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The ACLU of Northern California, founded in 1934, is an affiliate of the national ACLU, which was founded in 1920, to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to every person in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United States. We are non‐profit and non‐partisan. Since its founding, the ACLU has been at the forefront of advancing and protecting the individual civil rights and civil liberties enumerated in our Constitution. The ACLU stands up for these rights even when the cause is unpopular, and sometimes when few others will. We recognize that every person is ultimately at risk of having their rights and liberty taken away by an anti‐democratic government, while also understanding that certain communities bear the brunt of government abuse today and will in the future. Source
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| Language | English |
| Country | United States of America |
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Search ArticlesACLU Sues San Franciso Landlords over AI-Powered Surveillance in Tenants' Homes
Dec 05, 2025 Media Contact: press@aclunc.org, (415) 621-2493 Article Media SAN FRANCISCO — What people do in their homes is no one’s business but their own. But in multiple residential buildings across San Francisco, landlords have forced tenants to accept so-called “smart home” systems that monitor their comings and goings and other behavior. And they are using tenants’ personal information to track them, potentially even profiling their behavior with AI tools built specially for landlords.
DHS Withdraws Subpoena Seeking to Unmask Instagram Users Who Posted About ICE Raids
A Victory for the Public's Right to Document Government Actions Without Retaliation Nov 25, 2025 Media Contact: press@aclunc.org, (415) 621-2493 Article Media In a victory for free speech online and the right to document the government's conduct, the Department of Homeland Security has withdrawn a subpoena to Meta demanding the identities of multiple anonymous Instagram accounts that posted about ICE raids in Los Angeles, after ACLU NorCal challenged the subpoena in federal court.
ACLU Demands Information From DHS About Alarming Pattern of Retaliation against Those Recording Immigration Agents
Immigration agents have threatened, brandished guns, and arrested those who record their raids. The ACLU is urgently seeking disclosure of records related to this practice.
Lawsuit Challenges San Jose’s Warrantless ALPR Mass Surveillance
EFF and the ACLU of Northern California Sue on Behalf of Local Nonprofits Nov 18, 2025 Media Contact: press@aclunc.org, (415) 621-2493 Article Media SAN JOSE, Calif.
Inside ACLU NorCal’s Training Program to Empower Immigrant Communities to Take Action
For much of his life, Luis Ojeda, interim organizing director at the ACLU of Northern California, heard the message given to countless immigrants and undocumented people: stay quiet, keep a low profile, and don’t draw attention to yourself. Fear, he’d been taught, was the safest strategy. But in college, while working alongside other immigrant youth advocating for the DREAM Act, Luis discovered a new approach — one that prioritized visibility and collective action over isolation and fear.
Mass Surveillance in the Trump Era
The second Trump administration is building a mass surveillance state to persecute immigrants and police online speech. We’re not even a year into this authoritarian regime and 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.
History Being Erased Before Our Eyes: Pushing Back on Attempts to Whitewash U.S. History | ACLU of Northern CA
At the height of World War II, ACLU NorCal Executive Director Ernest Besig drove 400 miles to Tule Lake, a desolate stretch of high desert surrounded by barbed wire near the Oregon border, to investigate the brutal conditions endured by Japanese Americans incarcerated there under Executive Order 9066.
Be prepared. Know your rights.
This is America under Donald Trump. On Thursday, the Trump administration sent federal immigration agents to the Bay Area. They fired flash bangs at peaceful protesters. This is a flagrant abuse of power and an attack on free speech intended to instill fear, target Trump’s political opponents, and silence anyone who does not agree with him. For now, Trump say he will not send the National Guard to San Francisco like he had been threatening to do. That is certainly welcome news.
ACLU NorCal Condemns the Escalating Federal Force in Bay Area Cities, Advises Residents to Know Their Rights
SAN FRANCISCO – The ACLU of Northern California today condemned President Trump’s inflammatory surge of federal immigration agents to the Bay Area and his threat to send the National Guard to San Francisco. “This is a flagrant abuse of power intended to instill fear, target his political opponents, and silence anyone who does not agree with him,” said Abdi Soltani, executive director of the ACLU.
League of Women Voters Seeks to Protect California Voter Data Against Federal Overreach
Oct 21, 2025 Media Contact: press@aclunc.org, (415) 621-2493 Article Media SANTA ANA – Yesterday, the League of Women Voters of California (LWVC) filed a motion in federal court to intervene in USA v. Weber, the U.S. Department of Justice’s case against the California Secretary of State, to protect the data of all California voters and prevent misuse of that data which could harm California communities.