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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.
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.
Aug 24, 2012
ACLU v. FBI (Occupy Surveillance)
In early 2012, the ACLU Foundation of Northern California filed a Freedom of Information Act request to enforce the public's right to information about government surveillance of the political movement "Occupy Wall Street." But after the FBI failed to provided documents, the ACLU Foundation of Northern California sued. The lawsuit is ongoing.
Dec 20, 2011
ACLU Foundation of Northern California v. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
Aug 11, 2011
ACLU Foundation of Northern California and SF Bay Guardian v. Food and Drug Administration
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