miyamoto
The ACLU Foundation of Northern California and the law firm Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati filed a class-action lawsuit to prevent the San Francisco Sheriff's Office from requiring that individuals agree to unconstitutional “four-way” searches and GPS location data-sharing as conditions of pretrial release on electronic monitoring.
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