2024 Annual Report
This report includes highlights of our work in 2024, while looking head at the urgent battles under the second Trump administration.
All Publications
Aug 1, 2007
Under the Watchful Eye: The Proliferation of Video Surveillance Systems in California
This report explains in detail the joint assessment the ACLU of California on government-funded video surveillance cameras and the current state of video surveillance in California.
Dec 1, 2006
Racial and Geographic Disparities in California’s Death Penalty
The Radelet-Pierce is the first state-wide study of the role of race, ethnicity and geography in death sentencing in California. The authors reviewed all homicides that occurred in California from 1990-99, using records from the FBI and Vital Statistics. During this period, 302 death sentences were returned (close to half the number of people currently on death row in California). The study finds that race and ethnicity of victim, place, and community diversity are key factors in determining who is sentenced to die in this state.
Jul 25, 2006
The State of Surveillance: Government Monitoring of Political Activity in Northern and Central California
Mar 12, 2003
Roadmap to Reform: Strengthening the Accountability Mechanisms of the San Francisco Police Department
Oct 7, 2002
A Department in Denial: The San Francisco Police Department's Failure to Address Racial Profiling
Jul 1, 2002
Caught in the Backlash: Stories from Northern California
The cataclysm of Sept. 11, 2001, shuddered across America like an earthquake, shocking our basic assumptions, jarring our complacency and rattling our view of the world. But if the attacks on New York and Washington DC were an earthquake, they carried with them a powerful aftershock – a backlash that continues to penetrate the lives of American citizens and immigrants across the nation.
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