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ACLU sues Orange County District Attorney and Sheriff Over Secret, Illegal Jail Informant Program

SANTA ANA — The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU Foundation of Southern California, and the law firm of Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP today filed a lawsuit against Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas and Orange County Sheriff Sandra Hutchens, whose departments conducted a secret

ACLU: OC District Attorney's New Social Media Policy Still Inadequate

SANTA ANA — Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas, criticized by the ACLU earlier this year for unlawfully deleting negative comments on his social media platforms, promised reforms. And he did make some welcome changes as set out in new Social Media Terms of Use. But Rackauckas's social

ACLU Applauds Governor Brown for Signing Bill to Keep Californians' Data Out of Federal Muslim Registry

Sacramento — Today, Governor Brown signed Senate Bill 31, the California Religious Freedom Act, a bill introduced by Senator Ricardo Lara (D-Bell Gardens) to ensure the state of California never participates in a federal Muslim registry. The bill also bars localities from creating their own versions

ACLU, Electronic Frontier Foundation Win Court Ruling That Police Can't Keep License Plate Data Secret

San Francisco, California — The ACLU Foundation of Southern California and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) won a decision by the California Supreme Court that the license plate data of millions of law-abiding drivers, collected indiscriminately by police across the state, are not