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Sep 04, 2014
Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment v. Federal Housing Finance Agency (Eminent Domain)
The ACLU filed a lawsuit under the Freedom of Information Act to compel the Federal Housing Finance Agency to provide details about the its relationship with the financial industry and its efforts to block municipalities from using eminent domain to prevent foreclosures.
Jul 17, 2014
Sacramento Homeless Organizing Committee v. County of Sacramento
In May 2014, the County of Sacramento adopted an ordinance making it a crime to panhandle except when soliciting donations for charitable purposes. The ACLU Foundation of Northern California sued to stop the enforcement of the new law, which prohibits free speech.
Mar 17, 2014
Humboldt County Schools Litigation
The ACLU Foundation of Northern California and NCYL have charged school officials in two Humboldt County towns with intentionally discriminating against Native American and Black students by allowing the pervasive racial and sexual harassment of these students to go unchallenged.
Mar 06, 2014
Long Beach Police Officers Association v. Long Beach (Police Transparency)
In 2010, Long Beach officers shot and killed Douglas Zerby when they mistakenly believed the garden hose nozzle he was holding was a gun. A concerned LA Times journalist requested the names of the officers involved under the CA Public Record Act, but the requested information was not disclosed.
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