2025 Annual Report
The first year of Trump 2.0 was perhaps the busiest in our 90-plus year history. It has been an enormous job putting checks on the federal government's undemocratic abuses of power. But thousands of us have stepped forward, contributing in countless ways, knowing democracy is on the line. We hope you’ll see how much a united and determined community can do when the moment demands action, and justice is our guiding light.
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Dec 21, 2023
Reimagining Community Safety: Sacramento County
This joint report from ACLU NorCal and Catalyst California (formerly Advancement Project California) highlights strategies Sacramento County leaders should make to improve community safety and reduce systemic racial inequity in the criminal legal system. An analysis of 2019 data collected under California’s Racial and Identity Profiling Act (RIPA) found that the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office disproportionately stops Black people for traffic violations.
Nov 7, 2023
ACLU News: Fall 2023
In this issue: A police corruption scandal in Antioch opens the door for reform, release of historic reparations report, legislative updates, and new database on abuses and violations in California immigration detention centers.
Sep 20, 2023
Profile, Tag, Deport: CDCR Betrays California’s Values
California prisons systematically profile and report suspected immigrants to ICE, a new public record act investigation reveals.
Jul 13, 2023
ACLU News: Summer 2023
In this issue: a hunger strike exposes impunity in immigrant detention, progress in the fight against face surveillance, parents whose children were killed by police turn "pain into purpose," and more.
Apr 13, 2023
ACLU News: Spring 2023
In this issue: banning 'pretext' traffic stops, resisting California's criminalization of homelessness, and 2022 State Senate legislative scorecard.
Oct 13, 2022
ACLU News: Fall 2022
In this issue: ACLU fights to protect civil liberties from unchecked police surveillance, new Gold Chains podcast episode spotlights enslavement of Native children, Marin sheriff stops sharing drivers' locations with ICE and CBP, and more.
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