Press Releases

League of Women Voters Seeks to Protect California Voter Data Against Federal Overreach

The U.S. Department of Justice is attempting to improperly collect sensitive voter data

VICTORY: DHS Barred from Brutalizing Journalists, Legal Observers and Protesters

Preliminary injunction now in effect in Southern California

ACLU Statement on LAPD Use of Force on Unhoused People and Their Supporters

LOS ANGELES – People who are unhoused in Echo Park and those who support them were subjected to use of force by the Los Angeles Police Department and city officials who direct it.

McFarland Sued Over Unlawful Approval of Huge ICE Detention Center

BAKERSFIELD — In the battle over the establishment of a proposed 1,400-bed U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center in the city of McFarland in Kern County, hundreds of protesters showed up at meetings and rallies to make their opposition known.

ACLU Letter Criticizes School District for Free Speech Violations

BAKERSFIELD — The American Civil Liberties Union Foundations of Southern and Northern California today sent a letter to the Greenfield Union School District in Bakersfield, expressing deep concern that “the district has created a hostile environment for Black students and staff in its schools by sub

Kern County Sued Over Secret Court Proceedings

BAKERSFIELD — A cornerstone of our democracy is that court hearings and trials are not held in secret. But that's what happening in Kern County Superior Court where proceedings — including jury trials — are being held out of public view. In-person access was originally cut off because of the COVID

Assembly Constitutional Amendment 6 Passes CA Senate

SACRAMENTO, CA — Today the California State Senate passed Assembly Constitutional Amendment (ACA) 6, which would restore voting rights to over 50,000 Californians after release from prison. ACA 6, authored by Assemblymember Kevin McCarty (D-Sacramento), passed with a 28-9 vote in the Senate, receivi