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Website: www.aclunc.org
The ACLU has filed over 100 lawsuits to defend our civil rights from a ceaseless barrage of undemocratic attacks by the Trump administration.
Tune in @kqedforum.bsky.social 9-10 am Tues. Nov. 25 for a conversation with Alexis Madrigal and ACLU National Legal Director Cecilia Wang to learn more.
Tune in @kqedforum.bsky.social 9-10 am Tues. Nov. 25 for a conversation with Alexis Madrigal and ACLU National Legal Director Cecilia Wang to learn more.
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November 24, 2025 at 10:41 PM
The ACLU has filed over 100 lawsuits to defend our civil rights from a ceaseless barrage of undemocratic attacks by the Trump administration.
Tune in @kqedforum.bsky.social 9-10 am Tues. Nov. 25 for a conversation with Alexis Madrigal and ACLU National Legal Director Cecilia Wang to learn more.
Tune in @kqedforum.bsky.social 9-10 am Tues. Nov. 25 for a conversation with Alexis Madrigal and ACLU National Legal Director Cecilia Wang to learn more.
VICTORY: Hundreds showed up in Oakland last night to oppose expanding the city's surveillance network.
Oakland rejects $2 million contract with surveillance company over concerns of ICE spying trib.al/ESEfz1c
Oakland rejects $2 million contract with surveillance company over concerns of ICE spying
Flock Safety was shown the door after hundreds rallied against the company.
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November 19, 2025 at 8:03 PM
VICTORY: Hundreds showed up in Oakland last night to oppose expanding the city's surveillance network.
San Jose Police deployed nearly 500 license plate readers that collect millions of records monthly on people’s movements—and store that data for an entire year! This allows police to track residents and visitors as they go to work, medical appointments, or protests.
www.kqed.org/news/1206458...
www.kqed.org/news/1206458...
Civil Liberties Groups Sue San José Over License Plate Reader Use | KQED
A group of civil liberties organizations is suing San José over its use of license plate reader data.
www.kqed.org
November 19, 2025 at 5:40 PM
San Jose Police deployed nearly 500 license plate readers that collect millions of records monthly on people’s movements—and store that data for an entire year! This allows police to track residents and visitors as they go to work, medical appointments, or protests.
www.kqed.org/news/1206458...
www.kqed.org/news/1206458...
Make your voice heard at 6 pm TONIGHT at the Public Safety Committee Hearing at Oakland City Hall. Oakland residents don’t want a system ICE could exploit to locate, detain, and deport our neighbors.
Read more.
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Read more.
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November 18, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Make your voice heard at 6 pm TONIGHT at the Public Safety Committee Hearing at Oakland City Hall. Oakland residents don’t want a system ICE could exploit to locate, detain, and deport our neighbors.
Read more.
www.aclunc.org/sites/defaul...
Read more.
www.aclunc.org/sites/defaul...
Tell Oakland leaders to reject this proposal to create a massive surveillance network that could track anyone who lives, works, or drives in the city. This expanded surveillance endangers the immigrant community and threatens our privacy.
November 18, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Tell Oakland leaders to reject this proposal to create a massive surveillance network that could track anyone who lives, works, or drives in the city. This expanded surveillance endangers the immigrant community and threatens our privacy.
Oakland is fast-tracking a $2.25M contract with Flock Safety to buy more surveillance cameras and software that would tap into private security systems like doorbell cameras and feed the livestreams into OPD’s network of automated license plate readers.
November 18, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Oakland is fast-tracking a $2.25M contract with Flock Safety to buy more surveillance cameras and software that would tap into private security systems like doorbell cameras and feed the livestreams into OPD’s network of automated license plate readers.
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Today @aclu-norcal.bsky.social and @eff.org filed a lawsuit on behalf of non-profit advocacy groups challenging San Jose’s warrantless searches as violating the California Constitution’s protections against unreasonable searches and right to privacy.
www.aclunc.org/news/lawsuit...
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Lawsuit Challenges San Jose’s Warrantless ALPR Mass Surveillance | ACLU of Northern CA
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November 18, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Today @aclu-norcal.bsky.social and @eff.org filed a lawsuit on behalf of non-profit advocacy groups challenging San Jose’s warrantless searches as violating the California Constitution’s protections against unreasonable searches and right to privacy.
www.aclunc.org/news/lawsuit...
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This reversed previous policies that recognized transgender and nonbinary people. It has also put them at risk of physical harm.
The case now goes back to the lower courts. The ACLU will continue our fight to reverse this cruel and unconstitutional policy.
The case now goes back to the lower courts. The ACLU will continue our fight to reverse this cruel and unconstitutional policy.
November 7, 2025 at 10:53 PM
This reversed previous policies that recognized transgender and nonbinary people. It has also put them at risk of physical harm.
