Press Releases

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ACLU of California Endorses Proposition 10

Ballot Measure Will Provide Affordable and Secure Housing to Californians

Civil Rights Organizations Call on County of Sacramento to Repeal Anti-Panhandling Ordinance

Letter Part of National Campaign Against Free Speech Restrictions Targeting Homeless People

Lawsuit Charges that Sacramento’s Anti-Panhandling Ordinance is Unconstitutional

Ordinance Violates Free Speech Rights of City’s Most Vulnerable

California’s Human Right to Water Unrealized in Many Communities

State law declares that everyone should have access to water for sanitary purposes, but report details large gaps in meeting sanitation needs