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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

Advocates Applaud Governor Brown and Chief Justice's Commitment to Reform California's Unjust Bail System

SACRAMENTO — Today, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr., Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye, Senator Bob Hertzberg and Assemblymember Rob Bonta announced their plan to work together to reform California’s fraught money bail system. The bill cosponsors issued the statement below in response:

ACLU Report Finds Inhuman, Violent Conditions in Orange County Jails

SANTA ANA — A two-year investigation by the ACLU of Southern California Jails Project published today reveals violent, abusive and unhealthy conditions in Orange County's jails system, and a record of denial and indifference by the officials in charge, most notably Orange County Sheriff Sandra
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