Press Releases

Sep 11, 2015

Landmark Civil Rights Settlement on Behalf of English Learners Affirms State of California Must Ensure Schools Provide English Language Instruction

State agencies agree to establish watchdog system to ensure schools no longer deny English Language instruction to learners, which make up ¼ of California students
Issue Areas: Education Equity
Sep 02, 2015

Voters Concerned About Digital Privacy, Want to Increase Protections from Warrantless Searches

Sacramento, CA – By overwhelming majorities, California voters are concerned about their digital privacy and support efforts to increase protections included in the California Electronic Privacy Act (CalECPA, SB 178), a statewide poll released today has found.
Issue Areas: Privacy and Surveillance
Aug 25, 2015

Voters Strongly Support Public Access to Police Misconduct Reports, Body Cam Footage

Likely voters in California overwhelmingly support allowing public access to investigation reports in all cases where a police officer is accused of misconduct, a statewide poll released today has found.
Issue Areas: Police Practices
Aug 25, 2015

Catholic Hospital Approves Woman’s Procedure under Threat of Lawsuit

 A Catholic-affiliated hospital will now perform a common reproductive healthcare procedure after the ACLU threatened to sue
Issue Areas: Gender, Sexuality, & Reproductive Justice Project
Aug 25, 2015

Attorneys and Visitors Illegally Barred from Detention Centers for Criticizing Operations

LOS ANGELES--Over the past two years, Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and its contractors have retaliated against attorneys and volunteers who criticized the agency or participated in protests by illegally barring them from visiting people in detention, a violation of the First Amendment.