The case now goes back to the lower courts. The ACLU will continue our fight to reverse this cruel and unconstitutional policy.
The case now goes back to the lower courts. The ACLU will continue our fight to reverse this cruel and unconstitutional policy.
Once again, Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson has sounded the alarm. This time after her fellow justices gave Trump the go ahead to enforce a discriminatory rule that forces transgender, nonbinary, and intersex people to carry passports bearing the sex they were assigned at birth.
November 7, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Once again, Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson has sounded the alarm. This time after her fellow justices gave Trump the go ahead to enforce a discriminatory rule that forces transgender, nonbinary, and intersex people to carry passports bearing the sex they were assigned at birth.
The second Trump administration is building a mass surveillance state to persecute immigrants and police online speech. We’ve already reached the point where if you step out of line or post disfavored opinions on the Internet, you could lose your job, your family, and even your freedom.
Mass Surveillance in the Trump Era | ACLU of Northern CA
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November 7, 2025 at 7:42 PM
The second Trump administration is building a mass surveillance state to persecute immigrants and police online speech. We’ve already reached the point where if you step out of line or post disfavored opinions on the Internet, you could lose your job, your family, and even your freedom.
Sami Hamdi is still in ICE detention.
November 6, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Sami Hamdi is still in ICE detention.
Due to recent USPS changes, voters in many parts of the state who plan to drop their ballots at the post office today should ask for a postmark to make sure their vote is counted.
November 4, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Due to recent USPS changes, voters in many parts of the state who plan to drop their ballots at the post office today should ask for a postmark to make sure their vote is counted.
It's Election Day and there are many ways to cast your ballot! You can vote in person at your local polling place, vote center, or county elections office, or take your mail-in ballot to a secure drop-box or county elections office.
Know Your Rights: Your Voice, Your Vote – Voting in California | ACLU of Northern CA
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November 4, 2025 at 6:17 PM
It's Election Day and there are many ways to cast your ballot! You can vote in person at your local polling place, vote center, or county elections office, or take your mail-in ballot to a secure drop-box or county elections office.
Obtén más información sobre sus derechos de voto si hay agentes federales en los centros de votación.
Agentes Federales en los Centros de Votación
Todo ciudadano elegible tiene derecho a emitir su voto de manera libre, justa y accesible, sin miedo al engaño ni a la intimidación.
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November 4, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Obtén más información sobre sus derechos de voto si hay agentes federales en los centros de votación.
Es posible que haya escuchado que la Administración Trump está enviando agentes federales a algunos condados de California para supervisar las elecciones de la Proposición 50.
Quede claro. Es ilegal que alguien intente impedirle ejercer su derecho constitucional al voto.
Quede claro. Es ilegal que alguien intente impedirle ejercer su derecho constitucional al voto.
November 4, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Es posible que haya escuchado que la Administración Trump está enviando agentes federales a algunos condados de California para supervisar las elecciones de la Proposición 50.
Quede claro. Es ilegal que alguien intente impedirle ejercer su derecho constitucional al voto.
Quede claro. Es ilegal que alguien intente impedirle ejercer su derecho constitucional al voto.
Learn more about your voting rights if federal agents are at the polls.
Federal Agents at the Polls
Every eligible citizen has the right to cast a ballot freely, fairly, and accessibly — without fear of deception or intimidation.
www.aclu.org
November 3, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Learn more about your voting rights if federal agents are at the polls.
You may have heard that the Trump Administration is sending federal agents to a few California counties to monitor the Prop 50 election.
Let us be clear. It is illegal for anyone to attempt to stop you from exercising your constitutional right to vote if you are a U.S. citizen.
Let us be clear. It is illegal for anyone to attempt to stop you from exercising your constitutional right to vote if you are a U.S. citizen.
November 3, 2025 at 10:28 PM
You may have heard that the Trump Administration is sending federal agents to a few California counties to monitor the Prop 50 election.
Let us be clear. It is illegal for anyone to attempt to stop you from exercising your constitutional right to vote if you are a U.S. citizen.
Let us be clear. It is illegal for anyone to attempt to stop you from exercising your constitutional right to vote if you are a U.S. citizen.
As we head into the last weekend before Election Day, our legal director Shilpi Agarwal has some final tips for voters.
Our Know Your Rights guide has the facts on who can vote, registering to vote (it’s not too late!), where and when to cast your ballot, and more: www.aclunc.org/ca-voting-rights
Our Know Your Rights guide has the facts on who can vote, registering to vote (it’s not too late!), where and when to cast your ballot, and more: www.aclunc.org/ca-voting-rights
October 31, 2025 at 7:49 PM
As we head into the last weekend before Election Day, our legal director Shilpi Agarwal has some final tips for voters.
