News & Commentary

In neighborhoods across California, law enforcement agencies are deploying secret and invasive surveillance technologies to collect sensitive location and biometric data, target local activists, and feed ICE’s deportation machine.

The ACLU Foundation of Northern California is committed to fighting against spurious legal claims that threaten free speech. Especially when corporations and other powerful entities attempt to strong-arm people who have less resources at their disposal. 

Central Valley residents in Porterville spoke truth to power and defeated an anti-immigration resolution that was up for a vote at the city council.

My local school board will soon decide whether to adopt a sex ed curriculum that makes it clear: LGBTQ+ people are equally deserving of respect and love.

In the past month, the Department of Justice has issued a series of stunningly senseless, wasteful, and cruel immigration policies

A bill in the state legislature would help ensure that police officers use deadly force only as a last resort.

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra provided California public school leaders with policies they must adopt by July 1 to protect students from immigration enforcement while at school. We must demand that school leaders adopt all of these policies.

As the Trump Administration exploits local surveillance systems to target immigrants, California residents are fighting for legislation and reforms that protect all residents from invasive surveillance.