Economic Justice
The ACLU of Southern California seeks a society where all individuals, regardless of their socioeconomic status, can thrive and have their rights respected and live with dignity. Currently, our work focuses on ending the criminalization of poverty in California and ensuring Californians have their basic needs met with respect to housing and access to healthcare
Economic and racial justice are civil and human rights. These rights are essential to meaningful participation on an individual level and to true freedom and equality on a societal level.
The ACLU of Southern California fights to protect some of society's most economically vulnerable residents, including low-income students, unhoused people, and low-paid workers seeking equitable working conditions and living wages. We advocate for systemic reforms to guarantee that all individuals can thrive, have their rights respected, and live with dignity, centering the experiences of Black, brown and poor community members who have long been denied equitable opportunity.
Our work concentrates on ending the criminalization of poverty and houselessness, expanding access to housing, ensuring Californians have their basic human needs met and repairing the current and historic harms wrought by race-based segregation, discrimination and deprivation of economic opportunities.
Citation Defense for Unhoused Clients: A Guide for Legal Advocates
Cases, Campaigns & Legislation
Private: ACLU SoCal v. HACLA
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