The latest news and commentary on our legislation.
Privacy & Technology
For the third time in five years, California rejected a bill that would have greenlit government use of facial recognition across the state. Assembly Bill 1814 (AB 1814) died in California’s Senate Appropriations Committee late …
Criminal Justice & Policing, Privacy & Technology
Police use of face recognition technology (FRT) poses a particularly massive risk to our civil liberties, particularly for Black men and women and other marginalized communities.
Criminal Justice & Policing
Join us for an overview of the dangerous police practice of using attack dogs to bite and maim members of the public, the realities of litigating police attack dog cases, how proposed legislation currently before …
Criminal Justice & Policing, Racial and Economic Justice
Imagine taking a dog for a routine walk and being randomly and brutally attacked by another dog trained to inflict harm. This happened to Gary Gregory, a Benicia, California, man who was out walking his …
What is Proposition 1? Proposition 1 is a Governor-led statewide behavioral health system reform that will be on California’s March 2024 ballot. Though touted as a solution to houselessness in California, Proposition 1 would make, …
Racial and Economic Justice
J. didn’t complain much when she was living in her car, despite her multiple mental health conditions and a diagnosis of stage-three cancer. At least she could lock her car doors for safety, she told …
Criminal Justice & Policing, Racial and Economic Justice
We join the ACLU not to win easy fights but to take on the important ones, even when they prove hard and take time. On Tuesday, we learned the California Assembly shelved a bill to …
Criminal Justice & Policing, Racial and Economic Justice
SACRAMENTO — On Tuesday, a bill that would have restricted the use of police attack dogs to only cases where a person poses serious injury to an officer or others was held up in the …
Criminal Justice & Policing, Racial and Economic Justice
Today, ACLU California Action released a new, first-of-its-kind report examining the outdated and dangerous police practice of using attack dogs to bite and maim members of the public. Based on our analysis of official data, …
Education Equity
As a school counselor – and educator for over 30 years – I have had a bird’s-eye view on how excessive suspensions have sent many Black, Brown, and marginalized students down the school-to-prison pipeline. During …