Our Know Your Rights guide has the facts on who can vote, registering to vote (it’s not too late!), where and when to cast your ballot, and more: www.aclunc.org/ca-voting-rights
Our Know Your Rights guide has the facts on who can vote, registering to vote (it’s not too late!), where and when to cast your ballot, and more: www.aclunc.org/ca-voting-rights
The Trump administration continues to abuse its power by attempting to silence anyone who criticizes the role of Israel in Gaza. The detention of British journalist Sami Hamdi is an attack on the constitutional right to free speech which protects everyone regardless of their citizenship status.
Sami Hamdi, British Muslim journalist, detained by ICE at SFO after visa revoked
The political commentator was on a speaking tour of the U.S. when he was detained by immigration authorities at San Francisco International Airport.
www.sfchronicle.com
October 27, 2025 at 11:56 PM
The Trump administration continues to abuse its power by attempting to silence anyone who criticizes the role of Israel in Gaza. The detention of British journalist Sami Hamdi is an attack on the constitutional right to free speech which protects everyone regardless of their citizenship status.
If DHS concludes immigrants aren’t dangerous or a flight risk, they can remain free while their immigration case proceeds if they comply with their conditions of release.
For decades, this was how the system worked.
In May, ICE abruptly began arresting people without legal justification. We sued.
For decades, this was how the system worked.
In May, ICE abruptly began arresting people without legal justification. We sued.
Bay Area Advocates Head to Court to Halt Trump Administration’s Immigration Policies | KQED
Recent lawsuits blast the Trump administration for its aggressive enforcement, arguing that asylum seekers and crime victims are among those targeted.
www.kqed.org
October 27, 2025 at 7:11 PM
If DHS concludes immigrants aren’t dangerous or a flight risk, they can remain free while their immigration case proceeds if they comply with their conditions of release.
For decades, this was how the system worked.
In May, ICE abruptly began arresting people without legal justification. We sued.
For decades, this was how the system worked.
In May, ICE abruptly began arresting people without legal justification. We sued.
And know who's who on the front lines of the Trump administration's mass deportation and mass incarceration agenda:
Who Are the Federal Forces Behind Trump’s Mass Deportations and Crime Crackdown? (Gift Article)
As President Trump deploys ICE, Border Patrol, the National Guard and other forces to U.S. cities, here’s how to tell them apart — and what their powers are.
www.nytimes.com
October 25, 2025 at 4:34 PM
And know who's who on the front lines of the Trump administration's mass deportation and mass incarceration agenda:
It's been reported that President Trump will not send the National Guard to SF or anywhere else in the Bay Area as he had been threatening to do. That is welcome news. But we can't get complacent. Know your rights around protest, federal agents and law enforcement, and more: www.aclunc.org/kyr
October 25, 2025 at 4:34 PM
It's been reported that President Trump will not send the National Guard to SF or anywhere else in the Bay Area as he had been threatening to do. That is welcome news. But we can't get complacent. Know your rights around protest, federal agents and law enforcement, and more: www.aclunc.org/kyr
It's a good idea to familiarize yourself with your rights before you go. Visit our website for guides to your rights around:
✊ Protest and free speech
✊ Interacting with police and federal agents
✊ Immigration enforcement
✊ Taking photos and videos of law enforcement
✊ And more
✊ Protest and free speech
✊ Interacting with police and federal agents
✊ Immigration enforcement
✊ Taking photos and videos of law enforcement
✊ And more
Know Your Rights | ACLU of Northern CA
www.aclunc.org
October 23, 2025 at 4:12 PM
It's a good idea to familiarize yourself with your rights before you go. Visit our website for guides to your rights around:
✊ Protest and free speech
✊ Interacting with police and federal agents
✊ Immigration enforcement
✊ Taking photos and videos of law enforcement
✊ And more
✊ Protest and free speech
✊ Interacting with police and federal agents
✊ Immigration enforcement
✊ Taking photos and videos of law enforcement
✊ And more
Join the Hands Off the Bay rally today at 5pm at Embarcadero Plaza in downtown SF:
www.bayresistance.org/get-ready
Let's speak out for an America where people are safe in their neighborhoods, free to speak their minds, and can live without fear of government retaliation.
www.bayresistance.org/get-ready
Let's speak out for an America where people are safe in their neighborhoods, free to speak their minds, and can live without fear of government retaliation.
October 23, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Join the Hands Off the Bay rally today at 5pm at Embarcadero Plaza in downtown SF:
www.bayresistance.org/get-ready
Let's speak out for an America where people are safe in their neighborhoods, free to speak their minds, and can live without fear of government retaliation.
www.bayresistance.org/get-ready
Let's speak out for an America where people are safe in their neighborhoods, free to speak their minds, and can live without fear of government retaliation.